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Photos suggest Saudis targeting Iran, Israel with ballistic missiles
July 11, 2013 - Military experts at IHS Jane's Intelligence Review say that new satellite photographs indicate that Saudi Arabia
has deployed ballistic missiles that are pointed towards Israel and Iran.
The missiles are stored in an underground silo built into a rocky hillside. To the north of the facility are two circle-shaped launch pads,
both with compass-style markings showing the precise direction that the launchers should fire in, according to the report
The missiles are older Chinese weapons from the 1980 that are not remotely-guided. They must be pointed in the direction of their target before firing.
- Source: YNet News
PM: Palestinian leaders think its possible to destroy Israel
July 6, 2013 - At a memorial service for Israeli historical figure Ze’ev Jabotinsky, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reminded
the nation that Jabotinsky had said that "only a strong, Jewish defense force can promote the peace that we so long for."
“The obstacle to peace between us and the Palestinians is not just fundamentalist terrorist organizations, but the belief that it is
possible to destroy the State of Israel,” the prime minister explained.
- Source: Jerusalem Post
Israel launches 1st airstrikes on Gaza since truce
Apr. 3, 2013 - A mortar shell or a rocket was fired by Gaza Palestinians into southern Israel’s Eshkol region Tuesday. There were
no injuries. In response, the Israeli Air Force launched airstrikes on two terror targets in northern Gaza. No injuries were reported.
- It was the first such attack since a truce ended an eight-day cross-border war in November.
- Source: Jerusalem Post
Israel ready for ‘historic compromise’ with Palestinians, Netanyahu says
Mar. 19, 2013 - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu affirmed that Israel is ready for a “historic compromise” in talks with
the Palestinians.
- Speaking in parliament before the 22 ministers were sworn in, Netanyahu said that, while the cabinet would work to carry out domestic reforms
that were the focus of Israel’s election in January, the government’s top priority would be “protecting the security of the state and its citizens.”
- Source: Washington Post
White House lowers expectations ahead of Obama's Middle East trip
Mar. 18, 2013 - President Obama will visit Israel on Wednesday to try to improve his relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The major issues to be discussed are the furtherance of the efforts by Israeli and Palestinian leaders to reach a peace agreement and how to
cope with Iran's efforts to acquire nuclear weapons.
- The centerpiece of Obama's visit will be a speech in Jerusalem to an audience mainly of Israeli students. It's part of the president's
effort to appeal to the Israeli public, particularly young people.
- Source: Fox
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As Hamas rises, peace prospects sink, observers say - USA Today
Hagel may be nominated as US defense secretary next week
Jan. 6, 2013 - Chuck Hagel Former Republican Senator from Nebraska may be nominated by President Obama next week to fill
the post of Secretary of Defense. Critics say that Hagel has ‘endemic hostility towards Israel.’ His appointment could give the president
a "whiff of bipartianship on his cabinet."
- Hagel, the former senator from Nebraska, is a contrarian Republican moderate and decorated Vietnam combat veteran who is likely
to support a more rapid withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
- Source: Times of Israel
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Senators signal tough fight for Hagel - NBC
Abbas changes name of Palestinian Authority to ‘State of Palestine’
Jan. 5, 2013 -
- Palestinian Authority President Abbas signed a presidential decree changing the name of the Palestinian Authority to the
“State of Palestine,” following the Palestinians’ upgraded status at the United Nations as a non-member observer state.
- Source: Times of Israel
Egyptian forces capture American-made missiles headed for Gaza Strip
Jan. 4, 2013 - Egyptian security forces captured American-made anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles in the Sinai Peninsula. The
weapons were about to be taken by truck to the tunnels at the border of Gaza where they would have been smuggled into the Palestinian area.
It is believed that the missiles were from Libya. Libya and other countries are able to smuggle arms into the Sinai, and from there they can
be transfered to Gaza.
- Source: Times of Israel
US calls on Israel, Palestinians to ‘make a fresh start’ and rekindle peace talks
Jan. 3, 2013 - State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland called for Israel and the Palestinians to return to the negotiating
table. The last high-level talks between the two was in September 2010. She said both sides need to show that they are serious about a
two-state sollution. She intimated that the Palestinian's efforts for recognition by the United Nations were "counter-productive unilateral actions."
- Israel says it wants negotiations without preconditions, but the Palestinians have demanded that settlement construction
stop before they engage in talks, which they say should pick up where they left off with then-prime minister Ehud Olmert in 2008.
- Source: Times of Israel
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Citing Biblical precedent, Netanyahu cautions against ‘rushed’ peace agreement - Times of Israel
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Israeli intel: Hamas, Palestinian Authority plotting to destabilize Jerusalem - World Tribune
Amid uproar, Netanyahu reportedly reaffirms commitment to two-state solution
Jan. 2, 2013 - Last week some of the members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party claimed that the
concept of “two states for two peoples was never part of [Likud's] election platform.” In June of 2009 at Bar-Ilan University Netanyahu expressed
support for a Palestinian state. This week hard-line Likud MK Tzipi Hotovely said the Bar-Ilan speech was a tactical maneuver only meant
to placate the world. According to an Israeli television report Netanyahu reaffirmed his support for a two-state solution Monday,
- But that he added the caveat that recognition of a Palestinian state hinged on the Palestinians’ recognition of Israel as a
Jewish state, resolution of the conflict, and resolution of Israel’s security concerns.
- Source: Times of Israel
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Palestinians Will Outnumber Jews in Israel by 2020 - NewsMax
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Egypt official: Israel will be wiped out in a decade - YNet
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