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Monday, June 22, 2009

Twitter won’t make Iran protestors bulletproof

By Benjamin L. Hartman, Haaretz Correspondent

Saturday, June 20, 2009

ANALYSIS: No one truly knows how the protests in Iran will end

By Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff

A perusal of newspaper headlines this week may lead the reader to the mistaken conclusion that the revolution has already occured. Indeed, a revolution in Iran is an old Israeli hope. For Israel, the end of the ayatollahs' regime could be seen as belated compensation for the downfall of the friendly regime of the shah exactly 30 years ago. More importantly, Israel harbors the hope - not necessarily well-founded - that the Iranian nuclear program could still be checked without an aerial attack, Israeli or American. In 2003, then-chief of staff Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon said in an interview with Haaretz that "conditions have ripened for a revolution in Iran."

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Mousavi ‘ready for ‘martyrdom’ as fresh Iran protests erupt [VIDEO]

By Yossi Melman and Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service, and Agencies

Defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi declared Saturday he was "ready for martyrdom," an aide said, in the protests that have shaken Iran and brought warnings of bloodshed from the Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Khamenei: Elections were fair, ‘Zionist’ media to blame

by Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denied that the country's recent elections were fixed, called on protesters to stop and blamed the "Zionist" media.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Protest Outside Federal Building [VIDEO]

By JewishJournal.com

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Will Bibi’s Speech Be Enough for U.S., Palestinians?

By Leslie Susser

After two months of intense American pressure, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally uttered the magic words: two states for two peoples.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

New Right-Wing Extremism Causes Concern

by Eric Fingerhut, Jewish Telegraphic Agency

After years of worrying about the threat posed by Muslim terrorists, is the recent shooting attack on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum — coming soon after the murder of prominent abortion doctor George Tiller — a signal that the Jewish community should be ratcheting up its concern about right-wing extremism?

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Ross Moving From State to NSC

Dennis Ross will be moving from the State Department to the White House.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

A Point of No Return

By Gina Nahai

There is a rhythm to every nation’s history — a pattern that repeats over the centuries, that creates forward movement, pulls back, pushes ahead. So it is with Iran in modern times: about every two to three decades, major change — a war, a famine, the overthrow of a dynasty — occurs with unmistakable ramifications.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Local Iranian Americans Protest Iranian Election

By Karmel Melamed

The ties that bind Los Angeles’ Iranian community to its roots a half-world away have been in full view this week, as protesters cried out in reaction to the June 12 Iranian presidential election, calling it fraudulent and a sham. Within the Iranian Jewish community in particular, the belief remains that none of the candidates can be expected to effect real change in Iran — not the rabidly anti-Israel, Holocaust-denying Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, nor the so-called moderate candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Iranian unrest prompts calls for more U.S. pressure on regime

by JTA

With unrest mounting in Iran over official claims of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s reelection, U.S. Jewish organizational leaders were calling for more American support for the protesters and more international action to stop the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Iranian unrest prompts calls for more U.S. pressure on regime

by JTA

With unrest mounting in Iran over official claims of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s reelection, U.S. Jewish organizational leaders were calling for more American support for the protesters and more international action to stop the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

20 killed at opposition rallies across Iran

by HAARETZ.com

Twenty people were killed at rallies across Iran on Tuesday, as opposition activists demonstrated against the disputed results of last week's presidential elections, according to various media reports.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Report: Defeated Ahmadinejad rival arrested in Iran

By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent, and News Agencies

Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi was reportedly arrested Saturday following the reformist's defeat at the polls by hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Supporters of Mousavi, the main challenger to Ahmadinejad, responded to the election with the most serious unrest in Tehran in a decade and charged that the result was the work of a dictatorship.

Friday, June 12, 2009

IRANIAN ELECTION ANALYSIS: All Iran candidates will bolster Hamas, Hezbollah ties

By Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz Correspondent

One winner has already been declared in the Iranian elections: The Internet, used by more than 23 million Iranians, or 34 percent of the population. But that figure alone cannot be used to determine which of the four candidates will win. At the very most, one can assume most Web users will vote for reformist candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi or Mehdi Karroubi, rather than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Mohsen Rezeai.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Museum Gunman charged with murder

by JTA

An 88-year-old white supremacist has been charged with murder in the death of a security guard Wednesday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

German Politician Calls for Israel in European Union

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Tel Aviv search for mattress containing $1M life savings

By Shira Medding, CNN

A woman in Tel Aviv, Israel, gave her elderly mother a new mattress as a surprise gift, throwing out the old tattered bed her mother had slept on for decades. The gesture ended up bankrupting Annat's mother, who had stuffed her savings of nearly $1 million inside her old bed for decades, Annat told Israel Army Radio.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Can Bibi and Obama make it work?

By Ami Eden. JTA

Did you hear the latest? Bibi called Monday and said that next week he had some important things he wanted to get off his chest. Is he ready to commit or just being a tease? Will Obama show enough flexibility to make this thing work?

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Tough economic times drive European voters to far right

By Dinah Spritzer, JTA

Gains by anti-Semitic, xenophobic and racist far-right parties in June 4-7 elections for European Parliament were a reminder of how voters across Europe gravitate toward fringe parties and extremists during tough economic times.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

‘Obama proposed plan for peace deal within two years’

By Haaretz Service

United States President Barack Obama has presented to Egypt and Israel a plan for a two-state solution to be finalized within two years, the London-based A-Sharq al-Awsat reported on Tuesday.

Friday, June 5, 2009

Obama at Buchenwald: a ‘rebuke’ to deniers

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

President Barack Obama visited the Buchenwald concentration camp site, calling it "the ultimate rebuke" to Holocaust deniers.

Friday, June 5, 2009

Obama: Palestinians must work too

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

President Obama emphasized that he expects the Palestinians to live up to their commitments.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Excerpt From Obama’s Speech in Cairo concerning Israel, Palestinians and Arab world

By JewishJournal.com

The second major source of tension that we need to discuss is the situation between Israelis, Palestinians and the Arab world.