Israeli state comptroller’s report sharply criticizes government handling of the Mavi Marmara raid
June 13, 2012 14:51 by Pesach Benson• The Jerusalem Post updates Israel’s efforts to block the PA’s bid to list the Church of the Nativity as a World Heritage site:
An Israeli official said that the Church was worthy of inclusion on the World Heritage List, but that the PA had politicized the cultural and historical issues at play.
• After the Palestine Monetary Authority chief said the PA had reached its limit on borrowing from banks, the Minister of Economy told Maan News that the PA can continue borrowing to cover public sector salaries.
Iranian Atomic Urgency
• Daniel Schwammenthal (Wall St. Journal) weighs in on the Iranian nuclear talks.
• Reuters: Iranian oil exports have dropped 40 percent since the start of the year.
. . . preliminary indications suggested exports – the lifeblood of Iran’s economy – fell to 1.5 million barrels per day in April-May from 2.5 million at end 2011.
Arab Spring Winter
• Speculating on Hosni Mubarak’s health used to land people in jail. But now, it’s political fodder. The NY Times explains:
And in the same way news of his deteriorating health was once withheld to protect his image — Egyptians chided his self-regard as pharaoh-like — many people here assume the military-led government is doling out sympathetic details in order to manipulate public opinion. The ruling generals, many assert, are laying the groundwork for Mr. Mubarak to be transferred from a prison hospital to the relative comfort of a military hospital, or perhaps trying to build sympathy for the longtime autocrat to diminish opposition to his former prime minister, Mr. Shafik.
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Israel Daily News Stream 06/13/2012 | Blogs about Israel aggregation
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Jun 13, 2012
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DJKuulA
5:13 pm
Jun 13, 2012
Those Swedish Twitter posts are hysterical. Considering the obviously satirical wording of the woman’s bio, I think her questions were not so innocent and were intended to get people talking. Yeah, it’s on the weird side, but you have to stretch to actually be offended by it.
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Victor
7:39 am
Jun 14, 2012
Could not agree less with this crit. Every single day it seems there is some incident or other.
The world has got to learn not to mess with Israel….in the long run Israel will prove to right and earn respect whilst the countries around her burn with this nonsense called the Arab winter or some such rot.
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The Middle East Media Sampler 6/14/2012: Media Coverage Of Flotilla Report | Blogs about Israel aggregation
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Jun 14, 2012
[...] Plosker writes of the military’s failure to get information out more expeditiously. (both via Media Backspin) Elder of Ziyon faults the Foreign Ministry. Again, even if their responses had been perfect, I [...]
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Middle East Media Sampler for June 14, 2012
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Jun 14, 2012
[...] Plosker writes of the military's failure to get information out more expeditiously. (both via Media Backspin) Elder of Ziyon faults the Foreign Ministry. Again, even if their responses had been perfect, I [...]
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