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Bomba a Oslo, ci sono vittime|video
Danneggiati ministeri
e la sede del premier,
che è rimasto illeso
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Paura a Oslo-Video 2Video 3
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Ritorna la riforma costituzionale
Caccia grossa Fregonara, Meli
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Mercati, Milano parte bene poi frena
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Autobomba nel centro di Oslo
Una deflagrazione vicino la sede del governo. Danneggiato l'ufficio del primo ministro, illeso. Otto feriti e un morto. La polizia evacua "gran parte della città"
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Una esplosione si è verificata nel pieno centro di Oslo. La detonazione, precisano gli organi di informazione locali, è avvenuta attorno alle 15.20 all’interno della sede del più grande tabloid norvegese, Vg, poco distante dalla sede del primo ministro, Jens Stoltenberg, che non si trovava nel suo ufficio, e da quella del ministero delle finanze. Lo scoppio ha mandato in frantumi le finestre di tutti i palazzi circostanti. Ci sarebbero almeno otto feriti e un morto. La polizia locale sta invitando la gente ad abbandonare il luogo perché "ci possono essere altre bombe". Al momento non è chiaro se si tratti di attentato
INTERNI
Soltanto ieri aveva richiamato i magistrati a una maggiore sobrietà. Ma il monito non era riferito all'autorizzazione all'arresto di Papa: "Non commentavo libere decisioni del Parlamento che sempre rispetto. Ho richiamato a comportamenti che non offuschino la credibilità e il prestigio dei magistrati"
Dopo tre ore di Consiglio dei ministri è stato dato il via libera al disegno di legge costituzionale a firma Calderoli che prevede la riduzione del numero dei parlamentari, il Senato federale e la soppressione della Circoscrizione Estero, nonché maggiori poteri al premier. Il Cav: "Il 4 settembre il varo definitivo"
Ora Galimberti si fa beccare pure dall'università:
richiamo ufficiale di Ca' Foscari per aver copiato
richiamo ufficiale di Ca' Foscari per aver copiato
Dopo gli articoli del Giornale in cui veniva svelato il copia incolla della firma di Repubblica, se ne accorge anche Ca' Foscari. Il filosofo è accusato di non avere citato le fonti nella redazione di alcuni testi scentifici
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1. Iran Developing Bombs that Can Hit US East
by Fern Sidman, A7 New York
Elliott Chodoff, an American born political and military analyst and an IDF reserve major, spoke at the “Middle East Briefing” session of the sixth CUFI national summit in Washington this week.
Citing Israeli military intelligence, Chodoff was quite forthright in his analysis of a possible attack by Iran. “Israel cannot survive a nuclear attack. You cannot trust a nuclear deterrent. Israel cannot wipe out Iran’s nuclear arsenal but the US can.” Chodoff added that the Iranian regime has been developing bombs that have the capability of hitting US cities on the East coast.
He delivered an account of the history of radical Islamism, saying, “The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928 and its leader imbibed the Nazi ideology that focused on the extermination of the Jews.” Noting that Iranian cleric Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran who came to power during the Islamic revolution of 1979 was active in disseminating the Muslim Brotherhood ideology to school children, he said that it was Khomeini who was the first to label Americas as “the great Satan” and referred to Christians as the enemies while declaring that America is run by Jews.
American perception of Khomeini was skewed according to Mr. Chodoff, who revealed that at the time, the US representative at the United Nations Andrew Young said that Khomeini was “a great humanitarian” and dismissed his flagrant hostility. He added that Hizbullah (the party of G-d) that was founded in 1980 is currently “the most dangerous organization on earth” and is responsible for developing the terrorist strategy of suicide bombings with most of them directed at American targets. Chodoff said that it was weakness on the part of the US as manifested by their decision to leave Lebanon in the throes of terrorism that emboldened the enemy. “When Hizbullah saw that Americans were taking leave of Lebanon they knew they could push us out,” he said.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the session via satellite from Jerusalem. Greeted with over 10 minutes of applause and enthusiastic cheers, Mr. Netanyahu extended his appreciation to those Christian supporters of Israel who have the “courage to stand up and speak the truth.”
Drawing the largest applause was Netanyahu’s reference to the biblical connection of the Jewish people to their ancestral homeland. “The Jewish people are not occupiers in the land of Israel. We have returned to the land of our forebears; of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David and Solomon and we are here to stay.” Speaking of Israel as America’s only reliable ally in the Middle East, Netanyahu underscored Israel’s initiatives at the peace table. “This conflict is not about Israel refusing to accept a Palestinian state. Israel wants peace with the Palestinians, but we can’t build a peace based on lies.”
Colonel Ben Tzion Gruber of the Israel Defense Forces took the audience through a video and slide presentation that described how the IDF takes great pains to avoid civilian casualties during military strikes and during wartime. He said that the nomenclature of the code of ethics can be divided into three categories. “Necessity,” he said, means that force is only employed for accomplishing the mission, and “Distinction” means that every measure is taken so that innocents will not be harmed, and “Proportionality” means that collateral damage is only used in proportion to the threat.
Also addressing the session was Malcolm Hoenlein, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations who said, “We have begun a three week period of mourning for the Jewish people as we remember the destruction of our Holy Temple and other calamities that befell us throughout history.” He asked his biblically well-versed audience: “If I would ask you to provide the names of those spies who returned from the land of Israel with a negative report, would you remember their names? The answer is no because those who stand with Israel are remembered for posterity and those who decry Israel are forgotten.”
On the international campaign to abrogate the biblical and religious heritage of the Jewish people in the land of Israel, Mr. Hoenlein said, “Those who would dismiss our past also risk our future. For example, there are those who question Judaism’s undeniable ties with Rachel’s Tomb and thus would like to transform it into a mosque. There are those who say that our Temples never existed. Our bible tells us that Abraham purchased the city of Hevron, in broad daylight, in full view of all, because he knew that in the future its ownership would be challenged. Today there are regular archeological discoveries which serve as concrete proof of the fact that when you open your bibles, the land of Israel comes to life. We must ask ourselves: why did G-d give this generation the privilege of uncovering this Jewish connection. What does it mean for us in the future?”
Mr. Hoenlein concluded by telling the members of CUFI that when they stand for Israel, they stand for America and will be thanked by their grandchildren for doing so.
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by Fern Sidman, A7 New York
Elliott Chodoff, an American born political and military analyst and an IDF reserve major, spoke at the “Middle East Briefing” session of the sixth CUFI national summit in Washington this week.
Citing Israeli military intelligence, Chodoff was quite forthright in his analysis of a possible attack by Iran. “Israel cannot survive a nuclear attack. You cannot trust a nuclear deterrent. Israel cannot wipe out Iran’s nuclear arsenal but the US can.” Chodoff added that the Iranian regime has been developing bombs that have the capability of hitting US cities on the East coast.
He delivered an account of the history of radical Islamism, saying, “The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928 and its leader imbibed the Nazi ideology that focused on the extermination of the Jews.” Noting that Iranian cleric Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran who came to power during the Islamic revolution of 1979 was active in disseminating the Muslim Brotherhood ideology to school children, he said that it was Khomeini who was the first to label Americas as “the great Satan” and referred to Christians as the enemies while declaring that America is run by Jews.
American perception of Khomeini was skewed according to Mr. Chodoff, who revealed that at the time, the US representative at the United Nations Andrew Young said that Khomeini was “a great humanitarian” and dismissed his flagrant hostility. He added that Hizbullah (the party of G-d) that was founded in 1980 is currently “the most dangerous organization on earth” and is responsible for developing the terrorist strategy of suicide bombings with most of them directed at American targets. Chodoff said that it was weakness on the part of the US as manifested by their decision to leave Lebanon in the throes of terrorism that emboldened the enemy. “When Hizbullah saw that Americans were taking leave of Lebanon they knew they could push us out,” he said.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the session via satellite from Jerusalem. Greeted with over 10 minutes of applause and enthusiastic cheers, Mr. Netanyahu extended his appreciation to those Christian supporters of Israel who have the “courage to stand up and speak the truth.”
Drawing the largest applause was Netanyahu’s reference to the biblical connection of the Jewish people to their ancestral homeland. “The Jewish people are not occupiers in the land of Israel. We have returned to the land of our forebears; of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David and Solomon and we are here to stay.” Speaking of Israel as America’s only reliable ally in the Middle East, Netanyahu underscored Israel’s initiatives at the peace table. “This conflict is not about Israel refusing to accept a Palestinian state. Israel wants peace with the Palestinians, but we can’t build a peace based on lies.”
Colonel Ben Tzion Gruber of the Israel Defense Forces took the audience through a video and slide presentation that described how the IDF takes great pains to avoid civilian casualties during military strikes and during wartime. He said that the nomenclature of the code of ethics can be divided into three categories. “Necessity,” he said, means that force is only employed for accomplishing the mission, and “Distinction” means that every measure is taken so that innocents will not be harmed, and “Proportionality” means that collateral damage is only used in proportion to the threat.
Also addressing the session was Malcolm Hoenlein, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations who said, “We have begun a three week period of mourning for the Jewish people as we remember the destruction of our Holy Temple and other calamities that befell us throughout history.” He asked his biblically well-versed audience: “If I would ask you to provide the names of those spies who returned from the land of Israel with a negative report, would you remember their names? The answer is no because those who stand with Israel are remembered for posterity and those who decry Israel are forgotten.”
On the international campaign to abrogate the biblical and religious heritage of the Jewish people in the land of Israel, Mr. Hoenlein said, “Those who would dismiss our past also risk our future. For example, there are those who question Judaism’s undeniable ties with Rachel’s Tomb and thus would like to transform it into a mosque. There are those who say that our Temples never existed. Our bible tells us that Abraham purchased the city of Hevron, in broad daylight, in full view of all, because he knew that in the future its ownership would be challenged. Today there are regular archeological discoveries which serve as concrete proof of the fact that when you open your bibles, the land of Israel comes to life. We must ask ourselves: why did G-d give this generation the privilege of uncovering this Jewish connection. What does it mean for us in the future?”
