News Report From Jerusalem March 9th 2010

Wednesday, 9th March 2011

3 Adar II 5771

News and digest on Israel and Middle East affairs compiled by FOR ZION'S SAKE MINISTRIES.

Headlines 1. Israeli maimed in Jerusalem pipe bomb blast 2. Anti-tank missile defense system stops attack on IDF tank 3. Netanyahu: Palestinians utilizing global anti-Israel sentiment to avoid Mideast peace 4. Plans to invade Israel prepared 5. Yemeni president says US and Israel behind unrest 6. PA TV glorifies terrorist Dalal Mughrabi 7. White House: Support for Israeli security is 'unshakeable'  8. Poll: Americans still favorable towards Israel 9. New Zealand accepts Israeli aid

Scripture: Where has your beloved gone, O fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned aside, That we may seek him with you? ( SS 6:1 )

Melanie Phillips on Israeli TV Often people say 'You can't criticize Israel without being labelled an antisemite'. Well that is usually because they are. But in this video, Melanie Phillips delivers a scathing indictment to the Jewish state and very accurately I might add, and it is clearly not antisemitic. click picture above to view video

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Israel Israeli maimed in Jerusalem pipe bomb blast A Jerusalem municipal worker was moderately wounded on Sunday, after what police believed to be a pipe bomb exploded in the capital in the early morning hours. The man lost his forearm in the explosion and was evacuated to nearby Hadassah University Hospital. Police have yet to determine whether the bombing was criminally motivated or a terrorist attack... [Read More] Israel grouped with Iran, North Korea as world's least popular countries A poll conducted by the BBC revealed Tuesday that Israel is one of the most negatively viewed countries in the world, ranking at the bottom of the chart along with Iran, North Korea and Pakistan. In 2011, 22 out of 27 countries leaned toward a negative... [Read More] Netanyahu: Palestinians utilizing global anti-Israel sentiment to avoid Mideast peace The Palestinian Authority is taking advantage of the international community's "Pavlovian reflex" against Israel instead of taking steps that would promote peace in the Middle East, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on... [Read More]

Arab World Plans to invade Israel prepared Sources close to the Hezbollah - which Israel and the United States regard as a terrorist group - have told G2Bulletin that the organization has devised military plans to occupy "Galilee," or northern Israel, should the Jewish state attack Lebanon, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. A few weeks back... [Read More] 'Syrian mercenaries, warplanes aiding Gaddafi' Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is using paid mercenaries from Serbia, Syria, the Ukraine and Romania to attack rebels, Asharq al-Awsat reported. According to Al Jazeera, Libyan rebels shot down two Syrian planes in Ras... [Read More] Epic film 'Shoah' to be screened in Iran via satellite TV PARIS - An epic French documentary about the Holocaust, dubbed into Farsi, is to be broadcast on a satellite channel in Iran as part of a campaign to promote understanding between Jews and Muslims and to fight Holocaust denial... [Read More]

International White House: Support for Israeli security is 'unshakeable' WASHINGTON - A top White House adviser told a major Jewish organization Monday that despite the changes in the Middle East, the US remained as committed as ever to Israel's security. Valerie Jarrett, US President Barack Obama's senior adviser and assistant for intergovernmental affairs and public engagement... [Read More] British PM pledges his 'indestructible' support for Israel LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday reaffirmed his commitment to Israel, saying that his belief in Israel is "indestructible." Speaking at a dinner for the Community Security Trust, which monitors anti-Semitism... [Read More] Prepare for holy wars On the margins of the dramatic events worldwide, we saw a small, seemingly insignificant news story about the Pope exonerating the Jews of killing Jesus. On the face of it, this is a rather unspectacular story in the midst of a Middle... [Read More]

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