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Ettinger: Preemption our Only Option on Iran

By IsraelNN staff

Former Israeli liaison to the United States Congress Yoram Ettinger believes that Israeli leaders focus on the wrong people when they visit the U.S. Instead of worrying first and foremost about the president, leaders should focus on the congress, he says.

"It seems to me that it behooves an Israeli prime minister who goes to Washington to focus first and foremost on the sovereign, and the sovereign is the American people,” Ettinger explained on IsraelNN TV. “And the representatives of the sovereign are first and foremost the legislators on Capitol Hill.”

The current attitude in the American administration is “a source of concern,” he believes, pointing to America's willingness to talk to Iran for the next six months as proof. The U.S. has agreed to postpone action on Iran “as if there haven't been talks over the last six years that have played into the hands of Iran,” he says.


What Israel must make clear to the U.S. when it comes to Iran, according to Ettinger, is that there is no option other than preemption. “We do not have the option of deterrence or of retaliation.... We only have the option of preemption and prevention,” he said.

Regarding rumors that Netanyahu has promised not to carry out a surprise attack on Iran, Ettinger is skeptical. If Israel were to inform the U.S. prior to a strike on Iran, both Israeli and American interests would suffer, he says.

In addition to explaining Israel's position regarding Iran, Netanyahu must discuss the dangers of creating a Palestinian Authority state in his meeting with U.S. President Obama, he says. A PA state would undermine American interests in the Middle East and worldwide, he explains, and Netanyahu must “introduce the Obama administration to the reality” that a PA state would create.

U.S. Court: Arafat Responsible for Terrorist Murders

By Maayana Miskin

A United States court ruled Thursday evening that the Palestinian Authority must compensate the children of Yaron and Efrat Unger, who were murdered in a terrorist attack in 1996. Former PA Chairman Yasser Arafat bore responsibility for the slayings, the court determined.

The court ruled that the couple's children should receive the $116 million that they were awarded in a previous verdict.

Yaron, 26, and Efrat, 25, were shot and killed by a PA terrorist as they drove near the city of Beit Shemesh, southwest of Jerusalem and west of Gush Etzion. Their infant son was in the car but survived the attack.

The couple was survived by their children Dvir and Yishai, who were two years old and nine months old respectively at the time that their parents were murdered.

Yaron held U.S. citizenship, a fact that later allowed his family to seek damages for the killing. Dvir and Yishai filed suit five years ago under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1991, which allows foreign terrorist groups to be sued for the deaths of U.S. citizens.

The PA appealed, arguing that it was not responsible for the attack, which was carried out by a member of Hamas, and not of the ruling Fatah terrorist group led by Arafat. The Ungers argued that Arafat's PA provided a safe haven for Hamas and allowed terrorists unfettered license to attack Israeli civilians.

Judge Ronald Lagueux blamed the PA's loss on Arafat's policies. “These choices were the intentional, deliberate and binding decision made by the PA's dictatorial leader. Defendants must now accept the consequences of these decisions,” he wrote in his verdict.

Arafat's policy of refusing to recognize the U.S. court system's authority played a large role in the verdict as well. When the Unger children first filed suit, the PA refused to give witness depositions or to share evidence with the Ungers' attorneys as it was required to do, leading to a default verdict in favor of the Ungers.

PA attorneys later appealed, arguing that they had not understood the U.S. court system, but that argument was rejected.

An Israeli court has ruled that the Unger children may take steps to force the PA to pay them if the U.S. court were to rule in their favor.

A second defendant in the case, Hamas, has made no effort to defend itself.

Pope Pleases PA Muslims, Disappoints Christians and Jews

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

Pope Benedict XVI winds up his grueling week-long “Bridge for Peace” Middle East tour Friday morning, leaving behind disappointed Christians and Jews but satisfied Muslims and Palestinian Authority leaders.

His visit is the second papal pilgrimage to the Holy Land in recent years, following by nine years Pope John Paul II’s trip, which concluded several months before the outbreak of the great terror war known as the Oslo War, or the Second Intifada. Pope Paul VI visited in 1964.

