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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 Kandahar 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 
10 MAR 10     FORCE levels around Kandahar reach 30,000. upi  ISRAEL angers Biden, Palestinian National Authority and the Intertnational Community. independant  GATES on inspection tour of Middle East / Persian Gulf. ap   EDITORIAL comments from accross the Middle East; on the Biden visit and peace talks. bbc   UNITED Torah Judaism party threatens resignation over Conversion Bill; throwing the governing Israeli coalition into crisis. ynet   MORE asheva   ISRAELI power struggle deepens; with the deliberate embarrassment of Biden [forbidden by Netanyahu] by Yishai. ynet  MORE on US anger. ynet 
SEE today's Editorial.  AFTER a full year; Israel finally allows a UN team to enter Gaza and remove unexploded ordinance. asheva 

11 MAR 10     ISRAEL plans massive construction boom when moratorium ends. 50,000 units being planned. haaretz  INDIRECT peace talks likely to be called off after being sabotaged by the Shas party.  Arab League meets to reconsider support for talks as Abbas prepares to withdraw. aljazeera  ARAB League's Peace Initiative Committee recommends a withdrawal of support for indirect talks. apnews    A view of training for the Afghan war. independant  BIDEN speaks at Tel Aviv University before meeting with Israeli Defense Minister. jpost    ROCKET fired from Gaza. ynet  ISRAEL bombs Gaza. ynet 
12 MAR 10      ABBAS confirms that peace talks will not take place until construction frozen in East Jerusalem. ynet  AYALON: No construction halt in Jerusalem and no more "concessions for peace". haaretz  .US-Israeli relations hit new low.  Will the US now bring pressure to bare that will force Netanyahu's hand; breaking the Right Wing coalition and bringing down the government? SEE today's Editorial   telegraph  NETANYAHU summoned to meeting in Washington in ten days as Abbas seeks American demand that Israel freeze construction.haaretz  ISRAEL orderrs a full closure of the West Bank over fears of demonstrations and riots breaking out. ynet   AMERICA PAKISTAN to conduct high level military talks beginning on 18 Mar. thenews  UKRAINE gets new coalition government. thenews  CLINTON delivers very strong message to Netanyahu. haaretz  OBAMA cannot afford to look weak; must now get tough on Israel government. financialtimes  RUSSIA again complains of Afghan drug trafficking. usatoday 
13 MAR 10     MAY ALL OF OUR FATHER'S CHILDREN ENJOY A WONDERFUL SABBATH!   OBAMA to make an outreach to Islam speach in Indonesia; as a follow up to his Cairo speach. voa  DISTURBANCE at Qalandiya crossing. ap  THE United States is promising to put a halt to all Jewish East Jerusalem construction; inperiling the Netanyahu government. haaretz   ynet   MITCHELL to visit the region next week to present explicit American guarentees for an East Jerusalem construction halt during talks.  It is hoped that this will be enough to get the talks back on track. ynet  To view our Press Release on this fast breaking situation issued yesterday.  OROTHODOX Jews riot in East Jerusalem. ynet  AFTER a day of violence the full West Bank closure has been extended to Wednesday. ynet  TEMPLE Mount access also restricted. afp 
14 MAR 10     ISRAEL arrests senior Hamas leader in West Bank. aljazeera  HAARETZ Editorial on Israeli coalition and Obama. haaretz  AN important notice on the upcoming Biblical New Year has been posted at our Editorial pageLIVNI challenges Netanyahu's leadership.  haaretz   ynet  STATUS of Shalit talks.50,000 housing units planned for Hebron area. See Mar 11 entry. ynet  NETANYAHU offending both right and left in Israel. nyt 
15 MAR 10     ISRAEL'S highest military officer visits Turkey hurriyet   AMERICA cannot aford to back down with Israel and lose its credibility in the world. huffingtonpost  JERUSALEM Synagogue dedication today; increases tension. haaretz   A way out of the crisis for Israel?  ynet  THIS Israeli government will not back down over Jerusalem construction. asheva   EGYPTIAN Gaza barrier almost complete. bikyamasr    BRAZIL'S President in Israel to begin Middle East tour. angop  SARKOZY party suffers big defeat in 14 Mar election and is expected to lose control of France's 25 Districts in 21 Mar vote. presstv   NETANYAHU addresses Likud on construction crisis. haaretz  US ships huge quantities of massive bombs to Diego Garcia. sundayherald  THE Iranian government has disrupted several "US backed cyber war networks" and arrested 30 people.  computerworld  US ISRAEL crisis. haaretz  US waiting for formal Israeli response to demands. Mitchell trip uncertain. ynet
16 MAR 10    PHOTO Diego Garcia. antiwar  TENSION rising in Kandahar over upcoming offensive. dailytimes  MITCHELL visit on hold until an official Israeli response to US demands is provided.  Response expected today. List of demands. haaretz  DEMONSTRATIONS as Hamas declares Tuesday a "Day of Rage" over Jerusalem. haaretz  HAMAS also calling for strikes on Israel. ynet   NPR asks: will Obama bring down the Netanyahu government in this showdown. npr  SEE today's Editorial.

