IDF commandos uncover hundreds of tons of Iranian weapons on ship

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Netanyahu adviser raises "MAD" nuclear scenario

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Iran won't back down "one step" in atom row

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel must have "tremendously powerful" weapons to deter a nuclear attack or destroy an enemy that dares to launch an atomic strike, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quoted on Thursday as saying.

National security adviser Uzi Arad, in comments to Haaretz newspaper, appeared to allude to what is widely believed to be Israel's own nuclear arsenal and a standing policy of "mutually assured destruction" (MAD). He warned other countries they could bring about their own devastation if they launched an attack.

Israel has never confirmed it has atomic arms.

In excerpts on Haaretz's English-language website of an interview to be published on Friday, Arad said he feared that if Iran became a nuclear power, five or six other states in the Middle East would follow suit. He called such a prospect a "nightmare" for Israel.

"The defensive might we have must be improved and become tremendously powerful, and create a situation in which no one will dare to realize the ability to harm us," Arad said.

"And if they do dare, we will exact a full price, so that they too will not survive."

Israel has three German-made submarines that are widely assumed to carry nuclear missiles.

One of the submarines sailed from the Mediterranean, via the Suez Canal, to Israel's Red Sea port of Eilat last week, in what officials called a signal to Iran of the long reach of its arsenal.

Israel and its Western allies fear that Iran is enriching uranium with the aim of producing nuclear weapons. Iran says it is pursuing only a nuclear power generation program.

In a 2006 Reuters interview, then-vice premier Shimon Peres, currently Israel's president, said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has called for Israel to be wiped off the map, should bear in mind his country also could be destroyed.

"They want to wipe out Israel ... Now when it comes to destruction, Iran too can be destroyed (but) I don't suggest to say an eye for an eye," Peres said.

(Writing by Jeffrey Heller, Editing by Alastair Macdonald)

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THERE IS A STORY UP ON C2 NOW THAT I WAS GOING TO POST THIS IN, HOWEVER I CANNOT FIND IT AGAIN. SO I WANT TO POST THIS HERE.  I WOULD NEVER TURN MY BACK ON ISRAEL. BELOW IS MY POST:

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Palestinian kills Israeli teenager with pickax AP - Thu Apr 2, 12:48 PM ET BAT AYIN, West Bank - A Palestinian killed an Israeli teenager with a pickax and seriously injured a 7-year-old boy in a rampage through this West Bank Jewish settlement Thursday, posing an early test for the country's new hard-line government.

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 Tehran aims to create Gaza missile base that can cover whole of central Israel

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Unfortunately, once you ring a bell like that (especially if there are pictures), the sound reverberates in a life of its own; no printed retraction will ever cancel out the damage.  It's my hope that continuing to take the higher road in actions will ultimately count more that lies.

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Nancy thank you God bless.

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Thank You~Michael

Esther was taken as a captive to Persia—a tyrannical ruler who banishes his queen from the royal throne—and initiates a search for her successor—and of course, a dastardly villain, Haman, who desired to perpetrate genocide against the Jews. Esther’s uncle, Mordecai, challenged the queen to approach the king (a move that could have been punishable by death) and ask for the salvation of her people. With great trepidation, Esther approached Ahasuerus and was granted an audience with the king. The plan for the destruction of the Jews by the foul villain, Haman, was thwarted and Esther’s people were allowed to live in peace in Shushan. (NOTE: It is interesting that the name of the villain, Haman, is similar to that of today’s villain, Hamas, and the threat is as great today as it was in Esther’s day.)