Benedict XVI was not in a great hurry to visit Israel, but the Vatican pushed him into the trip, the Canadian National Post stated. The pope wanted to make his trip contingent on Israel’s agreeing to turn over valuable property to the Vatican.

Israeli Christians, almost of them Arab, were astonished that the pope did not visit Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), which is a center of Christian tradition. This may have been because of security concerns: police revealed Friday morning that they had specific information of attempts to interrupt the papal entourage. The 3,000 faithful who attended an open-air mass in Jerusalem were outnumbered by security forces.

“Israeli security blamed the Arab organizers,” according to the National Post. “Local Christians blamed Israeli security. The routine is well known, but the result looks the same — Christians feeling as if they are left holding the short end of the stick.” The pope’s visits to two holy shrines in Jerusalem were relatively short, but he spent much more time with rabbis and Muslim clerics.

Media Bias

Yad VaShem Holocaust Museum Director Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, former Chief Rabbi of Israel and one of the most widely respected and popular rabbis ever to serve in that position, was openly critical of Benedict XVI. The German-born patriarch’s speech at Yad VaShem was charged with emotion but omitted specific references to Germany or the Nazi movement, of which he was a member in his youth.

The Vatican immediately defended the Pope, saying that he was an involuntary member of a Nazi squad that he left in order to enter the priesthood. Foreign media several times this week repeated, and often condemned, criticism of the speech by rabbis as well as by Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin (Likud).

However, the media, and the pope himself, played down or ignored a tirade by a Muslim cleric in the pope’s presence Monday night. Sheikh Tayseer al-Tamimi, a senior religious leader in the Palestinian Authority, accused Israel of "murdering women and children [a destroying mosques and Palestinian cities."

Media dutifully reported the outburst and then dropped the subject but continued to refer to rabbis’ criticism of the pope. A rare exception was Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, a popular American journalist and author.

He commented in the Washington Post, “Without debating either the accuracy of his claims or the sincerity with which he [Tami spoke, the Sheikh's behavior points to his lack of desire for peace or even reconciliation. His behavior points only to his desire to enlist the Pope in his own version of events.

“But more disturbing than the Sheikh's boorish behavior is that this is the man the Palestinian Authority would send to this important meeting. Is this the best that they can do? Is this really the message that they want to send?”

The Pope‘s Pro-PA Speech

Despite the outburst by the PA Muslim cleric, the pope rallied behind PA demands for a new Arab state in Judea and Samaria -- on the land that Jordan occupied from 1948 to 1967. During that time, Jordan prohibited Christians and Jews from entering holy sites.

He implicitly backed the PA demand that millions of foreign Arabs be allowed to immigrate to Israel based on their being descendants of approximately 700,000 Arabs who fled the Jewish state while the Arab world fought to annihilate it in 1948.

Pope Benedict also held 'interfaith' talks with Muslims, in a sharp reversal from Vatican statements last year that ruled out theological discussions between Muslims and Christians. He took off his shoes and entered the Al Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount the morning after Sheikh Tamimi’s harangue.



The pope stated, “One God is the infinite source of justice and mercy.” This was a reference to the Common Word appeal by Muslim scholars for a Christian-Muslim dialogue based on the two shared principles of love of the Almighty and love of one's neighbors, according to religion blogger Tom Heneghan. However, the blogger's research noted one glaring flaw.



“After noticing the echo of the Common Word appeal in Benedict’s address, I checked to see whether his Muslim hosts were signatories of the document,” he wrote. “They weren’t. In fact, the only Palestinian I could find who has signed it is Sheikh Taysir al-Tamimi, the head of the Islamic courts in the Palestinian territories,” and the same cleric who railed out against Israel on Monday night.

U.S. State Department Denies Deadline on Iran Talks

By Maayana Miskin

The United States State Department denied Friday that it had put a deadline on talks with Iran. Earlier in the week it was reported that the U.S. had decided to give dialog a chance until October, but would then turn to tougher sanctions if Iran refused to comply with international investigators.

"We're not interested in setting any deadline. And we're not interested in setting any kind of specific or even notional time-line,” said State Department spokesman Ian Kelly.