THE DATE FOR PASSOVER IS CONFIRMED AS 31 MARCH. THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD RUNS FROM 1 APRIL THROUGH 7 APRIL. THE FIRST AND LAST DAYS; BEING HIGH HOLY DAYS.  FOR MORE SEE TODAY'S  EDITORIAL PAGE.  THIS IS BASED ON THE BIBLICAL CALENDAR AND not ON THE NON BIBLICAL; RABBINIC CALENDAR.

17 MAR 10     PALESTINIAN militants ready to launch a military response if Israel continues its Jerusalem policy. crienglish  THE Fatah military wing seeks call up to defend Jerusalem alongside Hamas. jpost  HAMAS calls on all Palestinians to launch uprising to defend Jerusalem. jpost  SEE today's Editorial. HAARETZ Editorial. haaretz WEST Bank closure lifted today. cbc  IF Netanyahu gives in to US demands on Jerusalem; a major coalition crisis will follow. ynet   TWO rockets hit Israel. ynet  NETANYAHU convenes Inner Cabinet to discuss a response to the United States. jpost 
18 MAR 10     KANDAHAR campaign begins. afp  GAZA rocket kills man in Israel. ap  THIRD rocket in 24 hours. haaretz   DEPUTY Prime Minister calls for a "heavy price" to be exacted. ynet ISRAEL to target Hamas in reprisal. ynet  THE EU Foreign Policy Chief tours Gaza. guardian  NETANYAHU to meet Mitchell and UN Secretary General. ynet  ISRAELI Defense Minister to also visit Washington. ynet  NETANYAHU voted second most corrupt Israeli leader in history. haaretz  NETANYAHU tardy with response to Clinton. msnbc  ISRAEL vows to teach Hamas a lesson. Vice Premier Silvan Shalom warned that the attack would lead to a strong reaction, and said that Hamas was ultimately responsible.“It is severe escalation,” said Shalom in remarks broadcast on Army Radio. “Israel will not return to the situation of before Operation Cast Lead. The response will be particularly fierce...I hope Hamas will learn a lesson.” jpost  FOURTH rocket fired from Gaza. ynet
19 MAR 10     NATO planning a Northern Afghan offensive in Konduz. afp  ISRAEL bombs six targets in Gaza; showing some restraint due to the visit of the UN Secretary General to Gaza this weekend. tostar  QUARTET issues moderate statement.  wsj  FIFTH rocket fired from Gaza. haaretz   NETANYAHU calls Clinton: offers a delay in implementing East Jerusalem construction: which was not due to begin for some time anyway. haaretz  64% of Israeli's disapprove of the present government coalition. ynet  PROTESTS in Jerusalem expected. jpost  ISRAEL conducts second round of air strikes in Gaza as clashes take place around the West Bank. aljazeera
20 MAR 10     HAVE A WONDERFUL SABBATH!  PRIME Minister's office insists that no gestures or concessions will be made concerning Jerusalem. jpost  NETANYAHU to confer with OBAMA on Tuesday. haaretz  UN SECRETARY GENERAL tours West Bank today, Gaza tomorrow: emphasizes all settlement construction in West Bank East-Jerusalem illegal.and must be halted. ynet  PALESTINIANS demand International Monitors to oversee construction halt. ynet LAST evenings second air attack on Gaza struck the old airport and tunnels.  haaretz  ISRAEL will not back down on Jerusalem construction. jpost  Four rockets fired from Gaza today. ynet  THE military arm of Abbas' Fatah; which had been demobilized for some time; claims credit for two rockets fired at Kissufim. kuna 

21 MAR 10     EUROPEAN UNION in crisis and facing decline over internal divisions and economics. washingtonpost  NETANYAHU will not back down on Jerusalem construction; asheva  but will allow the UN to fix the Gaza sewage system. After more than a year this health and safety issue for civilians should have been taken care of a very long time ago.  haaretz  OBAMA may force the issue with Israel. jpost  NETANYAHU is to ask Obama for more weapons in return for his "concessions". haaretz  GROUP asks High Court to allow Passover sacrifice on Temple Mount. ynet
