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Israel News: July 2010

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1 JUL 10      THE new German President is Christian Wulff  ynet   AFTER the almost unprecedented lightening confirmation of Gen Petraeus as Afghan Commander, Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John R. Allen has been named as the new acting CENTCOM Commander. Allen is a close friend and confidant of Petraeus. tampatribune  Iran sentences to death two persons convicted of killing street protesters. ap  LIEBERMAN attacks Netanyahu for undercutting his authority as Minister of State; putting the Israeli coalition under even more pressure. haaretz  THE US military holds a yard sale in Iraq. latimes  THE IAEA's top investigator resigns as of the end of Aug. ynet  ISRAEL bombs three sites in Gaza. asheva   ISRAEL still undecided as to what they will allow into Gaza under new policy. Nothing has changed so far; except for a few luxeries like chocolate coming in. haaretz 
2 JUL 10      OBAMA signs new Iran sanctions Bill. reuters  GERMAN leader Merkel's popularity plummets and her coalition is now in disarray. independent   EFFORTS begin against pro settler Jerusalem mayor. haaretz  ISRAEL moving very slowly in easing traffic to Gaza; in spite of promises. antiwar   ISRAELIS term the coming Obama/Netanyahu meeting crucial for the future of the peace talks. ynet  Obama to pressure for construction freeze extension. haaretz   ISRAELIS unimpressed by Netanyahu speach on Shalit; thousands continue march. haaretz   
3 JUL 10     
MAY ALL WHO RESPECT GOD'S LAW AND SABBATH BE RICHLY BLESSED!  THE Judea and Samaria (Yesha) Council is taking steps to encoiurage Netanyahu to resist US pressure to extend the construction freeze. asheva   NETANYAHU: Israel will not apologize or pay any compemsation for Flotilla raid. jpost   NETANYAHU LIEBERMAN make up: sort of. Turkey demands apology. ynet  AFTER weeks of violence the Kurds are feeling out the Turks on a truce. afp  SYRIA arrests 400 in an extensive crackdown on the Kurdish PKK. asheva  HAMAS answers on Shalit. jpost  ONE more round of Shalit talks to take place. haaretz  ABBAS makes proposals as basis to start direct peace talks. haaretz
4 JUL 10      ISRAEL grants Flotilla Inquiry the right to summon witnesses. aljazeera  HEZBOLLAH spiritual leader dies. asheva   BILL tabled in the Knesset which requires Knesset approval for construction freeze extension. jpost  ISRAEL Beiteinu to support Bill. jpost 
5 JUL 10      NETANYAHU may offer partial settlement freeze in return for recognition of settlements block recognition as being Israeli. antiwar   POLLS put Bronislaw Komorowski as next Polish President. bbc ISRAEL sets new Gaza blockade rules. ap GERMANY UK to stop refueling Iranian comercial airliners. jpost  USS PELEILU Marine Carrier Expeditionary Force joins armada off Iran [5th Fleet]. US NAVY  OUTCOME of Obama meeting to determine the makeup of the Israeli coalition. ynet  Coalition holding its breath over Obama meeting.  Either the right will split over a construction freeze, or Labour will split from the coalition over no freeze and no progress in peace talks. ynet
6 JUL 10      THE USS Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group has left the Arabian Sea and is now visiting Turkey. navy   THE crucial Obama-Netanyahu meetings are now underway. 
7 JUL 10      ISRAELI soldier indicted for Gaza killing. washpost  THE health of the Egyptian President is deteroriating. haaretz  OBAMA/NETANYAHU call for Direct Talks without mentioning construction freeze.  haaretz  UNBREAKABLE bond between the US and Israel. laramie 
8 JUL 10      ISRAEL attempts to intimidate Hezbollah be releasing sample target maps. sheva  NETANYAHU calls for Direct talks; see today's Editorial. asheva  NETANYAHU's eight minutes on Larry King. jpost SHALIT march to reach Jerusalem Thursday. ynet Obama sees Turkey turning East if EU membership rejected. ynet  Turkey is seeking to once again lead the Islamic World.
9 JUL 10     GEN James Mattis to command CENTCOM. reuters  US SENATORS in Israel to discuss security; threaten US attack on Iran; if necessary. jpost  ISRAELI Forces continue training for Lebanon invasion. arabamerican  SHALIT march arrives in Jerusalem. Netanyahu to meet family at 4:30 local time. jpost  US RUSSIA trade spies. jpost  ISRAEL Channel 2 Obama interview [scroll down and click the speaker]. ynet