"We're not going to let this string out forever, of course,” he added.

The Obama administration has decided that isolating Iran “didn't work,” Kelly said. Instead, the U.S. will hold dialog with Iranian leaders in an attempt to convince the country to open its nuclear program to international investigators, without resorting to further sanctions.

However, the administration has also warned of “crippling” sanctions if dialog fails.

Israel has expressed concern that unlimited dialog with Iran could allow Iran's government to avoid sanctions while actively pursuing nuclear weapons. Earlier this month, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called on the international community to set a three-month limit on attempts at dialog.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will leave for the U.S. on Saturday night, and will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday. The two leaders are expected to discuss the Iranian threat.

According to Channel 10 news, Netanyahu has expressed concern that the U.S. and Europe will agree to a situation in which Iran stops its nuclear program “on the threshold,” leaving it with the ability to create a nuclear weapon in a short period of time if the political situation were to change.

Tony Blair: Iranian Threat and Two-State Solution are Contingent

By Avraham Zuroff

Tony Blair, Mideast envoy of the Quartet, told the United States to push Israel and Arabs for a two-state solution as soon as possible. The remarks were made on Thursday, ahead of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s meeting next week with President Barack Obama at the White House.

In a speech that was delivered in the U.S. Senate, the former British prime minister stated that the only possible solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict is two states for two nations. According to Blair, both Israel and the Palestinian Authority are in favor of the idea. However, “both of them are in doubt whether this could happen,” he said.

“The opportunity is already here,” Blair told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “However, the window of opportunity won’t remain if not taken advantage of. As President Obama has identified, this is the most opportune time to take advantage of."

"President Obama has made it very clear that this is a strategic priority for the United States to advance towards a negotiated two-state solution," the Mideast envoy said. "This is an issue that Secretary of State Clinton is very familiar with and understands and knows deeply," he added.

However, Blair feels that the Iranian nuclear threat should be intertwined with advancing the two-state negotiations. “If we want to make progress also on the Iranian question, and take that to a peaceful resolution, then progress in the Israel-Palestinian question is an important part of doing that,” he said.

Blair thinks that now is the right time to make peace, due to the Arab nations’ stated promise to recognize the State of Israel on condition that it agree to a Palestinian State in all the land that was restored to Israel in 1967.

However, Blair realized the obstacles in the way of peace in the Mideast, including the Iranian nuclear threat. Blair also commented that Israel would not agree to a Palestinian state if it were unsure if its neighbor is stable and well managed.

The committee head, Senator John Kerry (Dem.) agrees that there is no alternative to negotiations. “All of us understand that peace won’t come to the Middle East easily or speedily,” Kerry said. “I am a partner to Blair’s optimism that the present invites us to an opportunity that we must not forsake,” the senator added.

During Monday’s meeting with President Obama, Prime Minister Netanyahu is expected to push the issue of the Iranian nuclear threat. He has in the past stated that the acceptance of a two-state solution is contingent on the PA's recognizing the State of Israel as a Jewish State. Otherwise, he claims that there cannot be advancement in negotiations between the sides.

The two-state solution, supported by the United States and most of the world, calls for a Palestinian Authority state in Judea and Samaria, leaving Israel barely 11 miles wide in some areas. Referring to the dangers of ceding the strategic real estate, Israeli statesman Abba Eban remarked at the UN in 1969, “I do not exaggerate when I say that it has for us something of a memory of Auschwitz.”

'PA Army May Rebel’ if Israel Does not Agree to Peace Demands

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

The growing Palestinian Authority army may rebel in two years if a new Arab state is not created soon, according to a dovish journalist’s analysis of comments by Lt. Gen Dayton, who is training the soldiers.

Speaking at a recent Washington symposium sponsored by Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a pro-Israel think tank, Dayton stated in response to a questioner, “There is perhaps a two-year shelf life on being told that you're creating a state, when you're not.”

His comments were tantamount to a warning that a rebellion is around the corner if Israel does not agree to PA demands, according to investigative journalist Robert Dreyfuss, writing in The Nation magazine.

