Diplomacy & Defense

Thailand clean-up - Reuters - 15.2.12
Israel's Mossad, Shin Bet failed to identify Iran terror plot

The working assumption of Western intelligence services is that Iran has been secretly deploying its forces so it could retaliate against American and Israeli targets.

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Dennis Ross - Mozgovaya - 15.2.12
Dennis Ross tells Haaretz: Sanctions against Iran are working

Iran's currency has lost half its value and Europe is planning a boycott - these are the crippling sanctions Israel has called for, says the former adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama.

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Thailand terror - AFP - February 14, 2012
U.S. condemns Thailand terror attack, hints at Iran 'fingerprints'

State Department spokeswoman stops short of blaming Iran directly for Tuesday's botched attack in Bangkok, but says it comes on heels of other 'Iranian-linked' attacks.

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Leon Panetta - Reuters - 10.11.2011
U.S. Defense Secretary: Israel has yet to decide on Iran strike

Leon Panetta testifies before Senate Armed Services Committee, says U.S. has common cause with Israel to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

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Bangkok bomb - Reuters - Feb. 14, 2012
Barak blames Iran for botched Thailand terror attack

Defense Minister responds to Tuesday's Bangkok explosions which wounded five; says attack prove that Iran, Hezbollah continue to operate in ways of terror.

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Israel U.S. Jewish Americans May 22, 2011
The Israel Project: ‘American Hispanics are the most hostile toward Israel’

The founder of the influential pro-Israel advocacy group, Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, is leaving, and the hunt is on to find her replacement.

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India terror - Reuters - February 13, 2012
India: 'Well-trained person' behind terror attack at Israeli embassy

Indian home minister says police won't stop working until they find perpetrators of attack which wounded wife of Israel's defense attache in India; several Israeli embassies abroad to work in limited capacity in fear of more attacks.

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budget  - AP - 14022012
U.S. to cut support for Israeli missile defense program by $6 million

Palestinians will not receive funding unless they show ‘a firm commitment to peaceful coexistence with the State of Israel’ and fight terrorism.

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Mossad chief Tamir Pardo - Moti Milrod - 14022012
Newsweek: Israel keeping U.S. in the dark on Iran attack

According to article, Israel stops sharing plans regarding Iran in response to Obama's May 2011 speech calling Israel to negotiate peace with Palestinians based on 1967 lines.

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New Delhi
Israeli wounded in attack near embassy in New Delhi released from hospital

Tali Yehoshua-Koren, wife of an Israeli diplomat, was moderately wounded when a car bomb exploded outside of Israel's embassy in India's capital.

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India terror - AFP- February 13, 2012
New Delhi attack reflects Iran's limited capabilities

While it is possible that Iran lacks the ability to strike 'prestigious' Israeli targets, it may have chosen Monday's targets so as not to provoke a strong Israeli response.

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Khader Adnan - AFP - February
Israel rejects appeal of Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike

Khader Adnan, who was arrested for being a member of the Islamic Jihad, has been on a hunger strike for 58 days to protest what he says is humiliation that he faces in Israel's military justice system.

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Top IDF official defends Israeli social protesters

IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Naveh backs protesters one day after Brig. Gen. (res.) Aharon Haliva blamed IDF budget cuts on last summer's demonstrations.

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Silwan - Ministry of Interior - February 13, 2012
Israel approves new East Jerusalem visitors' compound, razes Palestinian community center

Jerusalem planning and committee approves construction of new visitors’ center at City of David National Park in Silwan.

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India - AP - February 13, 2012
Witnesses in New Delhi say motorcyclist attached bomb to Israeli's car

Tali Yehoshua-Koren, wife of the Defense Ministry's representative to India, was moderately injured outside Israel's embassy in the Indian capital; suspected attack comes with attempted attack in Georgian capital of Tbilisi.

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