Monthly Archives: April 2013

Gaza Terrorists Fire Two Rockets at Israel

By | 2013-04-19T11:52:04-04:00 April 19th, 2013|News|

Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired two rockets at southern Israel on Thursday evening.   The rockets exploded in an open area of the Eshkol Regional Council, causing no physical injuries or damages.   On Wednesday morning, the Color Red rocket alert siren blared throughout the city of Eilat shortly after 9 a.m. It is believed

One Boston Bombing Suspect Dead, Another on Run

By | 2013-04-19T11:29:01-04:00 April 19th, 2013|News|

One Boston marathon bombing suspect has been shot dead, while another, believed to be "armed and dangerous", is being chased by police.    One police officer was also shot dead and a second wounded during the late night operation in Watertown, near Boston, authorities said.   Police forces sealed off much of the town as

Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood: There’s No Extremism in Syria

By | 2013-04-17T11:22:11-04:00 April 17th, 2013|News|

Syria's Muslim Brotherhood sought on Monday to defuse fears that Islamist extremists were seizing Syrian territory, saying that a "united front" controlled land captured by the rebels.   "It is not true that extremists are in charge of liberated lands," the Muslim Brotherhood’s leader, Mohammad Riad Shakfa, was quoted by AFP as having said at

Jordan May Have Also Been Struck in Rocket Attack

By | 2013-04-17T11:03:57-04:00 April 17th, 2013|News|

The Jordanian port city of Aqaba may also have been struck Wednesday morning in a rocket attack launched from Sinai.   Security personnel in the Jordanian city, which faces its Israeli counterpart, Eilat, said on condition of anonymity that two rockets exploded in the city, according to a report broadcast on Israel’s Army Radio.  

Rockets Fired at Eilat

By | 2013-04-17T10:53:25-04:00 April 17th, 2013|News|

The Color Red rocket alert siren blared throughout the city of Eilat shortly after 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning, sending residents racing for bomb shelters.   Tourists and others throughout the Red Sea resort area reported hearing multiple loud blasts a few seconds later.   It is believed that terrorists fired three rockets at the

Ahmadinejad: ‘We Don’t Need Atomic Bomb’

By | 2013-04-16T12:44:10-04:00 April 16th, 2013|News|

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday defended his country's controversial nuclear program while on a tour of West Africa, arguing that Tehran has no use for an atomic bomb.   Speaking during a visit to Benin, the first stop on a three-nation tour, Ahmadinejad called nuclear energy a "divine gift" providing affordable electricity.   "They

Egypt Summons Canadian Envoy Over Baird’s Jerusalem Visit

By | 2013-04-16T12:34:28-04:00 April 16th, 2013|News|

Egypt's foreign ministry summoned Canada's charge d'affaires in Cairo on Monday, over Foreign Minister John Baird's controversial visit to eastern Jerusalem to meet an Israeli minister last week.   According to a report in AFP, Egypt’s foreign ministry expressed its "astonishment" at Baird's visit and demanded "a clarification of the reasons for convening the meeting