Mr. Hoenlein concluded by telling the members of CUFI that when they stand for Israel, they stand for America and will be thanked by their grandchildren for doing so.
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2. Annex Yesha Now at 1st "Regaining the Initiative" Conference.
by Arutz Sheva
The Arab world has made the idea of a 'Palestinian' state, a land for a people that didn’t exist until they were created at the end of the 20th century, into an axiomatic must-do for most of the world. The Arab narrative includes taking this proposed land from the Jews, branding them as usurpers and occupiers while negating millennia of Biblical and historical Jewish rights to the land, this despite the Arabs losing the many wars they initiated, and despite the Balfour Declaration, League of Nations mandates and United Nations recognition for a Jewish state. All that somehow seems perfectly fine to a good many liberal well wishers, and even finer to a good many not so well wishers.
How did they do it? Putting aside the subconsciously anti-Semitic readiness of the world to believe anything of the Jews, they did it by turning the issue into a subject of common discourse. Conferences, meetings, interviews, resolutions, clever use of visual imagery made the idea of “Palestinian rights” as ubiquitous as humous is in the Arab souk.
Polls have shown that most mainstream Israelis feel that a Palestinian state is a disaster for the Jewish one. Even those in the government who have agreed to its establishment hedge their offers out of fear of rockets falling on Ben Gurion airport the morning after.
They find themselves on the defensive as the other side says “What’s your alternative?”
On Thursday, Nadia Matar and Yehudit Katsover , indefatigable leaders of the “Women in Green” decided to “Regain the Initiative”, as they called their packed conference in Hevron, and begin to explore the different aspects of a real alternative - asserting Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria . This is just the beginning of public discourse, they said, and the hundreds who came to help kickstart the initiative, agreed.
The speakers addressed the various ramifications of Israeli sovereignty, Jewish, Zionist, political,,economic, legal and diplomatic, discussing options for annexation, the status of Arab residents, demographics and world reactions.
Carolyn Glick, senior contributing editor of JPost, said that although that is the only option on the table at present, any Palestinian state will be a terror state, Gaza will reach Jerusalem, Israeli Arabs will demand independence and an invasion from Iraq will follow. Once Israel gives in to a Palestinian state, she said, we admit to being outside conquerors, and the rest is downhill.
Glick suggested asserting sovereignty now, giving today’s PA Arabs the franchise, but setting rules: no votes for members of terror organizations, for example. She recalled that nothing happened when Israel united Jerusalem and annexed the Golan Heights without fanfare. There is no standing still, she maintained, and if we don’t want to pay the price for victory, we will lose.
MK Hotovely said that we must ignore the left. MK Eldad painted the varying scenarios possible once Israel decides to assert sovereignty in Yesha, listing pros and cons for each.
Professor Raphy Yisraeli said that a Palestinian state in Yesha would not solve anything, as only a third of those claiming to be “refugees” live in Yesha and the other two thirds would soon demand the rest of Israel. He suggested population switches, including of Israeli Arabs, modeled on the post WWII period when 20 m. refugees were resettled successfully in a matter of years. Israel’s pre 1922 borders could be the start point of negotiations, a state built out of parts of that, so that Arabs left in Israel should be Palestinian citizens.
The most original thesis came from economic correspondent Eran Bar Tal, who outlined the significant economic gain for Israelis and Arabs if sovereignty is asserted, an outcome for which the left has no alternative.. From a rise in property values of Arab homes and subsequent capital gain, to solving the housing shortage for Israelis (as Yesha is not the Negev or Galilee, but close to employment centers), eliminating the need for foreign workers while raising living conditions for Arabs – all told, an economic win-win situation, that people can relate to easily.
Former UN Ambassador Yoram Ettinger brought statistics that showed that time is actually on the Israeli side, that the Congress which represents mainstream America is 80% pro Israel (eliciting a laugh when he said that this is a higher percentage than polls of Israelis attain). He listed demographic predictions of doom in the past that turned out to be inaccurate, explaining that a double-counting error led to 1 m. more Arabs in Yesha than are really there to be on the books. He juxtaposed the rising birthrate in Israel –from 80,000 in 1995 to 125,000 in 2010 with the lowering Arab one.
Dr. Yitschak Klein of the Israel Policy Center claimed that Israelis suggest policy according to how they wished Arabs would act, but not as they really do. Now is the time act, he said, as as public opinion has changed radically. Negotiations have failed, Oslo has collapsed, and a majority of Israelis polled do not want to give up any more land. They do want to be separated from PA Arabs and therefore he suggested giving over Arab concentrated areas in order to gain other areas.
Dr. Gabi Avital summed up the initiative by saying that details can be worked out, but that from this point on, the Territories for Peace slogan must be turned on its head. Israel can assert sovereignty all at once or in stages over the territory of Yesha, work out the status of PA residents now or later, but Yesha must become Israeli sovereign territory for it to take a chance on “peace."
Comment on this story
by Arutz Sheva
The Arab world has made the idea of a 'Palestinian' state, a land for a people that didn’t exist until they were created at the end of the 20th century, into an axiomatic must-do for most of the world. The Arab narrative includes taking this proposed land from the Jews, branding them as usurpers and occupiers while negating millennia of Biblical and historical Jewish rights to the land, this despite the Arabs losing the many wars they initiated, and despite the Balfour Declaration, League of Nations mandates and United Nations recognition for a Jewish state. All that somehow seems perfectly fine to a good many liberal well wishers, and even finer to a good many not so well wishers.
How did they do it? Putting aside the subconsciously anti-Semitic readiness of the world to believe anything of the Jews, they did it by turning the issue into a subject of common discourse. Conferences, meetings, interviews, resolutions, clever use of visual imagery made the idea of “Palestinian rights” as ubiquitous as humous is in the Arab souk.
Polls have shown that most mainstream Israelis feel that a Palestinian state is a disaster for the Jewish one. Even those in the government who have agreed to its establishment hedge their offers out of fear of rockets falling on Ben Gurion airport the morning after.
They find themselves on the defensive as the other side says “What’s your alternative?”
On Thursday, Nadia Matar and Yehudit Katsover , indefatigable leaders of the “Women in Green” decided to “Regain the Initiative”, as they called their packed conference in Hevron, and begin to explore the different aspects of a real alternative - asserting Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria . This is just the beginning of public discourse, they said, and the hundreds who came to help kickstart the initiative, agreed.
The speakers addressed the various ramifications of Israeli sovereignty, Jewish, Zionist, political,,economic, legal and diplomatic, discussing options for annexation, the status of Arab residents, demographics and world reactions.
Carolyn Glick, senior contributing editor of JPost, said that although that is the only option on the table at present, any Palestinian state will be a terror state, Gaza will reach Jerusalem, Israeli Arabs will demand independence and an invasion from Iraq will follow. Once Israel gives in to a Palestinian state, she said, we admit to being outside conquerors, and the rest is downhill.
Glick suggested asserting sovereignty now, giving today’s PA Arabs the franchise, but setting rules: no votes for members of terror organizations, for example. She recalled that nothing happened when Israel united Jerusalem and annexed the Golan Heights without fanfare. There is no standing still, she maintained, and if we don’t want to pay the price for victory, we will lose.
MK Hotovely said that we must ignore the left. MK Eldad painted the varying scenarios possible once Israel decides to assert sovereignty in Yesha, listing pros and cons for each.
Professor Raphy Yisraeli said that a Palestinian state in Yesha would not solve anything, as only a third of those claiming to be “refugees” live in Yesha and the other two thirds would soon demand the rest of Israel. He suggested population switches, including of Israeli Arabs, modeled on the post WWII period when 20 m. refugees were resettled successfully in a matter of years. Israel’s pre 1922 borders could be the start point of negotiations, a state built out of parts of that, so that Arabs left in Israel should be Palestinian citizens.
The most original thesis came from economic correspondent Eran Bar Tal, who outlined the significant economic gain for Israelis and Arabs if sovereignty is asserted, an outcome for which the left has no alternative.. From a rise in property values of Arab homes and subsequent capital gain, to solving the housing shortage for Israelis (as Yesha is not the Negev or Galilee, but close to employment centers), eliminating the need for foreign workers while raising living conditions for Arabs – all told, an economic win-win situation, that people can relate to easily.
Former UN Ambassador Yoram Ettinger brought statistics that showed that time is actually on the Israeli side, that the Congress which represents mainstream America is 80% pro Israel (eliciting a laugh when he said that this is a higher percentage than polls of Israelis attain). He listed demographic predictions of doom in the past that turned out to be inaccurate, explaining that a double-counting error led to 1 m. more Arabs in Yesha than are really there to be on the books. He juxtaposed the rising birthrate in Israel –from 80,000 in 1995 to 125,000 in 2010 with the lowering Arab one.
Dr. Yitschak Klein of the Israel Policy Center claimed that Israelis suggest policy according to how they wished Arabs would act, but not as they really do. Now is the time act, he said, as as public opinion has changed radically. Negotiations have failed, Oslo has collapsed, and a majority of Israelis polled do not want to give up any more land. They do want to be separated from PA Arabs and therefore he suggested giving over Arab concentrated areas in order to gain other areas.
Dr. Gabi Avital summed up the initiative by saying that details can be worked out, but that from this point on, the Territories for Peace slogan must be turned on its head. Israel can assert sovereignty all at once or in stages over the territory of Yesha, work out the status of PA residents now or later, but Yesha must become Israeli sovereign territory for it to take a chance on “peace."