10 JUL 10     MAY ALL WHO RESPECT GOD'S LAW AND SABBATH BE BLESSED! 
Shalit's dissappointed by Netanyahu meeting. jpost  Hezbollah Israel trade threats. jpost  OBAMA presses ABBAS on Direct Talks.  Abbas: as soon as total construction freeze and acceptance that talks will begin where they left off; is agreed by Israel: We will go to Direct Talks.  ynet  India rejects American unilateral sanctions; signs deals with Iran. deccanherald  RUSSIA/US relations worsening as Clinton pledges support for Russian periphery nations against Russia. asiatimes 
11 JUL 10     FIVE thousand Lebanese soldiers head south to protect UNIFIL from stone throwing civilians. jpost  BACK channel talks by the US with Israel/Palestinians. haaretz  NETANYAHU reports to Cabinet. imfa NETANYAHU to seek Cabinet approval for gestures to Palestinian National Authority agreed with Obama. haaretz  ABBAS says no to Direct Talks at this time. Mitchell to offer Israeli gestures soon. ap 
12 JUL 10     OPPOSITION Leader Livni holds her own talks with Palestinians. Getting close to breakthrough. The main obsticle is the present coalition. latimes  US Congress united in support for Israel. haaretz  COSTA RICANS up in arms over extension of anti drug deal used as a cover to establish major American base with 46 Navy war ships. rawstory  MAJOR election setback for Japanese government. nyt NETANYAHU to confer with Mubarak Wednesday. ynet   LEBANON war approaching. ynet  GERMANY bans IHH for supporting Hamas charities in Gaza. Despite its name this group is German and has no connection to the Turkish IHH. haaretz  IRAN: Time to increase pressure on Israel. fars  Iranian President Ahmadinejad to viist Beirut soon, as Israel masses forces on Lebanese border to counter Hezbollah movement into South Lebanon. debka
13 JUL 10     IDF blames intelligence coordination for Flotilla Raid disaster. haaretz  bbc  ISRAEL demolishes East Jerusalem homes. haaretz  EREKAT on peace talks. haaretz  THE New Moon was observed this evening; making sunset tonight the beginning of the first day of the Fifth Biblical Month!
14 JUL 10
     Turkish and EU officials meet for talks on the up and down Turkish EU membership drive. These talks will all work on coordinating fioreign policy. m&c  NETANYAHU MUBARAK talks delayed until Senator Mitchell meets with President Abbas on Wednesady and then Abbas meets with Mubarak.  Bibi visit now expected on Sunday. reuters  ISRAEL'S Iron Dome rocket defense system is to be operational in the coming weeks. jpost  THE major Rim of the Pacific naval exercise is underway and is scheduled to end on Aug 11. pattaya  2nd Battalion 2 Royal Canadian Regiment is taking part along with naval forces. canada

15 JUL 10     TOUGH times in Iran stregthen resistance. asiatimes  CONSTRUCTION continues despite freeze. nyt  IRANIAN nuclear scientist returns home after kidnap by US. washingtonpost  DOCUMENTS released on Viet Nam war. ap  PASSAGE of war funding suplimental may be delayed. thehill   LATEST US poll on an Israeli strike on Iran. newsmax  THE real Netanyahu then and now. eurasiareview   THE US to consider placing IHH on terrorist list. jpost   IRAN cancels Gaza aid ship to avoid confrontation with Israel. asiatimes  CANADIAN Group plans to send ship to Gaza. nationalpost  ASHEVA releases public relations [propaganda] video on Gaza Flotilla Raid. This appears to be an ASHEVA production [right wing media, supporting settler movement] disingenuinuously named after Gen Eiland.  asheva  EUROPEANS unhappy with relationship with the Obama administration. times   THE state of the Indirect Talks, nyt
16 JUL 10     US pledges "eternal committment to Israel".  antiwar  TERRORIST bombing in Iran. asheva  IN a stormy meeting the Israeli government approved a two year budget. jpost  MITCHELL'S back for more talks. haaretz
17 JUL 10    
KEEP GOD'S SABBATH HOLY!     ISRAEL argues that its human rights obligations are not obligatory on the West Bank.  antiwar  US GOVERNMENT shuts down 73,000 WORDPRESS Blogs. geek  TALKS are underway to secure the services of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton; to mediate the Shalit problem between Hamas and Israel. jpost  ABBAS offers to go to Direct Talks if Israel agrees in principle to foreign forces guarding borders. jpost   haaretz  FIDEL CASTRO warns of nuclear war in the Iran crisis because of the preprogrammed escalations set into each side.  That is the story of WW1 with preprogrammed responses escalating from a simple event. jpost  OBAMA Administration considering buying off Israel with massive aid injection. haaretz
18 JUL 10      ISRAEL attacks Gaza near Rafah. kuwait  LEBANON nervous about the upcoming indictment in the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.  zinhuanet   THE Israeli military has been significantly upgraded by Obama. ma'an  YSRAEL BEITENU opposes new budget which must still pass Knesset; creating yet another coalition crisis.  afp 
19 JUL 10     PREPARATIONS  are under way to confront Iran with a credible military threatThis is what the massive exercise Rim of the Pacific is about. jpost    ISRAELI military chiel holds meetings with Italian counterpart in Rome.  Will commenorate the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD at the Arch of Titus. idf  .NETANYAHU to refuse "Conversion law". This is splitting the coalition. asheva  THE  Israel coalition is finally beginning to unravel. antiwar   TO save his coalition; Netanyahu to offer a trade on various pending legislation.  ynet   MUBARAK terminally ill. haaretz  ISRAELI Cabinet approves loyalty oath requiring the swearing of loyalty to a  "Jewish State:". This is seen by Palestinian citizens as pure racial discrimination. aljazeera  HEZBOLLAH deployes 5,000 fighters on Israeli border. yalibnan  ABBAS to insist on International Force to defend Palestine. turkishweekly   .