“To my ears, at least, his subtle warning is that if concrete progress isn't made toward a Palestinian state, the very troops Dayton is assembling could rebel,” wrote Dreyfuss, who also has authored a book blaming the United States and Israel for having allegedly encouraged the existence of Hamas as a way to weaken former Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat.

In his speech to the think tank, Dayton praised the PA army’s ability and allegiance to law and order while acknowledging that Hamas accused the PA forces of “collaborating” with Israel. The American army officer added that each faction believes it is fighting for an independent PA country.

Dayton cited several examples of cooperation between Israeli military and security officials and the new PA army, which the U.S. has touted as an enemy of terrorism.

He conceded that most of its actions have been aimed against criminals and against Hamas, most evident during the IDF’s Operation Cast Lead counterterrorist campaign in Gaza. The forces do not operate in the middle of the night, when Israeli soldiers carry out nightly counterterrorist maneuvers to arrest wanted terrorists.



In his speech, Dayton did not detail methods used by the PA security forces, but Human Watch Rights has accused bother the PA and Hamas of resorting torture to as well as summary executions. One PA Arab is on death row for the stated crime of selling property to Jews.

He focused on the “national security interest of the United States to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian dispute” and his re-shaping the PA forces. He said that his position as U.S. Security Coordinator was created “to allay Israeli fears about the nature and capabilities of the Palestinian security forces,” a term used instead of "soldiers" in order not to conjure up an image of a military force in the PA.

However, his comment on the consequences of the failure to establish a new PA state indicated that the PA army - or special force - might use its counterterrorist training to attack Israel as well as possibly rebel against the PA.

Several terrorist attacks and attempted attacks the past two years have involved PA security forces. In January, 2008, a PA security officer, a PA clerk and a third terrorist were involved in the murders of Ahikam Amihai and David Rubin who were hiking near Hevron. One of the victims managed to kill one of the attackers before succumbing to his own wounds. A third youth escaped unharmed.

The two remaining terrorists turned themselves in to the PA after fearing that Israeli soldiers would arrest them. Then-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert did not demand their extradition, and a PA court sentenced them to 15 years in prison.

Coming Up: 3 New Anti-Missile Systems in 4 Years

By Hana Levi Julian

Israel will have three different levels of missile defense systems within the next four years, according to a high level military assessment.

Israel Air Force commander Maj.-Gen. Ido Nehushtan made the prediction Wednesday at a conference on missile defense at the Fischer Brothers Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies, in Herzliya.

The commander said that the Iron Dome system, designed to intercept Kassam and Katyusha rockets fired by Hamas from Gaza, would be operational and deployed along the border by summer 2010. The Iron Dome, produced by Raphael Advanced Weapons Systems Ltd., will be deployed against short-range artillery rockets and 155-mm artillery shells with ranges of up to 70 km.

A second system called David's Sling that intercepts medium-range rockets is expected to be operational within four years. The system, under development by Raphael and Raytheon, includes Stunner, a terminal missile defense interceptor that can destroy short-range ballistic missiles, medium and long-range rockets and cruise missiles.

The system uses a special warhead that detonates any target in the air within seconds, and can handle multiple threats simultaneously.



The Arrow III system against long-range missiles will be operational soon after, Nehushtan told participants at the conference. The system is a more advanced version of the current Arrow II anti-ballistic missile system, produced jointly by the U.S. and Israel, which proved accurate and effective in IDF testing last month.

The system successfully knocked out a missile designed to mimic an Iranian Shahab, launched over the Mediterranean Sea as well as other targets in 14 intercept trials at high and low altitudes. Arrow batteries are currently deployed near Haifa and Tel Aviv.

The Arrow II anti-missile system was deployed near the coastal city of Ashkelon during the counterterrorism Cast Lead military operation this past January and was successfully used to help Home Front command detect missile launches by Gaza terrorists.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak also gave the green light for the IDF to purchase the Vulcan-Phalanx anti-missile defense system from the United States earlier this year. The system is used for early warning and interception of short-range Kassam rockets and mortar shells.

