Category Archives: Syria

Mofaz positions himself opposite Olmert

It looks like Shaul Mofaz is openly declaring that the Golan Heights needs to stay exactly as it is right now: Under Israeli control. Giving Syria the Golan Heights will mean bringing Iran there as well, Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz … Continue reading

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Sensible talk from Israel on Syria

Shaul Mofaz, the Deputy Prime Minister of Israel, said what Ehud Olmert has not yet said publicly: That Syria can forget about the Golan Heights or a peace treaty until it stops working with the enemies of Israel. “Syria is … Continue reading

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Throwing Bashar a lifeline

via memeorandum Israel Matzav noted that PM Olmert has apparently gone even beyond Ehud Barak’s generous concessions to Syria and promised Bashar Assad the complete Golan even up to the Kinneret. But my question is why now? Why would Olmert … Continue reading

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Olmert to concede to Syria?

Syria funds and supplies Hamas and Hezbullah. Syria has treaties with Iran guaranteeing that Iran will step into any altercation Israel has with Syria. Syria is the reason Lebanon is the shithole that it is, and has been for twenty … Continue reading

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Proof of Syrian nukes

Israel and the U.S. are going to release details of what was struck in the Syrian desert. You know, that innocent little country that said it was, hm, a warehouse. Israel and the United States are coordinating the release of … Continue reading

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Containing the Iran/Syria axis

Der Spiegel reports that Iran will soon have enough enriched uranium for a nuclear bomb. How soon? Hot Air answers: Even if they’re exaggerating, though, EU computer models of the enrichment facility at Natanz show that if Iran’s figured out … Continue reading

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More Mughniyeh fallout

Unlike the fanciful account in the Times of London, AP has an interesting view of what it would have taken to kill Imad Mughniyeh, provided by an ex-Mossad agent who saw the results of Mughniyeh’s work first hand.Although Israel and … Continue reading

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Significant microbe

A number of bloggers have noted that Iran’s President Ahmadinejad’s latest rhetorical attacks on Israel.Steven Peter Rosen wonders if the change in terminology is a harbinger of something more sinister. (via memeorandum) Some streams of discourse are chronically laden with … Continue reading

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Anti-terror fantasies

Did Israel do it?Who knows? Uzi Mahnaimi claims to know. Uzi Mahnaimi claims to know lots of things, not all of them are true. Mr. Mahnaimi is one of three reporters credited with “Israel kills terror chief with a headrest … Continue reading

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Sy’s lies

via memeorandumInvestigative reporter, Seymour “Sy” Hersh has an exclusive for the New Yorker, “A strike in the dark,” alleging that Israel didn’t really know what the nature of the facility it bombed last September in Syria was. (As is the … Continue reading

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A brother could love

According to the New York Times: Given the international uproar that unfolded after the bombing, “we can assume it’s not a reactor,” said David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security, a private group in Washington that … Continue reading

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Way to go, UNIFIL! Hezbollah is even stronger than before

Thanks, UN! Thanks, EU! Thanks, America! Thanks, Olmert! All of you together have managed to make a deadly army of terrorists even more deadly than they were before. Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Monday that Hizbullah has improved its capabilities … Continue reading

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Sarkozy vs. Specter

Don Surber Nicolas Sarkozy — L’Americain — continues to show more courage in his little pinky than the Democratic Party combined when it comes to the War on Terrorism. L’Intifada sent a message to Sarkozy and the people who elected … Continue reading

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Losing while winning

Israel just released its own version of a national intelligence estimate, it is a post-mortem of last year’s war with Hezbollah. First the good news: It is clear that Hizbollah’s balance statement at the end of the fighting was mixed. … Continue reading

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The Israeli Intelligence Estimate: No war on the horizon, yet

The Israeli Intelligence Estimate is being previewed by Ynet. Some of the more interesting tidbits: Israel’s strategic position has improved in the last year- but with it also the military capabilities of its enemies: the Qassam threat has worsened- and … Continue reading

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