Comment on this story
3. Steinitz Lays Down the Law Regarding Iran
by Elad Benari
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz is expected to issue an order in the next few days which will make it clear that Iran is an enemy state and therefore, it is prohibited for Israelis to have any economic relationship with Iran.
Meanwhile, the Finance Ministry said that the Treasury is determined to implement the economic sanctions on Iran decided upon by the international community as reflected in the decisions of the UN Security Council.
Steinitz has also given to the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee a draft of regulations which prohibit investment in corporations that maintain a business relationship with Iran. The draft regulations are in accordance with a recent bill submitted by MK Carmel Hacohen Shama (Likud) which prohibits investment in corporations that maintain a business relationship with Iran and are part of the measures taken by Israel in its fight against Iran’s nuclear program.
The regulations in the draft regularize the consolidation of the list of corporations with a substantial business relationship with Iran. Financial institutions, banks and mutual funds will be barred from investing in these corporations. The draft regulation also establishes the criteria for the definition of a substantial business relationship with Iran. Corporations which meet these criteria will be announced as corporations that maintain a substantive business relationship with Iran and will thus enter the list of companies in which financial corporations can not invest.
Steinitz said in a statement Thursday, “This is a significant step in Israel’s tightening of its economic sanctions on Iran as part of its commitment to the international efforts to thwart Iran’s ability to develop non-conventional weapons, thus threatening the existence of Israel and all the Western countries.”
Steinitz’s moves come following a recent political and media storm over the Ofer Brothers Group shipping company, Tanker Pacific, which was accused last month of having had its ships docked in Iran.
The story came to light after the United States slapped sanctions on the Ofer Brothers Group over suspicions that it had violated sanctions against trade with Iran.
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by Elad Benari
Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz is expected to issue an order in the next few days which will make it clear that Iran is an enemy state and therefore, it is prohibited for Israelis to have any economic relationship with Iran.
Meanwhile, the Finance Ministry said that the Treasury is determined to implement the economic sanctions on Iran decided upon by the international community as reflected in the decisions of the UN Security Council.
Steinitz has also given to the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee a draft of regulations which prohibit investment in corporations that maintain a business relationship with Iran. The draft regulations are in accordance with a recent bill submitted by MK Carmel Hacohen Shama (Likud) which prohibits investment in corporations that maintain a business relationship with Iran and are part of the measures taken by Israel in its fight against Iran’s nuclear program.
The regulations in the draft regularize the consolidation of the list of corporations with a substantial business relationship with Iran. Financial institutions, banks and mutual funds will be barred from investing in these corporations. The draft regulation also establishes the criteria for the definition of a substantial business relationship with Iran. Corporations which meet these criteria will be announced as corporations that maintain a substantive business relationship with Iran and will thus enter the list of companies in which financial corporations can not invest.
Steinitz said in a statement Thursday, “This is a significant step in Israel’s tightening of its economic sanctions on Iran as part of its commitment to the international efforts to thwart Iran’s ability to develop non-conventional weapons, thus threatening the existence of Israel and all the Western countries.”
Steinitz’s moves come following a recent political and media storm over the Ofer Brothers Group shipping company, Tanker Pacific, which was accused last month of having had its ships docked in Iran.
The story came to light after the United States slapped sanctions on the Ofer Brothers Group over suspicions that it had violated sanctions against trade with Iran.
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4. Archaeologists Discover High Priest's Bell?
by Elad Benari
Archaeologists have discovered a rare gold bell with a small loop at its end. The finding was made during an archaeological excavation in the City of David National Park (near the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem) by the Israel Antiquities Authority in cooperation with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the Ir David Foundation.
The directors of the excavation on behalf of the Antiquities Authority, archaeologists Eli Shukron and Professor Ronny Reich of Haifa University, said after the finding, “The bell looked as if it was sewn on the garment worn by a man of high authority in Jerusalem at the end of the Second Temple period.
“The bell was exposed in the city’s main drainage channel of that period, between the layers of dirt that had been piled on the floor of the channel,” they continued. “This drainage channel was built and hewn west to the Western Wall of the Temple Mount and drained the rainfall in the different parts of the city, through the City of David and the Shiloah Pool to the Kidron valley.”
The excavation area, above the drain, is located in the main street of Jerusalem which rose from the Shiloah Pool in the City of David. In this street an interchange was built through which people entered the Temple Mount. The remains of this interchange are what is known today as Robinson’s Arch. Archaeologists believe that the eminent man walked the streets of Jerusalem in the area of Robinson’s Arch and lost the golden bell which fell off his outfit into the drain beneath the street.
Jewish sources say that the high priests who served in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem used to hang golden bells on the edges of their coats. The book of Exodus (Shemot), for example, contains a description of the coat of Aaron the high priest in which it is said that coat contains, “bells of gold.”
While it is unknown if the bell belonged to one of the high priests, archaeologists have not ruled out the possibility.
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by Elad Benari
Archaeologists have discovered a rare gold bell with a small loop at its end. The finding was made during an archaeological excavation in the City of David National Park (near the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem) by the Israel Antiquities Authority in cooperation with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the Ir David Foundation.
The directors of the excavation on behalf of the Antiquities Authority, archaeologists Eli Shukron and Professor Ronny Reich of Haifa University, said after the finding, “The bell looked as if it was sewn on the garment worn by a man of high authority in Jerusalem at the end of the Second Temple period.
“The bell was exposed in the city’s main drainage channel of that period, between the layers of dirt that had been piled on the floor of the channel,” they continued. “This drainage channel was built and hewn west to the Western Wall of the Temple Mount and drained the rainfall in the different parts of the city, through the City of David and the Shiloah Pool to the Kidron valley.”
The excavation area, above the drain, is located in the main street of Jerusalem which rose from the Shiloah Pool in the City of David. In this street an interchange was built through which people entered the Temple Mount. The remains of this interchange are what is known today as Robinson’s Arch. Archaeologists believe that the eminent man walked the streets of Jerusalem in the area of Robinson’s Arch and lost the golden bell which fell off his outfit into the drain beneath the street.
Jewish sources say that the high priests who served in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem used to hang golden bells on the edges of their coats. The book of Exodus (Shemot), for example, contains a description of the coat of Aaron the high priest in which it is said that coat contains, “bells of gold.”
While it is unknown if the bell belonged to one of the high priests, archaeologists have not ruled out the possibility.
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5. Aqaba: A Bridge Too Far
by Gavriel Queenann
Egypt and Saudi Arabia want to construct a giant bridge to accommodate road and rail traffic across the Gulf of Aqaba, Der Spiegel reports.
Egyptian officials say the project, under discussion since 1988, has been approved.
Egypt's interim Prime Minister Essam Sharaf of the ruling junta has reportedly put General Abdul Aziz, chairman of the Arab Road Association, in charge of overseeing the project.
The Gulf of Aqaba runs along the eastern edge of the Sinai Peninsula. Plans call for the 32-kilometer (20-mile) bridge to cross the narrow Strait of Tiran from Ras Nasrani, near the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, to Ras Hamid in northwestern Saudi Arabia. Parts of the bridge would be suspended.
For the Arabs, the massive construction project would be a triumph linking the middle east to north africa for the first time since Israel's founding in 1948. The absence of such a route, Israel says, is a void of the Arab's own making rooted in their refusal to normalize relations with the Jewish state.
Officials believe that tolls paid by millions of Muslim pilgrims on their way to holy sites in Saudi Arabia could make up for the roughly $5 billion the bridge is expected to cost. They also believe the bridge will significantly increase the number of pilgrims.
But Israel and Jordan are concerned the project is a bridge too far. Both nations have vital and prosperous sea ports, Eilat and Aqaba, in the northern reaches of the Gulf of Aqaba whose profitability is threatened. Also, the area of the Red Sea where planners intend to construct the bridge is highly important to Israel and Jordan as it provides them with access to the Indian Ocean.
Five years ago, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak abruptly shelved the mammoth project shortly before construction began after Israel expressed security threats.
A spokesman for the Saudi government said, "We won't let anyone discourage us from our construction plans. The Strait of Tiran lies in international waters."
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by Gavriel Queenann
Egypt and Saudi Arabia want to construct a giant bridge to accommodate road and rail traffic across the Gulf of Aqaba, Der Spiegel reports.
Egyptian officials say the project, under discussion since 1988, has been approved.
Egypt's interim Prime Minister Essam Sharaf of the ruling junta has reportedly put General Abdul Aziz, chairman of the Arab Road Association, in charge of overseeing the project.
The Gulf of Aqaba runs along the eastern edge of the Sinai Peninsula. Plans call for the 32-kilometer (20-mile) bridge to cross the narrow Strait of Tiran from Ras Nasrani, near the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, to Ras Hamid in northwestern Saudi Arabia. Parts of the bridge would be suspended.
For the Arabs, the massive construction project would be a triumph linking the middle east to north africa for the first time since Israel's founding in 1948. The absence of such a route, Israel says, is a void of the Arab's own making rooted in their refusal to normalize relations with the Jewish state.
Officials believe that tolls paid by millions of Muslim pilgrims on their way to holy sites in Saudi Arabia could make up for the roughly $5 billion the bridge is expected to cost. They also believe the bridge will significantly increase the number of pilgrims.
But Israel and Jordan are concerned the project is a bridge too far. Both nations have vital and prosperous sea ports, Eilat and Aqaba, in the northern reaches of the Gulf of Aqaba whose profitability is threatened. Also, the area of the Red Sea where planners intend to construct the bridge is highly important to Israel and Jordan as it provides them with access to the Indian Ocean.
Five years ago, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak abruptly shelved the mammoth project shortly before construction began after Israel expressed security threats.
