Bibi: Gaza Attacks Will be Answered
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned Monday that Israel would not accept rocket attacks from Gaza, “not even a trickle.†The military will respond quickly to each and every attack, he said.
Up date, More than 200 killed in Iraq
Car bombing attacks in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed at least 45 people on Monday, police sources said. According to Reuters,
Egyptian envoy's security bolstered
The level of security around Israeli Ambassador to Egypt Shalom Cohen was raised Monday after Egyptian security forces uncovered a plot to assassinate him, Channel 2 and other media outlets reported.
Israeli warplanes strike tunnel following rocket attacks
Israeli warplanes bombed a tunnel along the Gaza-Egypt border early Monday in response to Palestinian mortar and rocket attacks against Israeli targets on Sunday.
At least 41 dead, 70 hurt in Iraq bomb attacks
Iraq bomb attacks targets Kurds and Shiite
Remains from Period of King Hezekiah Discovered
The most recent dramatic archaeological find in Israel is that of a luxurious administrative center from the period of King Hezekiah, over 2,700 years ago. The center was discovered in Kibbutz Ramat Rachel, just south of Jerusalem
We Will Take Jerusalem – by Peace or by Force
The Fatah party headed by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, re-elected in the fractured party convention in Bethlehem Saturday night, concluded all of Jerusalem is a “red line†for the PA.
Hamas Tests Rockets to Hit Tel Aviv
Hamas is testing an improved Kassam rocket that can reach the Tel Aviv area. It also resumed fire on the Western Negev Sunday morning, striking the agricultural Kibbutz Alumim, whose fields border the Gaza separation fence. No injuries or damage was reported.
Somalia: Hizbul Islam denounces US government
Hizbul Islam one of the Islamists factions in the Somali capital Mogadishu and an opponent to the government of Somalia led by his Excellency Sheikh Shariff Sheikh has on Saturday released an official communiqué in a written form saying that they are absolutely against the American involvement in the Somalia politics.
Fatah Faces Multiple Fractures
As the Fatah conference in Bethlehem continues past its original Thursday deadline, new rifts within the party have been revealed. Besides fears voiced prior to the conference regarding a split between Fatah's “old guard†and younger members, it is becoming clear that various Fatah branches are growing apart due to geographical separation.