The Jerusalem Post reports that “much of Hamas’s imported weaponry, and the expertise with which it now produces and refines its own rockets, have been provided by Iran. Dozens of its commanders have been trained in Iran in recent years, coming home and disseminating that education…. Hamas is thoroughly indifferent to the deaths of its own people - as exemplified by its ruthless seizure of control in the Gaza Strip 18 months ago. What is not yet clear, by contrast, is whether the official spokespeople have internalized the necessity to highlight Iran in their message to the world - Iran, the state champion and major enabler of Hamas's terror-state in Gaza. Iran is inspiring, funding, arming and training Hamas. Iran is avowedly committed to Israel's destruction, and regards Hamas as a tool toward this goal. The same Iran ….is now most of the way to achieving proxy control….over all of Lebanon. The same Iran, already armed with missiles that can reach Israel, is extending its missile range to Europe and, it hopes, ultimately to North America. The same Iran is openly challenging not just the Middle East order but the world order, with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad personifying that challenge, thoroughly backed by the entire Teheran regime. And that same Iran is moving ever closer to the nuclear capability it intends to use in the service of its goals. The long-term deterrence of Hamas's capacity to threaten Israel would represent the long-term deterrence of one aspect of Iran's rapacious and far-reaching power drive. That's an outcome….that at least part of the watching world might appreciate….”

Israelis in this area have suffered tremendously mentally, physically and emotionally. For example, terrorists blew up a school bus, and three precious children whose father is a rabbi, were all terribly wounded. Tehila, the eldest daughter, lost both legs in the attack. Thanks to the JPT, we were able to purchase a special motorized wheelchair to allow her to attend school and play with her friends.

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Please pray for the peace of Israel.

14 November 2008

Senior officials from world powers have met in Paris to discuss Iran's nuclear program, but there was little sign of any breakthrough. Political directors from Germany and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the United States, France, Britain, China and Russia - have held talks for months over Iran but have so far failed to change attitudes in Tehran. The French Foreign Ministry issued a brief statement after Thursday's meeting, but gave no indication of any major new initiatives or steps forward. "The meeting allowed the participants to review the current situation and to discuss the way ahead ... The Six will pursue their consultations on next steps in the upcoming weeks," the statement said.

Iran said last week it had received a letter from EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana urging new talks on its nuclear program. A European diplomatic source was quoted by 'Reuters' as saying that Iran had questions following receipt of the letter and added that the world powers would discuss these in Paris on Friday.

14 November 2008

Police in White Plains, in the US state of New York, are increasing patrols around a Jewish day school after swastikas and a hate slogan were found scrawled on the wall of the kindergarten building. Police say a groundskeeper at the Solomon Schechter School discovered the graffiti, along with a damaged wooden fence, on Monday. Police say the fence was pushed in, causing about US$ 500 in damage. Empty beer bottles were also found strewn in the area. Sunday was the 70th anniversary of ‘Kristallnacht’ when massive violence toward Jews and their property erupted in Nazi Germany in 1938. The White Plains incident is being investigated as a hate crime. Officials at the school sent an e-mail to parents informing them about the incident.

14 November 2008

Around 1,000 pupils and left-wing activists who unlawfully occupied Humboldt University in the German capital Berlin and some of whom destroyed an anti-Nazi exhibition were reacting to the university's close ties to Israel, the university president has said. Christoph Markschies told the 'Jerusalem Post' that one of the protesters in the lobby of the university said "Damn Israel" when asked by another student to stop vandalizing the exhibit 'Betrayed and Sold' about the plundering of Jewish businesses under the Nazis. "Friendship with Israel is part of the Humboldt University's identity," said Markschies, adding that "no one can tell me that the exhibit was damaged because it was a mistake."

Markschies had to barricade himself in his office to escape what he called "the mob." He said that "HU was directly targeted" because of its solid partnership with Israel. The university is repairing the damaged displays and plans to remount the exhibition. Lee Hielscher, a spokesman for a pupil association that participated in the demonstration in Berlin, told the 'Jerusalem Post' that he was investigating the eyewitness reports from the protest. He said the vandalism and alleged statement were not driven by anti-Semitism, but that the expression "Damn Israel" highlights the "problems of the State of Israel."

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Israel and Gaza A bloody incursion
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AP ISRAEL has pulled its troops out of Gaza after fighting that has left two soldiers and over 100 Palestinians dead since Wednesday February 27th. ...

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