A spokesman for the Saudi government said, "We won't let anyone discourage us from our construction plans. The Strait of Tiran lies in international waters."
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6. British Press Amnesia About Marmara Violence
by Gil Ronen
British newspapers carried reports Thursday about the Israel Navy’s takeover of the final “Gaza flotilla” ship headed for Hamas territory but neglected to remind their readers of the extreme violence perpetrated by activists on last year’s flotilla.
Just Journalism’s The Wire blog reports that The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and the Financial Times all carried stories about the boarding of the Dignite al-Karama, the final ship in this year’s convoy attempting to break Israel’s maritime blockade of Gaza.
This was the only boat in this year’s convoy that had to be intercepted by Israeli naval forces. The Wire notes that the event could have been expected to prompt comparisons with the 2010 raid of the Mavi Marmara, during which nine Turkish passengers were killed when they tried to lynch Israeli soldiers.
However, it writes, “While all of the reporting notes that the passengers offered ‘no resistance’, only The Daily Telegraph explicitly contrasts this with the actions of the activists aboard the Mavi Marmara who violently assaulted Israeli troops.”
The Independent “suggests that the deaths aboard the Mavi Marmara were due to Israel ‘bungling’ an assault, omitting to mention that Israeli soldiers had been set upon by a mob of violent activists.”
The Wire says that the downplaying of the violence by passengers on the Mavi Marmara is in line with the findings of Just Journalism’s 2010 special report, ‘Gaza flotilla raid: Media presentation of Israeli video evidence’.
Some of the report’s key findings were that:
“The Guardian and The Independent severely under-reported the IDF footage showing Israeli commandos coming under sustained attack from Mavi Marmara passengers.
“The Guardian and The Independent presented Israel’s key evidence as public relations material and refused to incorporate it into their broader narratives on the event.
“The Times and The Daily Telegraph gave the footage due prominence from the outset of reporting and treated it as a natural counter-point to passengers’ claims.”
Comment on this story
by Gil Ronen
British newspapers carried reports Thursday about the Israel Navy’s takeover of the final “Gaza flotilla” ship headed for Hamas territory but neglected to remind their readers of the extreme violence perpetrated by activists on last year’s flotilla.
Just Journalism’s The Wire blog reports that The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and the Financial Times all carried stories about the boarding of the Dignite al-Karama, the final ship in this year’s convoy attempting to break Israel’s maritime blockade of Gaza.
This was the only boat in this year’s convoy that had to be intercepted by Israeli naval forces. The Wire notes that the event could have been expected to prompt comparisons with the 2010 raid of the Mavi Marmara, during which nine Turkish passengers were killed when they tried to lynch Israeli soldiers.
However, it writes, “While all of the reporting notes that the passengers offered ‘no resistance’, only The Daily Telegraph explicitly contrasts this with the actions of the activists aboard the Mavi Marmara who violently assaulted Israeli troops.”
The Independent “suggests that the deaths aboard the Mavi Marmara were due to Israel ‘bungling’ an assault, omitting to mention that Israeli soldiers had been set upon by a mob of violent activists.”
The Wire says that the downplaying of the violence by passengers on the Mavi Marmara is in line with the findings of Just Journalism’s 2010 special report, ‘Gaza flotilla raid: Media presentation of Israeli video evidence’.
Some of the report’s key findings were that:
“The Guardian and The Independent severely under-reported the IDF footage showing Israeli commandos coming under sustained attack from Mavi Marmara passengers.
“The Guardian and The Independent presented Israel’s key evidence as public relations material and refused to incorporate it into their broader narratives on the event.
“The Times and The Daily Telegraph gave the footage due prominence from the outset of reporting and treated it as a natural counter-point to passengers’ claims.”
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7. Barghouti Placed in Solitary Confinement
by Elad Benari
Arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti, currently serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison, was placed in solitary confinement for two weeks on Thursday, after a cellular phone was found in his prison cell during a routine patrol by the Israeli Prison Service.
The IPS is suspecting that a senior warden in the prison arranged for Barghouti to receive a cellular phone in return for money.
The IPS said in a statement on Thursday that it would continue to search for and remove mobile phones and other prohibited items from the prisoners’ possessions.
On Wednesday, it was reported that Barghouti had written an appeal for ‘millions’ of Palestinian Authority Arabs to march in September to show support for a United Nations resolution to declare the PA an independent country based on its own definition of borders.
Promoting his self-styled image of a terrorist-turned intellectual peace-seeker through “peaceful resistance,” Barghouti called on Arabs to stage a “peaceful million-man march” during the United Nations General Assembly in September.
He previously called for a mass march against the Israeli “occupation”.
Barghouti was convicted in 2004 of five murders and of attempted murder. He was sentenced to five consecutive life sentences for the five murders in which he was convicted, and 40 years in prison for attempted murder.
Despite his direct involvement in terror activities against Israelis, TIME Magazine raised this week the possibility Barghouti might be another Nelson Mandela, thus blaming Israel for the lack of a peace agreement with the Arabs.
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by Elad Benari
Arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti, currently serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison, was placed in solitary confinement for two weeks on Thursday, after a cellular phone was found in his prison cell during a routine patrol by the Israeli Prison Service.
The IPS is suspecting that a senior warden in the prison arranged for Barghouti to receive a cellular phone in return for money.
The IPS said in a statement on Thursday that it would continue to search for and remove mobile phones and other prohibited items from the prisoners’ possessions.
On Wednesday, it was reported that Barghouti had written an appeal for ‘millions’ of Palestinian Authority Arabs to march in September to show support for a United Nations resolution to declare the PA an independent country based on its own definition of borders.
Promoting his self-styled image of a terrorist-turned intellectual peace-seeker through “peaceful resistance,” Barghouti called on Arabs to stage a “peaceful million-man march” during the United Nations General Assembly in September.
He previously called for a mass march against the Israeli “occupation”.
Barghouti was convicted in 2004 of five murders and of attempted murder. He was sentenced to five consecutive life sentences for the five murders in which he was convicted, and 40 years in prison for attempted murder.
Despite his direct involvement in terror activities against Israelis, TIME Magazine raised this week the possibility Barghouti might be another Nelson Mandela, thus blaming Israel for the lack of a peace agreement with the Arabs.
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8. Barak vs. Lieberman on Concession to Turkey
by Gavriel Queenann
While the government has thus far refused to apologize to Turkey over a clash aboard a Gaza-bound boat in 2010, senior cabinet ministers are divided on the matter. Foremost among them are Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Defense Minister Ehud Barak; the former staunchly opposes an apology, while the latter supports it.
“This is not a legal matter, but rather a political issue, and is not a question of defending IDF soldiers but of neglecting them, of irresponsibility on the diplomatic level,” Lieberman said Thursday. “If there is an apology, that means admitting defeat on the battlefield and the political field.”
“In that case, Israel would be sending a message of weakness, confusion, and an inability to stand up to pressure,” he argued.
Barak, on the other hand, says Israel should do what is necessary to restore ties with Turkey, including apologize as Turkish leaders demand.
Supporting Barak's position are Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor (Likud) and Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein, who advocates apologizing for “operational mistakes” but not for stopping the Gaza-bound flotilla. Minister of Strategic Affairs Moshe “Bogie” Yaalon, on the other hand, strongly opposes an apology.
“Apologizing is taking responsibility. There is no room in my mind for any kind of apology that means taking responsibility,” he said Thursday. The government is prepared “to regret the loss of lives,” he added, but that is unlikely to satisfy Turkish leaders.
Reuters reported Thursday that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has yet to reach a decision on the issue. Netanyahu has previously stated that Israel will not apologize.
Turkey is demanding an apology over a 2010 incident in which Turkish citizens were killed after attacking IDF soldiers. The Turkish activists had attempted to forcibly violate an IDF naval blockade on Hamas, and stabbed and beat soldiers who attempted to turn their boat toward Ashdod.
Soldiers responded by opening fire, killing nine. Turkey then cut off ties with Israel, insisting that ties would resume only if Israel were to apologize, compensate the families of the nine attackers who were killed, and end the naval blockade on Hamas.
An Israeli probe into the incident found that the IDF made mistakes in preparing for the 2010 flotilla, but that soldiers acted properly in responding to the unexpected violence. A United Nations probe due to be released next week has reportedly criticized soldiers for using lethal force, but upheld Israel's right to impose and maintain a naval blockade on Gaza in order to prevent Hamas from importing weapons.
The naval blockade is supported by Israel's past agreements with the Palestinian Authority as well as by international law. Land crossings to Gaza are open to both goods and human travel.
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by Gavriel Queenann
While the government has thus far refused to apologize to Turkey over a clash aboard a Gaza-bound boat in 2010, senior cabinet ministers are divided on the matter. Foremost among them are Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Defense Minister Ehud Barak; the former staunchly opposes an apology, while the latter supports it.
“This is not a legal matter, but rather a political issue, and is not a question of defending IDF soldiers but of neglecting them, of irresponsibility on the diplomatic level,” Lieberman said Thursday. “If there is an apology, that means admitting defeat on the battlefield and the political field.”
“In that case, Israel would be sending a message of weakness, confusion, and an inability to stand up to pressure,” he argued.
Barak, on the other hand, says Israel should do what is necessary to restore ties with Turkey, including apologize as Turkish leaders demand.
Supporting Barak's position are Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor (Likud) and Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein, who advocates apologizing for “operational mistakes” but not for stopping the Gaza-bound flotilla. Minister of Strategic Affairs Moshe “Bogie” Yaalon, on the other hand, strongly opposes an apology.
“Apologizing is taking responsibility. There is no room in my mind for any kind of apology that means taking responsibility,” he said Thursday. The government is prepared “to regret the loss of lives,” he added, but that is unlikely to satisfy Turkish leaders.