20 JUL 10     ISRAELI military chief says Israel will bomb Hezbollah; even in civilian areas. ma'an  THE Iranian Parliament has adopted a Resolution to inspect the shipping of countries that inspect its shipping. jpost   TURKEY HAMAS hold meetings.  ynet   EU States to endorse new unilateral Iran sanctions this week and putthem in place next week. haaretz   IRON DOME completes tests; to be immediately deployed and is expected to be fully operational by Nov. haaretz   THE US super carrier USS George Washington is being deployed to Busan and is being rushed to Korea.  military.com

21 JUL 10     EU Ambassadors to approve unilateral sanctions on Iran tomorrow. voa   ISRAEL to restrict the use of white phosphorus. bbc   A group of Americans is now working to send a ship in the next Gaza flotilla expected to sail in Sep. jta
22 JUL 10     AFTER 2011 the US plans to control Iraq through a private State Department Army. mcclatchy GAZA civilian killed by Israel. nyt    ORGANIZERS of Freedom Flotilla 2 now competing over famous athletes. ynet  ISRAEL poised to pass a Bill that requires a referendum and a Knesset majority for any decisions on withdrawal from the Golan or East Jerusalem. haaretz  EXTENSIVE preparations continue for Lebanon war. jpost   SEE today's Editorial for news on developements in Iraq and Iran.
23 JUL 10     CLINTON trades warnings with North Korea on the eve of an American naval exercise off Korea. ynet   MUBARAK gives televised speach. ynet  ISRAEL prepares to release Turkish ships. haaretz   NETANYAHU at the crossroads; peace or war. haaretz   
24 JUL 10     MAY THE ALMIGHTY REMEMBER THOSE WHO LOVE HIS SABBATH!    THE US Congress is moving to endorse a new Middle East war with House Resolution 1553.  michael 
25 JUL 10     FOUR rockets fall in south. ynet   PEACE Talks and coalition crisis. isracast   HR 1553, americas   ABBAS wary of entering talks for the purpose of talking. Wants a real framework and goals for talks. haaretz 
26 JUL 10     ISRAELI Cabinet-Netanyahu reject construction freeze extension.  ap  NEW unilateral EU sanctions on Iran approved. jpost  BARAK in Washington; threatens Lebanon. A few weeks ago Israel also sent a message to Syria stating that Israel regarded Hezbollah as under Syrian military command; and that Israel will attack Syria if any rockets are fired by Hezbollah. ynet   ABBAS to meet with Arab League later this week for decision on Direct Talks.  theage   ANALYSIS of American push for war on Iran. alarabiya  ISRAEL bombs three sites in Gaza. SIX Israelis one Romanian feared dead in helicopter crash during exercise in Romania. debka   CANADA imposes new sanctions on Iran. thestar 
27 JUL 10     MOUSAVI makes final break with Tehran regime. ap   MOUSAVI warns of coming Iran revolution. jpost   HAMAS seeking to expand military force. jpost   HUGE natural gas discoveries create difficulties between Israel-Lebanon.  ap   ISRAEL destroys ancient Bedouin village. cnn   HAMAS warns Abbas not to accept Direct Talks at Thursday's Arab League meeting. afp  AHMADINEJAD warns that Israel is planning a war against two nations [He is correct Syria/Lebanon; which will then spread to Iran] within three months.  debka 
28 JUL 10     THE Palestinian National Authority is facing a big government shakeup next week.  asheva   THE US is now pushing HARD for Direct Peace Talks ynet  See today's Editorial.   ABBAS to brief Arab League tomorrow. haaretz  ISRAEL rejects all three of the PNA conditions for Direct Peace Talks.  afp   JAPANESE petroleum tanker molested in Strait of Hormuz. ap  
29 JUL 10     NETANYAHU acknowledges that an extended construction freeze would bring down his government.  haaretz   IRAN offers to halt 20% urnaium enrichment if US accepts nuclear swap deal. haaretz  G8 gives Iran deadline for resumption of nuclear talks. asheva   BIG Brother is watching you!  wired   ARAB LEAGUE meeting begins. afp  HOMOSEXUALS march in Jerusalem today. pinkpaper   ORTHODOX Rabbi's cal for acceptance of homosexuality; long ago accepted by moderate Judaism.  ynet   IRAN warns of Middle East agression by Israel US within three months. presstv   ISRAEL SAUDI intelligence discuss coming war. presstv  
30 JUL 10     GRAD rocket strikes Ashkelon; harsh response expected. jpost   Two mortar shells fired from Gaza. ynet   ARAB League sets conditions, m&c   ABBAS may have the political support needed to begin Direct Talks in Sep. telegraph   SAUDI King in Syria visits Lebanon today. ap   UN Lebanon Tribunal set to name top Hezbollah figure in Hariri killing. jpost