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 Air force ready
In an interview with German weekly Der Speigel, air force commander, General Ido Nehushtan, said "all options are available and the air force is ready for all eventualities." |
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Gaza, the truce at any price
by Guy Senbel for Guysen International News |
 Editorial of the week of November 8, 2008
We want to bring the attention of our readers this week to the IDF incursion in Gaza and the re-launching of violence in the region of Sderot. In the shadows of the historic victory of Barak Obama in the American election for president, Gaza and the western Negev are on edge.. The truce arranged on June 19, 2008 between the Hamas and Israel has not broken down, in spite of the IDF incursion into Gaza and the Hamas response, the launching of more than 50 Qassam rockets and mortar shells into the western Negev.
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The Shalit story, more than 870 days later
By Guy Senbel for Guysen International News |
 Editorial of the week, October 25, 2008
We would like to bring the attention of our readers this week to the situation regarding the release of Gilad Shalit, Israeli soldier and French-Israeli citizen, held as a hostage by the Hamas in Gaza for more than 870 days. Along with journalist Florence Aubenas, who was a former hostage in Iraq, and popular Sephardic French singer Patrick Bruel, Noam Shalit, father of the young soldier hostage in Gaza, held a press conference on Wednesday, October 22, in Paris. Noam Shalit came to Paris from his home in northern Israel to ask the French government to get more involved in working for the release of his, 852 days after he was seized.
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The rumors that set Akko on fire
by Guy Senbel for Guysen International News |
 Greetings from Jerusalem.
This week we would like to bring the attention of our readers to the Jewish-Arab rioting in the northern coastal city of Akko that exploded on Wednesday October 8th, as the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippour commenced. For five days in Akko, Akka in Arabic, the legendary peaceful coexistence between Israeli Jews and Arabs collapsed.
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Regulate the crisis, push forward the peace process
By Guy Senbel for Guysen International News |
 Greetings from Jerusalem!! Readers may want to have another look at the financial crisis striking economies worldwide that broke in the press with the failure of the investment bank Lehman Brothers in New York. The consequences of this crisis making headlines for the past three weeks are growing. The strength and reliability of banking and financial structures are now in question. Personal households have not been spared. And among the hardest hit structures are leading financial players, some of whom are involved in projects meant to bring peace and stability to the Middle East, for example.
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On the date scheduled for the evacuation of the so-called ''house of contention'' in Hebron, some 1000 settlers from Kiryat Arba and the city of the Patriarches held an emergency meeting there. They warned against ''a second Amona'', refering to riots in the Gush Katif that accompanied the evacuation of settlers there by the IDF in 2005. A radical rabbi, Dov Wolpe, called the state of Israel ''the enemy of the Jewish people'' for ordering the settlers to leave the house. (Guysen.International.News)
The state does not recognize the sale of the house by a Palestinian to settlers, saying it may a forgery. The Palestinian has denied making the sale.
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In a telephone conversation with PA President Mahmoud Abbas, Barak Obama promised to continue working for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. (Guysen.International.News)
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President-elect Obama has reportedly named Eric Holder as attorney general. If true, the former Washington lawyer would be the first Afro-American to hold the top justice position. (Guysen.International.News)
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Dozens of demonstrators rallied at Oxford University to protest against the visit by President Shimon Peres. During the speech he made there, demonstrators held signs reading ''Free Palestine'' and shouted anti-Israeli slogans. (Guysen.International.News)
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On a visit to Tel Aviv University, German education and research minister Annette Schavan announced that Berlin is making a 20 million euro donation for social science research in israeli universities. (Guysen.International.News)
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Tsahal chief of staff General Gaby Ashkenazi is participating in a conference in Brussels of chiefs of staff of NATO countries. Also present are European Union officials. (Guysen.International.News)
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Former IDF chief of staff Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon has officially joined the ranks of the Likud. At a press conference, Bogie said that Binyamin Netanyahu ''is capable of running the country as it should be run.'' He also said, ''it is time to put an end to unilateral withdrawls.'' (Guysen.International.News)
Moshe Ya'alon, born and raised in Haifa and a member of Kibbutz Grofit in the Arava, was dumped by then PM Ariel Sharon for opposing the unilateral withdrawl from Gaza.
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Leading Hamas official MAhmoud Zahar has promised to maintain the truce with Israel as long as the crossing points into Gaza remain open. Defense minister Ehud Barak has repeatedly closed the crossing points to humanitarian aid convoys bringing food and medical supplies and petrol into Gaza, because Islamic radicals there continue launching Qassam rockets into the western Negev region of Israel. (Guysen.International.News)
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One of the most popular bloggers in Iran has been arrested after a couple of recent visits to Israel. Hossein Derakhshan will reportedly be accused of spying for Israel, according to an Iranian website, Jahan. (Guysen.International.News)
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Noam Shalit has criticized PM Ehud Olmert for releasing 250 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture, with no gesture from the other side. The father of soldier Gilad Shalit, now held by the Hamas in Gaza for more than two years, said that freeing the Palestinian prisoners contributes nothing to obtaining the release of his son. (Guysen.International.News)
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The IDF launched a major operation in the village of Al Pawara, south of Hebron, seizing weapons, supplies and Tshal uniforms. (Guysen.International.News)
Some 20 wanted people were arrested during the operation and were transfered to security services for interogation.
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