Reuters reported Thursday that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has yet to reach a decision on the issue. Netanyahu has previously stated that Israel will not apologize.
Turkey is demanding an apology over a 2010 incident in which Turkish citizens were killed after attacking IDF soldiers. The Turkish activists had attempted to forcibly violate an IDF naval blockade on Hamas, and stabbed and beat soldiers who attempted to turn their boat toward Ashdod.
Soldiers responded by opening fire, killing nine. Turkey then cut off ties with Israel, insisting that ties would resume only if Israel were to apologize, compensate the families of the nine attackers who were killed, and end the naval blockade on Hamas.
An Israeli probe into the incident found that the IDF made mistakes in preparing for the 2010 flotilla, but that soldiers acted properly in responding to the unexpected violence. A United Nations probe due to be released next week has reportedly criticized soldiers for using lethal force, but upheld Israel's right to impose and maintain a naval blockade on Gaza in order to prevent Hamas from importing weapons.
The naval blockade is supported by Israel's past agreements with the Palestinian Authority as well as by international law. Land crossings to Gaza are open to both goods and human travel.
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Summary of DEBKA Exclusives in the Week Ending July 22, 2011
Qaddafi attacks western rebels to improve bargaining position for ending war
DEBKAfile Special Report
15 June.
As US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday, July 15, informed the
Libya Contact Group in Istanbul of US recognition of the rebel
National Transitional Council (TNC) "until a fully representational
interim government can be established," Muammar Qaddafi declared "We
aim for victory – not compromise!" and launched his troops on a new
operation against rebels in the west to improve his bargaining position
in negotiations.
DEBKAfile's intelligence sources sum up the situation on the Libyan battlefield on Friday, July 15:
The government's charge that pro-Qaddafi forces are under rebel and NATO attack in the eastern oil region of Brega was a red herring to disguise the transfer of an expanded government armored brigade from Brega to fight a separatist insurgency in the western Nafusa Mountains.
They also discount the rebel complaint that with enough arms on the western front they could have been standing now at the gates of Tripoli. In fact, the rebels have suffered another defeat. That Qaddafi felt able to move a division-sized force from eastern Libya to the west indicated he no longer feared rebel advances around Brega in the east or Misrata in the west. Neither was he concerned about them capturing Sirte.
In all the five months of their NATO-backed offensive, they never came close to that objective.
Qaddafi went on the offensive additionally to show the 30-member Libya Contact Group which army holds the upper hand on the Libyan battlefield and underscore NATO's failure to turn the tide against him.
DEBKAfile Special Report
15 June.
As US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday, July 15, informed the
Libya Contact Group in Istanbul of US recognition of the rebel
National Transitional Council (TNC) "until a fully representational
interim government can be established," Muammar Qaddafi declared "We
aim for victory – not compromise!" and launched his troops on a new
operation against rebels in the west to improve his bargaining position
in negotiations.DEBKAfile's intelligence sources sum up the situation on the Libyan battlefield on Friday, July 15:
The government's charge that pro-Qaddafi forces are under rebel and NATO attack in the eastern oil region of Brega was a red herring to disguise the transfer of an expanded government armored brigade from Brega to fight a separatist insurgency in the western Nafusa Mountains.
They also discount the rebel complaint that with enough arms on the western front they could have been standing now at the gates of Tripoli. In fact, the rebels have suffered another defeat. That Qaddafi felt able to move a division-sized force from eastern Libya to the west indicated he no longer feared rebel advances around Brega in the east or Misrata in the west. Neither was he concerned about them capturing Sirte.
In all the five months of their NATO-backed offensive, they never came close to that objective.
Qaddafi went on the offensive additionally to show the 30-member Libya Contact Group which army holds the upper hand on the Libyan battlefield and underscore NATO's failure to turn the tide against him.
July 16, 2011 Briefs:
- Libya Contact Group secretly approves conciliation conference to start in two weeks · UN Special Envoy Abdul Elah al-Khatib goes to Tripoli to bring representatives of Qaddafi, rebels and NATO to the table ·
- The deal would see Qaddafi step down but not leave Libya or face international prosecution ·
Vast pro-Qaddafi demos in Libya, condemn "foreign intervention," protest US recognition of rebels · - Qassam missiles keep coming from Gaza – another before dawn Saturday, 2 Friday ·
- The firings claimed by Al Qaeda-linked Tawfiq al-Jihad ·
- Syrian forces kill 32 protesters demonstrating in cities across the country – 16 in Damascus •
- More than a million rallied against the Assad regime Friday • They included for the first time up to 40,000 in Damascus, according to the opposition •
Hizballah rides high in Lebanon, installs member as security chief
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
16 July.
On the fifth anniversary of Israel's second Lebanon war this week, as
former IDF generals and military experts hailed the conflict as the
deterrent which had kept the Shiite terrorist Hizballah at bay ever
since, Hassan Nasrallah quietly completed the organization's takeover
of Lebanon's security and intelligence agencies and took delivery of
advanced M600s - the Syrian version of the Scud D ballistic missile -
whose 700-kilometer range puts much of Israel, Jordan and parts of
Turkey from Syria.
Nasrallah had the government endorse Shiite Brig. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim's promotion from Deputy Director of Lebanese Military Intelligence to General Security Director, a post formerly held by a Christian.
Next on Hizballah's agenda is the extension of Said Mirza's term as Prosecutor General as well as the appointments of Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi as Internal Security Forces chief; and Col. Wissam Hassan, as head of the Intelligence Bureau. They are to be the roadblocks against the execution of International Lebanese Tribunal arrest warrants for Hizballah leaders in connection with the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
16 July.
On the fifth anniversary of Israel's second Lebanon war this week, as
former IDF generals and military experts hailed the conflict as the
deterrent which had kept the Shiite terrorist Hizballah at bay ever
since, Hassan Nasrallah quietly completed the organization's takeover
of Lebanon's security and intelligence agencies and took delivery of
advanced M600s - the Syrian version of the Scud D ballistic missile -
whose 700-kilometer range puts much of Israel, Jordan and parts of
Turkey from Syria. Nasrallah had the government endorse Shiite Brig. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim's promotion from Deputy Director of Lebanese Military Intelligence to General Security Director, a post formerly held by a Christian.
Next on Hizballah's agenda is the extension of Said Mirza's term as Prosecutor General as well as the appointments of Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi as Internal Security Forces chief; and Col. Wissam Hassan, as head of the Intelligence Bureau. They are to be the roadblocks against the execution of International Lebanese Tribunal arrest warrants for Hizballah leaders in connection with the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
July 17, 2011 Briefs:
- Jan Mohammad Khan, senior adviser to Afghan president Hamid Karzai, murdered at his home in Kabul ·
- Three ministers quit Egyptian government, foreign, finance, trade and Industry in cabinet reshuffle in response to rising popular protest ·
- Three Palestinian missiles fired into Israel from Gaza early Sunday •
- Syrian forces backed by tanks move in to Zabadani on Lebanese border, arrested hundreds ·
- At least 13 insurgents killed after E. Afghan battles and coalition airstrike · The strike targeted Taliban leader in Nangarhar province ·
- New report on Afghan war blames NATO defense ministers and commanders for grave errors. British task force was ill-equipped and too weak to defeat Taliban ·
Hosni Mubarak may be dying but Mubarakism is alive and well in Egypt
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
17 July.
Conflicting reports on former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's state
of health appeared Sunday night, July 17. His lawyers said he was in a
coma after a stroke. This was denied by the head of the Sharm el-Sheikh
hospital. Earlier, as Egypt sank deeper into lawlessness and economic
stagnation, the military junta reshuffled the cabinet to placate
protesters who accused the generals of "stealing the revolution."
City streets are plagued by robbers and outlaws. Unemployment is rife and jobs pay a wretched wage of $50-115 a month. Economic stagnation is a major cause of dissent.
Tens of thousands rally in Tahrir Square against the new rulers, the Supreme Council of Revolutionary Forces’ (SCAF) – and not only in Cairo, but in Suez, Ismailia and Alexandria. They accuse the generals letting the situation deteriorate "to generate anarchy as the pretext for postponing promised elections. The junta wants to be sure of winning before it fixes on the date."
Gulf emirates pledged aid if the rulers suppress dissent and turn away from Washington and against Iran.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
17 July.
Conflicting reports on former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's state
of health appeared Sunday night, July 17. His lawyers said he was in a
coma after a stroke. This was denied by the head of the Sharm el-Sheikh
hospital. Earlier, as Egypt sank deeper into lawlessness and economic
stagnation, the military junta reshuffled the cabinet to placate
protesters who accused the generals of "stealing the revolution." City streets are plagued by robbers and outlaws. Unemployment is rife and jobs pay a wretched wage of $50-115 a month. Economic stagnation is a major cause of dissent.
Tens of thousands rally in Tahrir Square against the new rulers, the Supreme Council of Revolutionary Forces’ (SCAF) – and not only in Cairo, but in Suez, Ismailia and Alexandria. They accuse the generals letting the situation deteriorate "to generate anarchy as the pretext for postponing promised elections. The junta wants to be sure of winning before it fixes on the date."
July 18, 2011 Briefs:
- US official confirms: Three senior diplomats including Jeffrey Feltman met four members of Qaddafi's inner circle ·
The official says the meeting in Tunisia last Saturday was "not negotiations" but a message to Qaddafi to step down · - Two weeks ago, DEBKA-Net-Weekly and
DEBKAfile were first world publications to disclose secret US peace
negotiations with Qaddafi's representatives through Moscow on orders
from President Obama ·
We also reported Qaddafi had agreed to step down · - Israeli aircraft dropped leaflets over Gaza Strip warning citizens against approaching within 300 meters of northern border ·
- This follows escalation of Palestinian missile fire against Israeli civilian locations · Three early Sunday - 11 last week, 20 this month •
- Unlike the US, Moscow refuses to recognize the Libyan rebels ·
- NATO air strikes destroy civilian air control radar antennas at Tripoli international airport ·
- Taliban releases horrific video of firing squad executing 16 Pakistani policemen captured in fighting in NW district of Dir ·
US Adm. Mike Mullen honored by Israel's high command
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
Adm.
