Iran begins military exercises in southern Iran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard began military exercises Saturday in the country's south, the latest show of force after threats to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for tougher Western sanctions. Plans for new Iranian naval games in the Persian Gulf have been in the works for weeks. State media said that ground forces began maneuvers in southern Iran, but it was not immediately clear whether it was part of the planned naval training missions scheduled for this month or a separate operation
February 4, 2012
Tags: a-member-state, country, green, hezbollah, Israel, lebanon-, middle-east, persian, persian-gulf, plans, secretary, service, tehran, western Posted in: Iran
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Little new in IAEA-Iran talks: diplomats
VIENNA (Reuters) – U.N.
February 2, 2012
Tags: china, clarification, diplomat--, director, european, iaea, international, Israel, nackaerts, nuclear, questions, topics, western Posted in: Iran
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Dolan’s prayer
New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan dropped to one knee and prayed in the rain yesterday at the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism, as the cardinal-designate continued on his spiritual pilgrimage in the Holy Land. “It was very moving.
January 31, 2012
Tags: a-special-place, bedrock, children, college, dolan, holy, jesus, Judaism, mass-at-the, other, prayer-on-paper, timothy-dolan, western, western-wall Posted in: Judaism
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Tel Aviv evolves as top gay tourist spot
Tel Aviv is voted the best gay city for 2011, beating New York, Berlin and San Francisco in an online poll. A rainbow flag with a Star of David is placed at the entrance to the municipality building in Tel Aviv, Israel. Picture: AP Photo/Oded Balilty Source: news.com.au Tel Aviv at night
January 25, 2012
Tags: dancing, israel-picture, middle, middle-east, palestinian, palestinians, tourism, travel, western Posted in: Tel Aviv
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Tel Aviv top spot for pink dollar
Tel Aviv has long been a gay paradise, one of the few places in the Middle East where gays feel free to walk hand-in-hand and kiss in public. Now, thanks to its balmy climate, vibrant nightlife and a creative government-backed branding campaign, the city has become one of the world's top gay tourist destinations.
January 25, 2012
Tags: a-same-sex-duo, berlin, country, dancing, freedom, Israel, mayor, middle, palestinians, supreme-court, toronto, tourism, urban, western Posted in: Tel Aviv
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Anger, chaos but no revolt after Libya violence
BANI WALID, Libya (Reuters) – A bullet-scarred barracks, scorched and abandoned like the ageing tanks guarding its shattered gateway, was all that remained on Tuesday of what passed for the Libyan government's grip on Bani Walid. But a day after townsmen put to flight a force loyal to the Western-backed interim administration in Tripoli, elders in the desert city, once a bastion of support for …
January 24, 2012
Tags: a-force-loyal, desert, force-loyal, scorched-and, support-for, tanks-guarding, the-ageing, the-desert-, western, western-backed, what-passed Posted in: Libya
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Obama campaign targets Jewish vote – Video
22-01-2012 22:34 A clip produced by President Obama’s reelection campaign targeting Jewish voters, features a long line of Israeli senior officials seen praising him. The video’s “stars” may be surprised to find themselves included in the clip, as they never gave interviews for the campaign. The video, titled “America and Israel — an Unbreakable Bond” shows Netanyahu thanking the president for his commitment to Israel and peace
January 23, 2012
Tags: a-long-line, a-putting-his, helicopter-with, his-commitment, Israel, israel-as-part, Jewish, obama, president-obama, tzipi-livni-, western, white Posted in: Jewish
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Libya drops election quota for women
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya will scrap a proposal for 10 percent of seats in a new national assembly to be set aside for women, a Western diplomat who is engaged in discussions with the Libyan election committee told Reuters on Friday. The new, 200-member assembly is set to be elected in June to draw up a constitution after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi last year.