22 MAR 10     NETANYAHU arrives in Washington, Mitchell arrives in Israel. Merkel infuriated by Netanyahu. times  ZAHHAR acuses Israel of trying to provoke Hamas into a response to airstrikes to justify conflict and distract from settlement construction. ma'an  US CONGRESS passes Obama Health Care bill. ynet   CLINTON to trash Iran and promise "rock solid" US defense of Israel at AIPAC meeting. ynet   ISRAEL bombs Gaza in response to Sunday night rocket. asheva  HIGH Court approves Jerusalem demonstration for the right for Jews to pray on the Temple Mount: set for tomorrow. asheva    ISRAEL plans to demolist 80 Palestinian East Jerusalem homes to creat King's Garden park.  Also plans tens of thousands of new homes in East and West Jerusalem. Is the timing of this interview another deliberate provocation?  times  GAZA violence and Israeli air strikes resume after Ban visit. aljazeera  TEXT: Netanyahu speach to AIPAC. politico  TEXT Clinton speach to AIPAC.  jta
23 MAR 10     BRITAIN may expell Israeli diplomat over passport fraud. asheva  NETANYAHU asserts "right" to build in all Jerusalem. Today's Editorial.  bbc 
28 MAR 10     CLASHES escalating on Gaza border. Israel enters Gaza to kill two people laying mines on their own land; two Israelis and two Palestinians killed; two more Palestinians killed later; Israel to launch air strikes in retaliation. jpost  RIGHT Extremists to begin Temple Mount agitations. haaretz    INTENSE pressure building on Netanyahu government coalition. telegraph  STEINITZ vows to liquidate Hamas regime in Gaza. afp  WEST Bank closed through April 6th. afp  NETANYAHU to hold a series of Emergency Cabinet Meetings before seeing Obama again in two weeks. haaretz  US threatens to allow UN Security Council to condemn East Jerusalem construction. haaretz  ISRAEL adamant over East Jerusalem construction; coalition political crisis increasing. nyt  ISRAEL again enters Gaza. newstraitstimes  SOME Obama demands. haaretz 
29 MAR 10     AFTER two Inner Cabinet meetings Israel stands firm in rejecting US demands. See today's Editorialnyt  OBAMA'S opportunity to achieve international stature and Middle East Peace; is to stand up to the Netanyahu coalition. aljazeera  LONE rocket fired from Gaza Monday. Israel waiting until after Passover for a response. ynet 
30 MAR 10     DEMONSTRATORS protest the seizing of Palestinian land and the killing of six at Sakhnin in 1976. ynet  A 15 year old boy was killed and dozens wounded in Gaza; by Israeli cross border fire. haaretz   jpost  OBAMA-NETANYAHU crisis. wfp  GAZA wounded at 16. jpost  KANDAHAR offensive set for Jun. presstv  ISRAELI military chief declares Gaza war ongoing. Media says decisive response to begin after Passover [Rabbinic Festival ends Apr 5]. yemennet  INNER Cabinet discusses US demands for four month East Jerusalem construction freeze. haaretz 
31 MAR 10     TODAY IS PASSOVER BY THE BIBLICAL CALENDAR!  TONIGHT BEGINS THE SEVEN DAY FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD !  NEXT SUNDAY IS THE WAVE SHEAF OFFERING DAY; BEGINNING THE COUNT TO PENTECOST! FOR MORE ON ALL THE BIBLICAL HOLY DAYS VISIT OUR; THE FESTIVALS OF GOD SITE!  ISRAELI Inner Cabinet rejects East Jerusalem building freeze. asheva  NETANYAHU may act behind Cabinet's back to try and placate the US.  That would spell trouble in the coalition.  asheva   US begins Kandahar activities with warning to Karzai brother. washingtonpost