Michael Glenn Mullen is rightly acclaimed as the American military
leader who contributed most to the depth and breadth of US-Israeli
security ties and to the IDF's preparedness for a potential war with
Iran. While holding Israel's hand against attacking Iran, Mullen was
responsible for making the IDF America's senior military partner. A
firm believer in the military partnership between US and Israeli armed
forces as a key component in the national security of both nations, he
did what he could to integrate their operational, technological and
intelligence ties to an unprecedented level. Mullen appreciates the IDF
as the second strongest Western army after the US armed forces and
America's most reliable military mainstay.
Before retiring as Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff on September 30, Adm. Mullen arrived Monday, July 18, to take leave of Israel's top command.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
Adm.
Michael Glenn Mullen is rightly acclaimed as the American military
leader who contributed most to the depth and breadth of US-Israeli
security ties and to the IDF's preparedness for a potential war with
Iran. While holding Israel's hand against attacking Iran, Mullen was
responsible for making the IDF America's senior military partner. A
firm believer in the military partnership between US and Israeli armed
forces as a key component in the national security of both nations, he
did what he could to integrate their operational, technological and
intelligence ties to an unprecedented level. Mullen appreciates the IDF
as the second strongest Western army after the US armed forces and
America's most reliable military mainstay. Before retiring as Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff on September 30, Adm. Mullen arrived Monday, July 18, to take leave of Israel's top command.
July 19, 2011 Briefs:
- Israeli Navy boarded small French yacht to prevent it reaching embargoed coast of Gaza · No resistance was put up ·
- The boat which carried no aid cargoes was towed to Ashdod port and activists detained ·
- Syrian sectarian violence between Sunnis and Alawites in Homs leaves 30 dead, according to rights activists ·
Erdogan plans provocative Gaza visit next week
DEBKAfile Special Report
19 July:
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan wants to visit Gaza next Sunday
or Monday (24-25 July), DEBKAfile reports. But both Turkish and
Egyptian security services fear the visit would give the al Qaeda cells
based in the Gaza Strip and Sinai a chance to assassinate him.
Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas maintains it would amount
to de facto Turkish and Egyptian recognition of the Hamas government.
And in Jerusalem, Erdogan would appear to be deliberately hampering
efforts to heal its rift with Ankara.
Getting him from Cairo to Gaza may not be possible. Sinai highways are not controlled by Egyptian security and a helicopter ride would have to be coordinated with Israel and its Air Force – to which the Turkish leader objects.
He is on the warpath on all fronts after Barack Obama cut him out of Libyan peacemaking in favor of Moscow.
DEBKAfile Special Report
19 July:
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan wants to visit Gaza next Sunday
or Monday (24-25 July), DEBKAfile reports. But both Turkish and
Egyptian security services fear the visit would give the al Qaeda cells
based in the Gaza Strip and Sinai a chance to assassinate him.
Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas maintains it would amount
to de facto Turkish and Egyptian recognition of the Hamas government.
And in Jerusalem, Erdogan would appear to be deliberately hampering
efforts to heal its rift with Ankara. Getting him from Cairo to Gaza may not be possible. Sinai highways are not controlled by Egyptian security and a helicopter ride would have to be coordinated with Israel and its Air Force – to which the Turkish leader objects.
He is on the warpath on all fronts after Barack Obama cut him out of Libyan peacemaking in favor of Moscow.
July 20, 2011 Briefs:
- In an Al-Arabiya TV interview,
Netanyahu offers to meet the Palestinians for peace talks right now in
Jerusalem or even Ramallah ·
He denied any Israeli interest in Syria's Assad staying in office · Secret contacts with Damascus did take place in the past, he said, but staying out of Syrian turmoil did not mean Israel was not worried · - Syrian FM Moalem warns US and French ambassadors not to leave Damascus without permission ·
- July 13, DEBKAfile disclosed exclusively that the two envoys were planning visits to Deir al Zour and Abu Kemal to support protesters ·
- New Zealand PM John Key totally denied local media suggestions that an Israeli group caught in Christchurch quake were linked to Israeli intelligence ·
- Ofer Mizrahi who died in the quake had only one European passport – not five as claimed ·
Key stressed that a police-SIS probe into the three surviving group members' rapid departure found nothing to show they were anything other than backpackers · - None held New Zealand passports ·
Stuxnet returns to bedevil Iran's nuclear systems
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
20 July:
DEBKAfile's intelligence sources report that the Stuxnet malworm which
played havoc with Iran's nuclear program for eleven months was not
purged after all. Tehran never did overcome the disruptions caused by
Stuxnet or restore its centrifuges to smooth and normal operation as
was claimed. Indeed, Iran finally resorted to the only sure-fire cure,
scrapping all the tainted machines and replacing them with new ones – as
was indicated Tuesday by an announcement in Tehran by the foreign
office spokesman. He said: "The installation of new centrifuges with
better quality and speed is ongoing… this is another confirmation of
the Islamic republic's successful strides in its nuclear activities."
IIran has taken advantage of the West's preoccupation with the Arab revolt in recent months to forge ahead with its weapons program unnoticed. So if it was moving smoothly forward why did Tehran suddenly decide to raise the touchy subject again? It was to pre-empt Iran's enemies from picking up on the installation of the new centrifuges and publishing the real reason for dumping the "smoothly" operating ones.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
20 July:
DEBKAfile's intelligence sources report that the Stuxnet malworm which
played havoc with Iran's nuclear program for eleven months was not
purged after all. Tehran never did overcome the disruptions caused by
Stuxnet or restore its centrifuges to smooth and normal operation as
was claimed. Indeed, Iran finally resorted to the only sure-fire cure,
scrapping all the tainted machines and replacing them with new ones – as
was indicated Tuesday by an announcement in Tehran by the foreign
office spokesman. He said: "The installation of new centrifuges with
better quality and speed is ongoing… this is another confirmation of
the Islamic republic's successful strides in its nuclear activities."IIran has taken advantage of the West's preoccupation with the Arab revolt in recent months to forge ahead with its weapons program unnoticed. So if it was moving smoothly forward why did Tehran suddenly decide to raise the touchy subject again? It was to pre-empt Iran's enemies from picking up on the installation of the new centrifuges and publishing the real reason for dumping the "smoothly" operating ones.
Syrian cities surrounded by tanks, Homs stormed
21 July:
Since Thursday, July 21, Syria's entire operational fleet of 1,500
tanks surrounds the country's most active anti-Assad protest cities
such as Homs, Hama, Deir al-Zour, Abu Kamal and the big Damascus
suburb of Harasta. The same evening, tank-backed forces stormed Homs,
shelling densely populated districts at random, causing many casualties
and burning buildings. 