January 20, 2012
Tags: a-will-scrap, friday, last-year-, muammar-gaddafi, overthrow, reuters, set-aside, western, will-scrap Posted in: Libya
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Dempsey to Israel as allies seek unity on Iran
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States' top military officer arrives in Israel on Thursday as the allies coordinate efforts to curb Iran's nuclear program – and play down suggestions they are at odds on strategy. The United States, which is leading Western pressure on Tehran to curb controversial uranium enrichment, has voiced concern that the Israelis could attack their foe preemptively and …
January 19, 2012
Tags: allies, and-play, has-voiced, Israel, israelis, odds-on-strategy, officer-arrives, pressure-on-tehran, tehran, the-allies, thursday, united, united-states-, western Posted in: Israel
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Temple and False Christ – Video
14-01-2012 07:18 So much info.
January 15, 2012
Tags: a-small-shrine, asher-kaufman, dean, dome, jewish-quarter, mount, muslim, near-the-center, physics, rock, second-temples, site, temples, western, western-wall Posted in: Christian
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Bomb Plot Suspect Rails Against Christians, Jews
Fla. bomb plot suspect rants against Christians, Jews, Western living in online videos
January 11, 2012
Tags: bomb-plot, christians-, online-videos, suspect-rants, western Posted in: Jews
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Fla. bomb plot suspect rants against Christians, Jews, Western living in online videos
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A man accused of plotting to attack Tampa, Fla.-area nightclubs and a sheriff’s office with bombs and guns also railed against Christians, Jews and Western living in videos he posted online.
January 11, 2012
Tags: christians-, fla-area, full-article-, guns-also, man-accused, nightclubs-and, office-with, railed-against, tampa, western Posted in: Jews
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Natalie Portman visits Israel with baby – Video
03-01-2012 21:38 Hollywood actress Natalie Portman ended her latest visit to Israel on Monday, after touring the Holy Land for almost a week. Portman, who was born in Jerusalem as Natalie Hershlag, arrived in the country last week accompanied by her fiancé Benjamin Millepied and her six-month-old son Aleph. One of the goals of the visit was to show her new baby to her many relatives in Israel
January 4, 2012
Tags: a-note-and, aviv-portman, country, goals, hollywood, israel-during, mahane-yehuda, natalie, oscar-winning, seen-sitting, toured-the-area, western, western-wall Posted in: Israel
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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi captured in Libya – Video
19-11-2011 11:44 Libya’s interim prime minister officially announced the capture of Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, calling it the “crowning” of the uprising’s efforts. Abdurrahim El-Keib promised a fair trial for Saif al-Islam, who was captured in the southern desert.
January 4, 2012
Tags: a-fair-trial, a-month-ago, announced-the, been-deprived, bodyguards-had, capture, islam, life, news-conference, processes-which, southern, the-southern, the-uprising, western, will-receive Posted in: Libya
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Jerusalem from above – Video
09-10-2011 12:53 A rooftop tour of Jerusalem provides new perspective on an ancient city Jerusalem is often explored on foot, but another way to see the city is to climb to its rooftops and look down on some of its amazing sites. Today’s tour with guide Madeleine Lavine starts at the YMCA, an architectural landmark built in 1878 and well known for its vision of coexistence.
January 3, 2012
Tags: a-close-view, a-hotel-and, a-mixed-staff-, city, foreign-affairs, hurva-synagogue, Israel, Jerusalem, jerusalem-train, rock, streaming, torah-yeshiva, western, white Posted in: Jerusalem
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West Bank Wall – Video
10-10-2011 19:24 Sarah Austin and Bear Kittay go to Israel to check out the western wall. They talk to their friend Adi who tells them all about it.
January 3, 2012
Tags: check-out, check-out-the, friend, Israel, kittay, sarah, sarah-austin, the-western, their-friend, western Posted in: West Bank
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Why the Libyans Have Fallen Out of Love with Qatar « Shabab Libya
When Libya's cashed-strapped rebels needed financial support to bankroll their revolution last spring, they did not look to Western powers such as the U.S. and England for aid.
