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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Israel displays hundreds of tonnes of weapons it says were bound for Lebanese militia disguised as bulldozer parts Hezbollah and its Iranian and Syrian backers have flatly rejected Israeli claims that a shipment of arms and ammunition intercepted at sea was destined for the Lebanese militia group. As Israel moved quickly to exploit the propaganda value of the find to highlight the role of Iran, Hezbollah...
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Israelated (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The considerable quantity of weaponry fished recently by our navy in Mediterranean is resting on dry land in the port of Ashdod, but the waves made by it are still churning. Our media is milking the story for what it is worth and then some. So does our foreign office, including a compulsory travel to the Ashdod exposition by the accredited diplomats. Cocktail hour amid hand grenades and rockets...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, has “categorically” denied Israel’s allegations that it was the intended recipient of weapons discovered on board the Francop. The vessel was seized by Israel’s Navy on Wednesday and towed to the port of Ashdod. Examination of the ship’s cargo revealed an arms cache, one of the biggest it had found, Israeli military sources stated....
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The Truth Will Set You Free (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The arms were intended for Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israelis say Israel's navy has intercepted a ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of Iranian weapons intended for Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli military has said. The Antiguan-flagged vessel, Francop, was boarded 160km (100 miles) off the Israeli coast, the military said, and has been towed to the port of Ashdod. PM Benjamin Netanyahu said the arms...
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Elder of Ziyon (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
From the IDF Spokesperson: Roughly 500 tons of weapons, rockets, and missiles was uncovered aboard the cargo vessel “Francop” flying an Antiguan flag, which was intercepted and brought to the Ashdod port. The Israel Navy force which intercepted the ship included naval commandos, missile boats, intelligence and explosive experts. 36 shipping containers with 500 tons of weaponry were found...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The Israeli navy has intercepted a ship carrying hundreds of tons of Iranian weapons intended for Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli military has said. The Antiguan-flagged vessel, Francop, was boarded 160km off the Israeli coast, the military said, and has been towed to the port of Ashdod. The vessel was intercepted "near Cyprus", the Israeli military said, though it gave no further details...
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Berman Post (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
This is why they should have finished the job . What are they going to do if rockets start raining down on Tel Aviv; though 'when', not 'if', is more appropriate I fear. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news'pid=20601085&sid=a6jwVybuY9rc ( via ) " The Islamic Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip can now launch rockets capable of reaching the Israeli metropolitan area of Tel Aviv, Deputy Foreign Minister...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
JERUSALEM — Israeli commandos seized a ship Wednesday that defense officials said was carrying more than 60 tons of missiles, rockets and anti-tank weapons bound for Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas. The pre-dawn seizure near Cyprus was a rare interception of a suspected arms shipment by Israel, which has long accused Iran of arming its enemies. Israel offered no evidence to support...
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FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
By Ma'an News Agency News Article Monday, Oct 12, 2009 Courtesy Of Axis Of Logic While Israel often accuses Palestinians of misusing ambulances as cover for attacks, a new report from the country's second-largest newspaper suggests Israel may want to clean up its own house. In its "The Magazine" supplement, the Hebrew-language daily Ma'ariv exposed an undercover unit created by Israeli police...
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My Right Word (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Menachem Begin, The Knesset, July 18, 1977, upon returning from his first trip to Washington as Israel's sixth Prime Minister: ...The term "Palestine entity" has also been used. We made it clear that any proposal of this kind will inevitably lead to the establishment of a state known as "Palestinian." And a Palestinian state, as is presumably being proposed by President Sadat of...
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
JERUSALEM, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- A Human Rights Watch report accuses Hamas of committing war crimes with rocket fire deliberately targeting Israeli civilians and civilian structures. The 31-page report called Rockets From Gaza: Harm to Civilians From Palestinian Armed Groups' Rocket Attacks, released Thursday by the group, called on Hamas to publicly renounce rocket attacks on Israel civilian centers and...
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The Contentious Centrist (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
They killed him because he was Jewish Via: the Iconoclast: Gregory Rabinowitz, 56, a taxi driver whose body was found in May near the community of Gan Yavne, east of Ashdod, was killed in a terror attack. A joint investigation of the Shin Bet and Lachish Subdistrict Police revealed that Rabinowitz, a resident of Ashdod, was mugged and strangled to death by two Palestinians. Mahmad Maraneh and Muhammad...
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
JERUSALEM, July 9 (UPI) -- The Israel Security Agency said the killing of a cab driver was an act of terror with the arrest of two Palestinians avenging the death of an Islamic militant. Details released for publication Thursday by the ISA said Mahmoud Udah and Mohammed Haldi, both 22, of the Jenin area, admitted strangling Gregory Rabinovitch to death with the help of a third person. The ISA said...
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RSD Reports (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
(RSD) -- The Israeli government will deport the eight peace activists who were arrested by the Israeli Navy last June 30th aboard the ‘Spirit of Humanity’ ship, carrying humanitarian aid, off the Gazan coast, reports MISNA. Those arrested include the Nobel peace laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire and former US congresswoman Cynthia McKinnon. MISNA noted that the activists have been detained...
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What Really happened (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
"They took our ship from Gazan waters to Ashdod completely against our will." The Nobel Laureate is expected to be deported in the coming days. Israeli forces boarded the ship which was trying to carry aid and pro-Palestinian activists to the Gaza Strip in defiance of Israel's blockade of the territory. Ms McKinney described it as "an outrageous violation of international law",...
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