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Neues Deutschland Franz-Mehring-Platz 1 10243 Berlin +++ Werbung in eigener Sache: Die LINKE, Israel und der Antisemitismus http://www.neues-deutschland.de/dossiers/150.html Liebe Leserinnen und Leser, hier erfahren Sie, welche Themen im ND vom 23.07.2011 behandelt werden. +++ Inland: Effizienz? Nicht im Interesse der Energie-Konzerne! Naturschutzbund-Experte Ulf Sieberg über Energieeffizienz, EU-Richtlinien und einen gewissen Herrn Oettinger --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202697.effizienz-nicht-im-interesse-der-energie-konzerne.html »Mein altes Leben krieg ich niemals wieder« Die Loveparade 2010 zerstörte das Leben zahlreicher junger Menschen und das ihrer Angehörigen Von Rolf Schraa, dpa --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202750.mein-altes-leben-krieg-ich-niemals-wieder.html Die Frage »Warum?« will niemand beantworten Ein Jahr nach dem Loveparade-Unglück: Wer ist schuld, wer haftet? Von Marcus Meier --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202751.die-frage-warum-will-niemand-beantworten.html Ruhe um Schaller --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202752.ruhe-um-schaller.html OB droht Abwahl --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202753.ob-droht-abwahl.html »Notvernichtung« im Fall Brunner Kohls Kanzleramt ließ offenbar alle BND-Akten über Eichmanns »rechte Hand«, den Nazi-Massenmörder Alois Brunner, vernichten Von René Heilig --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202754.notvernichtung-im-fall-brunner.html Abgenagter Knochen --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202755.abgenagter-knochen.html Spenden für die Hungernden reichen nicht aus Organisationen leisten Direkthilfe in Ostafrika und appellieren an Unterstützung --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202756.spenden-fuer-die-hungernden-reichen-nicht-aus.html Merkelsche Art der Leidenschaft Bundeskanzlerin redet schwarz-gelbe Zwischenbilanz schön Von Aert van Riel --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202757.merkelsche-art-der-leidenschaft.html Die Zeichen stehen auf Streik Urabstimmung bei Zeitungsredakteuren --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202759.die-zeichen-stehen-auf-streik.html Parteitag der NPD verboten --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202760.parteitag-der-npd-verboten.html Rote Linie längst überschritten Was der Stresstest für den Bahnhof Stuttgart 21 beweisen sollte Von Erich Preuß --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202761.rote-linie-laengst-ueberschritten.html Keine Entschuldigung für die Altenpflegerin Vivantes räumt Mängel in Heim ein, Senat bedauert Verfahrensdauer im Fall Heinisch Von Martin Kröger --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202762.keine-entschuldigung-fuer-die-altenpflegerin.html »Das hat keine Tradition« Prof. Johannes Ludwig über nötigen Schutz für Whistleblower --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202763.das-hat-keine-tradition.html Bayern bekommt Rabbinerin Erste Frau in diesem Amt wird in Bamberg arbeiten --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202704.bayern-bekommt-rabbinerin.html Sieches Prestigeprojekt Einrichtung der Hamburger Hafencity-Universität kommt nicht voran, kostet aber Unsummen Von Rainer Kreuzer, Hamburg --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202705.sieches-prestigeprojekt.html Trödler auf den Barrikaden Rheinland-Pfalz streitet um Flohmärkte Von Karsten Packeiser, epd --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202706.troedler-auf-den-barrikaden.html Sensation im Tagebau Nördlich von Zeitz in Sachsen-Anhalt wird ein riesiges Gräberfeld aus der Jungsteinzeit ausgegraben Von Harald Lachmann --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202707.sensation-im-tagebau.html Uhr in Rostock soll Weltkulturerbe werden --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202708.uhr-in-rostock-soll-weltkulturerbe-werden.html Wiesentheater gegen braunen Sumpf In Südmecklenburg startet die Kulturkate Lübtheen mit Franz Molnars »Liliom« in ihre diesjährige Spielsaison Von Grit Büttner, dpa --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202709.wiesentheater-gegen-braunen-sumpf.html +++ Ausland: Schon Zehntausende Hungertote am Horn Somalias Al-Shabaab-Miliz verbietet Hilfe --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202748.schon-zehntausende-hungertote-am-horn.html Weitere Generale im Justiz-Visier Türkische Gerichte gehen Verwicklungen des Militärs nach --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202764.weitere-generale-im-justiz-visier.html Zweifel nicht erlaubt Saudi-arabisches Gesetz bestraft Kritiker --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202765.zweifel-nicht-erlaubt.html Moskau thematisiert Gaddafi-Rücktritt Machtverzicht bei Gesprächen in Russland erörtert / Angeblich Rebellentrupps in Tripolis --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202766.moskau-thematisiert-gaddafi-ruecktritt.html 50 Rebellen in Paktika bei Kampf getötet Schwere Gefechte im Südosten Afghanistans --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202767.50-rebellen-in-paktika-bei-kampf-getoetet.html Lieberman erzürnt selbst Netanjahu Kontroverse Gesetzesvorlagen stürzen Israels Regierung in eine tiefe Krise Von Oliver Eberhardt --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202768.lieberman-erzuernt-selbst-netanjahu.html Nachspiel zu Polens Medienskandal Ehemalige Vizekulturministerin Aleksandra Jakubowska verurteilt Von Julian Bartosz, Wroclaw --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202769.nachspiel-zu-polens-medienskandal.html Särge aus Afghanistan rütteln Frankreichs Öffentlichkeit auf Der Tod weiterer französischer Soldaten heizt die Kritik am Kriegseinsatz an Von Ralf Klingsieck, Paris --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202770.saerge-aus-afghanistan-ruetteln-frankreichs-oeffentlichkeit-auf.html Wie geht es den Opfern der Flut? GIZ-Experte Hans Steinmann über den Wiederaufbau in Pakistan --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202774.wie-geht-es-den-opfern-der-flut.html +++ Wirtschaft/Soziales: Athens Schulden kommen auf die lange Bank Euro-Krisengipfel einigt sich auf neues Kreditprogramm mit Gläubigerbeteiligung / Erste Ratingagentur erwägt Herabstufung Griechenlands Von Kurt Stenger --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202746.athens-schulden-kommen-auf-die-lange-bank.html Mindestlohn als Euro-Retter Michael Schlecht (LINKE) fordert Abbau der deutschen Überschüsse --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202698.mindestlohn-als-euro-retter.html Schweizer Banker in den USA angeklagt Vorwurf: Beihilfe zur Steuerhinterziehung --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202699.schweizer-banker-in-den-usa-angeklagt.html Wall Street bereitet »Tag X« vor Finanzakteure verringern Anteil von US-Staatsanleihen in ihren Portfolios Von John Dyer, Boston --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202700.wall-street-bereitet-tag-x-vor.html Microsoft auf dem Gipfel --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202701.microsoft-auf-dem-gipfel.html Chrysler wieder da --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202702.chrysler-wieder-da.html EU-Krisenfonds wird flexibler Ergebnisse des Brüsseler Schuldengipfels --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202703.eu-krisenfonds-wird-flexibler.html +++ Feuilleton: Professor Du. Wie du und ich Eine Begegnung in Deutschland Von Christina Matte --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202710.professor-du-wie-du-und-ich.html Kuckuck Joachim John --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202713.kuckuck.html Plattenbau --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202796.plattenbau.html Schonungslose Selbstbezichtigung Franz Fühmann und seine Novelle »Kameraden« (1955) Von Horst Nalewski --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202719.schonungslose-selbstbezichtigung.html In der Ruhmeshalle Zum Tod des britischen Malers Lucian Freud --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202720.in-der-ruhmeshalle.html »Kai Rosenthal« TV-Tipp: Ab heute wieder – »Dalli Dalli« Von Jan Freitag --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202721.kai-rosenthal.html Notizen aus Venedig Von Gunnar Decker --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202722.notizen-aus-venedig.html Tagebücher versteigert KZ-Arzt Mengele --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202723.tagebuecher-versteigert.html »Mache mir Vorwürfe wegen Untätigkeit« Malerei und Grafik von Max Slevogt – eine großartige Schau in Chemnitz Von Martina Jammers --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202724.mache-mir-vorwuerfe-wegen-untaetigkeit.html Schule im Sommer Bauhaus Dessau --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202725.schule-im-sommer.html Bildwelten des Geistes Hygiene-Museum --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202726.bildwelten-des-geistes.html +++ Berlin/Brandenburg: 50 000 besuchen Info-Box zum Berliner Schloss --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202776.50-000-besuchen-info-box-zum-berliner-schloss.html FDP will mit Selbstironie punkten Liberale stellen Wahlkampagne vor und setzen auf flotte Sprüche sowie das Potenzial der Unentschlossenen Von Jenny Becker --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202777.fdp-will-mit-selbstironie-punkten.html Senat weist Kritik an Vergabegesetz von NGOs zurück --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202778.senat-weist-kritik-an-vergabegesetz-von-ngos-zurueck.html Brand im U-Bahnhof Alexanderplatz --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202779.brand-im-u-bahnhof-alexanderplatz.html Gut, auch mal drüber zu reden Landeswahlausschuss sortierte Parteien für den 18. September auf dem Wahlzettel Von Klaus Joachim Herrmann --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202780.gut-auch-mal-drueber-zu-reden.html In den Kulissen Prof. an Dr. Von Klaus Joachim Herrmann --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202781.in-den-kulissen.html Theater zu verkaufen Berliner Kompanie kann sich Kulisse nicht leisten --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202782.theater-zu-verkaufen.html »Beschwerdechor« zur Wahl --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202783.beschwerdechor-zur-wahl.html Thalbachs »Zauberflöte« auf der Kippe --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202784.thalbachs-zauberfloete-auf-der-kippe.html Der Schattenmann Der Gropiusbau präsentiert mit André Kertész einen Pionier der Kunstfotografie und Bildreportage Von Tobias Riegel --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202785.der-schattenmann.html Kindl-Brauerei Hoch hinaus Von Klaus Teßmann --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202786.kindl-brauerei.html Jüdisches Museum feiert --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202787.juedisches-museum-feiert.html Hochlandrinder im Wuhletal Der Bezirk Marzahn-Hellersdorf entdeckt die Landwirtschaft wieder Von Klaus Teßmann --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202788.hochlandrinder-im-wuhletal.html Krampnitz: Potsdam steigt aus Stadt betrachtet Flächenentwicklungspläne für ehemaliges Kasernengelände als unwirksam Von Wilfried Neiße --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202789.krampnitz-potsdam-steigt-aus.html Bis 2020 weniger EU-Fördermittel --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202790.bis-2020-weniger-eu-foerdermittel.html Hochwasseralarm und neue Pumpen --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202791.hochwasseralarm-und-neue-pumpen.html +++ Sport: Ungehindert Oscar Pistorius - mit Beinprothesen startet der Südafrikaner bei der WM der Leichtathleten --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202775.ungehindert.html Hilferufende Nebensätze Dresden und Rostock kämpfen um die ersten Punkte und ein friedliches Spiel Von Alexander Ludewig --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202792.hilferufende-nebensaetze.html Das Glück unterhalb der Kernberge 