The Vulcan Gatling gun component of the system can fire up to 6,000 shells per minute and cover a 1,200-square meter area. The Phalanx radar component which is used to detect missiles and mortars that are being fired provides a 20-second alert window within which civilians can race for cover.

Its major advantage over the current Color Red rocket alert is that it also detects mortar shells, which elude the present system. The first Vulcan-Phalanx system will be delivered this winter, if the U.S. cooperates.

Until all of the new systems are up and running, however, the IDF is not effectively providing security for Israel’s southern residents, Nehushtan said. He added that the IAF is also looking into laser solutions for intercepting long-range ballistic missiles.

Comments

[katman]

peter, he has been arrested.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/13/2569737.htm

a couple more videos he has done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnDZ3n4HCO4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2ZaNs9xg40&feature=related

[maurice]

When we will have Peter talking again, with his musics, his insights, his comments, his so good humor? THE best radio show!

One weekly MP3, 30 minutes is enough. (if more better, of course).

Regards.

[katman]

Confrontation with the fruits of Judah Part 2

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dc9_1242627431

[katman]

jews quietly taking control of east jerusalem..

http://www.vosizneias.com/31467/2009/05/09/jerusalem-israel-quietly-fortify-parks-to-strengthen-its-status-of-jerusalem-as-its-capital/

[Z.O.G.]

Hey, guys, look at this post from a guy named "Mark" over on the RBN comments section:

Proof: GCN (Genesis Communications Network) IS a Pro-ZIONIST radio network.

Rev. Ted Pike stated on RBN’s National Intel Report today (between 1st & 2nd breaks) that when he was on as a guest of Joyce Riley of GCN, and when he started talking about Israel and Jewish Control of the Media, this voice came booming in over Riley’s voice and said: “Reverend Pike where pulling the plug on you, this is a Pro-Zionist radio network.”

[katman]

today on RBN, stadtmiller said that he has been in this business 15 years, and its about time we sit down and have a discussion about who it is that really runs things. well gee john, that is a great idea. and you came up with that all on your own? amazing. so after 15 years, you think its time to talk about jews? and then he said that mookie will not talk about it because he is afraid of losing money because of it........to that i say, kettle.....meet pot....
ha ha ha

man, what is it over there these days? jew this and jew that? whatsa matter john? can't ignore it anymore?

[katman]

zog, do you have a link for that over at RBN? I want to go join in , in the frivality....

[Z.O.G.]

Here you go, katman.

http://republicbroadcasting.org/?p=1999

[katman]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Missing-Link-Scientists-In-New-York-Unveil-Fossil-Of-Lemur-Monkey-Hailed-As-Mans-Earliest-Ancestor/Article/200905315284582?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15284582_Missing_Link%3A_Scientists_In_New_York_Unveil_Fossil_Of_Lemur_Monkey_Hailed_As_Mans_Earliest_Ancestor

Scientists Unveil Missing Link In Evolution

jews are behind this crap. they want to try and establish a connection between apes and humans in evolutionary theory to explain our existence since they think they are little gods and that the rest of us are beast.....

yeh jews we get it already.

[Wolf]

On the contrary, Julius Evola (Brilliant philosopher and ardent supporter of both Mussolini and Uncle Adolf) believed in the classical notion of "Devolution".

When related to humans, the idea is that highly capable pre-historic White Aryans were populated the world but after many countless generations, through a process of degeneration we see the emergence of pathetic bipedal simian sub-human creatures. Think sub-Saharan Africa or Detroit.

Interesting concept. I find it hard to argue against especially when I see some of the troglodytes crawling around downtown when I go for my coffee break. And I include some odd looking and useless obese White people in that category. Useless eaters.

[K-Sensor]

Peter and everyone else, you have to get this and watch it ;

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4916989/Fruits__amp__Roots_of_Jewish_Hate_-_Enough

[K-Sensor]

Ok I'm late tot he info. Now I have to kick into gear and promote his defence and freedoms.

[roscoe]

Remember The Alamo

[Igor Alexander]

B'nai Brith and Holocaust Memorial Centre director busted for child porn:

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Former+director+Brith+Quebec+faces+child+porn+charges/1644215/story.html