January 2, 2012
Tags: bankroll-their, england, financial-support, for-aid-, not-look, persian, powers-such, qatar, rebels-needed, revolution-, revolution-last, such-as-the, western Posted in: Libya
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Pro-Israel Bay Bloggers: Beit Shemesh and Israel Advocacy: Some …
Netanyahu declared: “ Israel is a Western liberal democracy, and as such its public space is open and safe for all, men and women.
January 2, 2012
Tags: arrest-all, for-discrimination-, liberal-democracy, men-and, open-and, police-will, public-space, safe-for, such-its, western Posted in: Israel
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Dome of the Rock
murphygb posted a photo: Dome of the Rock, East Jerusalem There are no signposts (or information on access) for the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, but many for the Western Wall. Information on the hoops to jump through to gain entry was gained from speaking to some of the locals in the Muslim Quarter. We enjoyed a tranquil one hour by the Dome and the Al Aqsa Mosque as that was all that was allowed.
January 1, 2012
Tags: abdalmalikibnmarwan, domeoftherock, Jerusalem, jew-, jump-through, locals, muslim, occupied, Palestine, tranquil-one, watchful, watchful-eye, western Posted in: Palestine
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Gaza Terrorists Continue 11-Year War, Fire Two Mortar Shells …
Gaza terrorists resumed 11 years of aerial attacks on Israel Sunday, firing two mortars shells on the Western Negev. No one was injured.
January 1, 2012
Tags: aerial-attacks, attacks-on-israel, firing-two, Israel, israel-sunday, mortars-shells, western, western-negev- Posted in: Gaza
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Mission Accomplished_ Al-Qaeda Flag Flying in LIBYA …
The Al-Qaeda flag has been flying high over Libya and the governments of the western world that helped remove Gaddafi from power don't seem to mind at all. The flag, which contains the phrase “there is no God but Allah” …
January 1, 2012
Tags: a-flag-has, and-the, contains-the-phrase, flag-has, high-over, phrase, the-phrase, the-western, western, which-contains Posted in: Libya
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Video: Tariq Ali: Western intervention in Syria would be a disaster …
Video: Tariq Ali: Western intervention in Syria would be a disaster. 28 December 2011 — RT on Youtube.
December 31, 2011
Tags: arab, december, described-the-situation, observer-mission, situation, tariq, the-restive, the-situation, western, youtube Posted in: Syria
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Al-Qaeda trying to recruit fighters in Libya | Voice of the Copts
Following the collapse of Qaddafi's regime in the face of an armed rebellion and a NATO-led air campaign, Western governments have voiced concern about violent extremists trying to exploit instability in the country or getting …
December 31, 2011
Tags: armed-rebellion, country, exploit-instability, following-the-collapse, have-voiced, nato, qaddafi, the-collapse, the-country, the-face, violent-extremists, western Posted in: Libya
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Israpundit » Blog Archive » Canada TV Host Doesn't Believe Israel …
Laura: While islam wages a relentless and bloodthirsty global jihad, the wretched and moral degenerate leftist cowards of the western elite believe that it is Israel that doesn't deserve to exist. The left has nothing to say about ..
December 31, 2011
Tags: and-moral, degenerate-leftist, elite-believe, global-jihad, islam-wages, left-has, relentless-and, the-western, the-wretched, western, while, wretched Posted in: Israel
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Muslims ban Christmas and rape white women, in latest Latma …
The Eurabia ideology takes xenophobia, Islamophobia, racism, and nativism—all traits of classic white supremacism —but combines them with ultra-Zionism, as Israel represents the Western bulwark against the Muslim …
December 30, 2011
Tags: a-ideology-takes, against-the-muslim, all-traits, and-nativism, bulwark-against, but-combines, eurabia, islamophobia-, Israel, muslim, represents-the, represents-the-western, western, White Supremacism Posted in: White Supremacism
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