3. Liga: Über 500 Transfers vor dem Start der Saison - spektakulärster Neuzugang in Jena Von Thomas Wolfer, SID --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202793.das-glueck-unterhalb-der-kernberge.html Thomas Lurz eröffnet Goldjagd deutscher Schwimmer Würzburger gewinnt siebenten Freiwassertitel über fünf Kilometer in Serie / Am Sonntag beginnen die Beckenwettbewerbe Von Christian Kunz und Marc Zeilhofer, dpa --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202794.thomas-lurz-eroeffnet-goldjagd-deutscher-schwimmer.html Alberto Contador schlägt zurück Aufholjagd bei letzter Bergetappe der Tour Von Tom Mustroph, L'Alpe d'Huez --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202795.alberto-contador-schlaegt-zurueck.html +++ Meinung/Kolumne: Unten links --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202747.unten-links.html Ein tödliches Kontinuum Gastkolumne von Benjamin Luig --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202749.ein-toedliches-kontinuum.html MS »Sozialdemokratie« Kommentar von Fabian Lambeck Von Fabian Lambeck --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202771.ms-sozialdemokratie.html Russland ratlos Kommentar von Roland Etzel Von Roland Etzel --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202772.russland-ratlos.html Abschreibungen Kommentar von Kurt Stenger Von Kurt Stenger --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202773.abschreibungen.html +++ Kino & Film: Mehr als ein Geschäft DOKfilm --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202728.mehr-als-ein-geschaeft.html +++ Debatte: Streitfrage: Boykott israelischer Waren - legitim oder unerhört? Streitfrage: Boykott israelischer Waren – legitim oder unerhört? --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202732.streitfrage-boykott-israelischer-waren-legitim-oder-unerhoert.html Kauft nicht bei Lieberman … Von Rolf Verleger --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202733.kauft-nicht-bei-lieberman.html Boykott im Rahmen der EU-Gesetzgebung Von Micha Brumlik --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202734.boykott-im-rahmen-der-eu-gesetzgebung.html +++ ExperimeND: Du schaffst das auch! Migranten engagieren sich in einem Freiwilligendienst für andere Einwandererkinder Von Jenny Becker --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202711.du-schaffst-das-auch.html Rappen aus der Gewaltspirale In der mexikanischen Stadt Ciudad Juárez tobt der Drogenkrieg. Pädagogische Angebote für Jugendliche sind rar Von Knut Henkel --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202712.rappen-aus-der-gewaltspirale.html +++ Geschichte: »Ich fühle mich nicht schuldig« Wie die deutsche Kommunistin Roberta Gropper in NKWD-Haft um ihre Ehre und die der Partei kämpfte Von Alexander Vatlin --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202715.ich-fuehle-mich-nicht-schuldig.html Wissbegierige Genossen Einblick ins Innere eines sozialdemokratischen Ortsvereins Von Kurt Wernicke --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202716.wissbegierige-genossen.html Bayos Warnung wurde blutige Realität Vor 75 Jahren putschen Spaniens Generale – Mallorca im Krieg (Teil 2) Von Werner Abel und Peter Fisch --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202717.bayos-warnung-wurde-blutige-realitaet.html Erich Töppe KALENDERBLATT Von Lutz Heuer --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202718.erich-toeppe.html +++ Natur & Wissenschaft: Kartöffelchen, Kartoffel … Biolumne Von Reinhard Renneberg, Hongkong --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202735.kartoeffelchen-kartoffel.html Webb-Teleskop in Gefahr Weltraumprojekt droht Streichung Von Dieter B. Herrmann --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202736.webb-teleskop-in-gefahr.html Ein Priester entdeckt den Urknall Hat der amerikanische Astronom Edwin Hubble die Nachwelt vorsätzlich getäuscht? Von Martin Koch --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202737.ein-priester-entdeckt-den-urknall.html +++ Forum: Diktat jedes Menschenbildes: Keiner fällt aus dem Rahmen! Die Essays des US-Amerikaners Tony Judt: Utopien, Staat und Linke Von Hans-Dieter Schütt --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202714.diktat-jedes-menschenbildes-keiner-faellt-aus-dem-rahmen.html +++ Reise: Kein Bett im Kornfeld BESONDERER TIPP Von Heidi Diehl --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202743.kein-bett-im-kornfeld.html Expedition zum Kältepol Der Funtensee in Bayern gilt mit gemessenen minus 45,9 Grad Celsius als Eiskeller Deutschlands Von Dorothee Fauth --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202744.expedition-zum-kaeltepol.html Zwischen »Kojak« und Sozialismus Slowenien: Maribors Konzept als »Europas Kulturhauptstadt 2012« ist breit und bodenständig Von Michael Müller --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202745.zwischen-kojak-und-sozialismus.html +++ Medial: Nur acht von fünfhundert MEDIENgedanken: Migrantenanteil im Fernsehen Von Jörg Becker --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202727.nur-acht-von-fuenfhundert.html Man muss nur »man« sagen BLOGwoche: Von Lukas Heinser --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202729.man-muss-nur-man-sagen.html Ein Tag vor der Glotze --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202730.ein-tag-vor-der-glotze.html Lohnender Voyeurismus OUT of SPACE --> [für Abonnenten] http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202731.lohnender-voyeurismus.html +++ Zeitgenuss: Auch die Lucie liebt Begonien GARTEN: Zartbitterer Salat für den Gaumen, Blütenflor als Augenschmaus Brigitte Müller, Hobbygärtnerin und Umweltautorin --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202738.auch-die-lucie-liebt-begonien.html Bengel auf der »Bounty« JUGENDBUCH --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202739.bengel-auf-der-bounty.html Kleine Kulturrevolution bei Japans Klassiker Ich habe es einfach mal probiert: Dominick Pickhan (16) aus Ludwigshafen kreiert ein Pokémon-Shogi --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202740.kleine-kulturrevolution-bei-japans-klassiker.html Wissen, punkten, gewinnen! Gewinnspiel: JULI WOCHENRUNDE 4 --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202741.wissen-punkten-gewinnen.html Dominant SCHACH Carlos García Hernández, Schachlehrer --> http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/202742.dominant.html
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7/22/2011 10:35:29 PM
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Belgian Face Veil Goes Into Effect
From July 23, it will be forbidden to cover your face in public places in Belgium. The law was overwhelmingly passed by the country's parliament and is likely to concern just a small minority of Muslim women wearing full veils as the niqab or a burqa. Nonetheless, the legislation is symptomatic of a growing unease with Islam in Western Europe. More 
What's Really Behind The Violence In Karachi?
The recent wave of street battles in Karachi, which killed 120 people this month, seems to have subsided, for now. The way it did tells a lot about its causes. More 
New Alcohol Restrictions Are Small Beer For Many Russians
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into law new amendments that define beer as alcohol for the first time and place restrictions on its sale. No longer will Russians be able to buy a bottle of beer in a kiosk at any time of the day or night. More 
Musharraf Backs Pakistan's ISI
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has defended Pakistan's national intelligence agency, the Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) against allegations that it funneled millions of dollars to a U.S. based group to lobby Congress and the White House. More 
Kazakhstan Slams U.S. 'Terror' Listing
The Kazakh Foreign Ministry says it is concerned by the United States' decision to add Kazakhstan to a list of countries where terrorist actions are considered highly possible. More 
Pakistan: Attack On Sufi Shrine Foiled
Tribal security guards have foiled a bomb attack on the shrine of a Sufi poet in Pakistan's Khyber tribal area. More 
Russia Resumes Kyrgyz Gasoline Supply
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek Atambaev has secured an agreement with Russia that will allow for the resumption of Russian gasoline deliveries to Kyrgyzstan. More 
Azerbaijani Activist Jailed For 2 Years
Opposition Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (AHCP) activist Shahin Hasanli has been sentenced to two years in jail on charges of illegal possession of weapons and explosives. More 
Prominent Kazakh Journalist's Website Attacked, Blocked
Gulzhan Erglieva, the website's founder and owner, told journalists in Almaty on July 21 that her website has been under attack since July 15. She said the attack was likely connected to the content on the website. More 
Ukraine Astronaut Sad To See Shuttle Go
Leonid Kadenyuk, the only Ukrainian citizen to fly into space on a U.S. space shuttle, has expressed regret at the end of the 30-year-old space program. More
Yerevan 'Open' To Opposition Demands
Armenia's governing coalition has pledged to consider the demands of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) with a view to continuing the dialogue launched on July 18. More 
Tatarstan Students Outperform In Russian
The statistics follow recent protests in Tatarstan organized by pro-Russian groups that claimed the teaching of the Russian language in Tatarstan is being neglected and obligatory Tatar-language classes prevent students from properly learning Russian. More 
Tajiks To Curb Foreign Bank Dependency
Tajikistan's National Bank says it will create a national processing center for all its operations involving credit cards and other banking services, rather than using banks located in foreign countries, most frequently Russia. More Belarusian Activists Wed In Jail Like most couples, Svyatlana Gorokhovik and Pavel Vinahradau had dreamed of a wedding filled with merriment, friends and champagne. This is difficult, however, when the groom is serving time in a drab Belarusian prison. More 
Goran Hadzic's Modern Art Mystery
Goran Hadzic has been called many things in his day. Some in the Croatian city of Vukovar, where he is accused of playing a leading role in the 1991 massacre of more than 250 non-Serbs, refer to him as “the master of life and death.” Until his capture yesterday (eds: July 20), the UN-backed war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia called him their last remaining fugitive. But never in his life has Hadzic been called an art collector. He doesn’t merit that distinction today either. But in revealing how police finally nabbed the former leader of ethnic Serbs in Croatia, officials traced an unexpected link between Hadzic and the more savory world of fine art. More 
Podcast: Digital-Activism Extravaganza With Hillary Clinton's Innovation Adviser -- Plus Geeks Trying To Build A Better World
Alec Ross, TechCamp, and an introduction to Belarusian political graffiti. More 
Opposition Detained And Beaten For Staging Sit-In Over 'Political' Drugs Case
A motley band of bearded and unkempt activists from the unregistered Other Russia party have become the latest addition to Russia’s offbeat opposition protest scene. More 
The Arrest Of A Fugitive, And A New Future For Serbia
When Serbian police forces moved into the quiet village of Krusedol early in the morning of July 20 and arrested the country’s last fugitive war crimes suspect, they closed a chapter on a long and tortuous history. More 
Divorce Is Not An Option For U.S., Pakistan
If Washington were to seize the chance to mediate a genuine and lasting piece in South Asia, Daud Khattak argues, Pakistanis would undoubtedly have a very different attitude toward America's role in the region. More Svyatlana Gorokhovik is about to marry her boyfriend, Pavel Vinahradau. But the festivities are marred by one hitch: Vinahradau is serving a four-year sentence for taking part in protests against authoritarian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka. Gorokhovik spoke to RFE/RL’s Belarusian Service about their bittersweet wedding plans. More |
