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ISRAEL NEWS: March 2010

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1 MAR 10      THE Kurdish factor in Iraqi elections yahooreuters  DUBAI murder done to provoke retaliation and a new war?  eir  CLINTON warns Lebanon of possible Israeli strike over arms to Hezbollah. ynet  ISRAEL opens fire on Gaza. Israel now using remote controled weapons. ynet   JORDAN'S King calls for international protection for Holy Sites.  ynet   HEAVY winter rains have helped to relieve Israel's five year drought.  asheva  AMERICAN ISRAELI warnings continue as tensions build. haaretz   ISRAEL applies to host International Gay Parade.  Sets budget to attract homosexual tourists. ynet  Bible Study Audios on First Timothy, Second Timothy, Titus, Philemon and Colossians have now been added to the Audio Downloads page.  NO factual basis for New York Times report on IAEA fears over Iran. antiwar 
2 MAR 10      ARAB League:
The 22nd Arab summit will be held in the Libyan capital Tripoli on March 27-28  zawya   
The audio Bible Studies on Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Galatians and Colossians have been put up on the Editorial Blog page for easy access and listening.
3 MAR 10     
PAKISTAN to launch another massive offensive next week. This time directed at Orakzai.  m&c   TWO Taliban commanders killed in Pakistan.  dailytimes  CHINA insists Iran be given more time. bbc   ISRAEL pushes US to adopt unilateral sanctions as Security Council efforts falter. presstv   JUNDALLAH leader makes confessions. presstv  NETANYAHU and Dagan arrest warrents issues for ordering Dubai murder. icpublications  ARAB LEAGUE endorses indirect PA Israel talks. jpost  THE Ukrainian prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, was ousted in a parliamentary vote of no confidence. guardian  69% of Germans want Germany out of Afghanistan. global   GEORGIA becomes major drug trafficing path to Russia from the Afghan fields. global
4 MAR 10      LIST of new Iran sanctions proposed by the US. nyt  CLINTON conceeds that any new sanctions could take months; not the weeks the administration was hoping for. ap  China rejects further sanctions. haaretz  INDIRECT shuttle diplomacy set to begin as Mitchell, Biden; arrive in Israel. haaretz   PALESTINIAN experts summoned by PA for consultations. ynet  ISRAEL wounds and arrests two islamic Jihad leaders in Jenin firefight. alsumaria  ISRAEL Education Ministry chief scientist Dr. Gavriel Avital humbled by gov after questioning evolution. YES, even in Israel! haaretz  LIEBERMAN on his way out? ynet  RUSSIA lashes out at Coalition Afghan opium policy. See yesterday's Editorial.   global 
5 MAR 10      THERE is strong opposition in the Security Council to further Iran sanctions. washingtonpost  WASHINGTON offends Turkey ahead of Iran sanctions request.  jpost  MANY in Fatah are rejecting coming indirect peace talks; seeing them as futile and an attempt to forstall real concessions and compromise by the Netanyahu governmant. ynet   TALKS were agreed after the US promised to hold both sides to account. haaretz  TODAY'S Editorial discusses the coming talks and the power struggle in Israel. HAMAS furious at indirect talks. asheva  PETRAEUS gives McChrysral full operational authority in Afghanistan. reuters   ISRAEL postpones emergency call up drills [general mobiliaztion] and claims major military exercises in north are directed against Hamas Hezbollah; not Syria. haaretz   DOZENS injured in Temple Mount clashes. ynet  
6 MAR 10      A RESTFUL AND PEACEFUL SABBATH FOR ALL THE FATHER'S CHILDREN   ARAB League gives four months for peace talks; says there will be no progress without a complete settlement freeze. haaretz  ISLAMIC Council concerned about Temple Mount riots. haaretz  CRIPPLING Iran sanctions being pared down to nothing. haaretz  PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD has called the Sep 11 attack an intelligence operation.  The vast majority of Americans no longer believe the official US government explanation and the evidence supports their position.  ynet  A FEW 911 whistleblowers. global  Audio Bible Studies on Phillipians and Ephesians have been added to the Epistles of Paul Audios.  All the Epistles are now covered except Thessdalonians [coming next] Romans and Corinthians.  These writings of Paul have been so distorted, confused and mutilated; that a good complete study is urgently needed.   A study through these Books is a matter of real importance to gain a proper perspective on the Apostle Paul, Law and Grace and a proper understanding of the New Covenant.
7 MAR 10
     
TENSIONS build as Mitchell consults with Abbas. thenational   NEW Ukraine President offers to extend Russia's Crimea Balck Sea Port lease. times  PALESTINIANS claim shelling of Israeli outpost on Gaza border. ma'an  ISRAELI Military Chief leave for a week of intense consultations in the US. israeltoday  IRAN launches cruise missile production. ynet  PLO Executive Committee to vote on indirect talks today. canadianpress 
8 MAR 10      CHINA insistent on no further Iran sanctions. antiwar    WORLDWIDE secret US prisions may hold anyone: without recourse to the law. presstv   ISRAEL approves 112 new housing units in West Bank the day after the PA agrees to indirect talks.  The timing appears to be a deliberate attempt to scuttle the talks before they begin. haaretz  DAMASCUS based Palestinian groups officially reject indirect talks. ynet   ISRAELI coalition struggles over 'Conversion" bill. ynet  PNA working to ban Palestinian employment in the illegal settlements. ynet 
9 MAR 10      KARZAI GATES discuss Khandahar offensive. nyt   HAARETZ Editorial. haaretz  BIDEN: US guarentees Israeli security. ynet  CIVIL marriage bill back in the news. ynet  ISRAEL approves construction of 1,600 new settler housing units on land stolen from Shaufat village and added to East Jerusalem.   ynet