| Friday, 6th January 2012 | | 11 Tevet 5772 |
News and digest on Israel and Middle East affairs compiled by FOR ZION'S SAKE MINISTRIES.
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Headlines
1. Haniyeh in Sudan: Hamas will Never Recognize Israel
2. Abbas Appoints Released Senior Terrorist as Advisor
3. Police Foil Two Terrorist Attacks in Be'er Sheva
4. IDF: 8,000 rockets, missiles could hit Israel if war erupts
5. Tenth of Tevet - Fast Day Marks Siege of Jerusalem
6. December Spike in Terror Stats
7. Libyan Rebel Commander Was Flotilla Terrorist
8. Report: US Pushing Israel to Free Barghouti
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Hamas' Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, reiterated on Saturday that his organization will never recognize Israel and will never give up on Jerusalem, Channel 10 Newsreported. Haniyeh made the comments during talks in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, where he several days agomet President Omar al-Bashir. The visit to Sudan is part of Haniyeh's first official regional tour since Hamas seized power in Gaza in 2007. He also called for the establishment of a "Jerusalem Army," an army... [ More] |
Mahmoud Abbas rewards a senior terrorist under Arafat, recently freed win the Shalit deal, appoints him as an advisor. Mahmoud Damara, arrested in 2006 for involvement in the shooting and bombing to death Israelis, was part of Yasser Arafat's feared Force 17 terrorist group and was one of Israel'smost wanted terrorists until he was arrested in an IDF raid in 2001. Israel freed him last October, along with more than 1,000 other terrorists and security prisoners to gain the return of kidnapped... [ More] |
Police arrested two terrorists at different locations Wednesday morning and prevented intended attacks on Be'er Sheva residents. Acting on intelligence information, Border Police raided an apartment in the capital of the Negev and arrested a terrorist from Jenin, in Samaria, and confiscated a knife he intended to use to attack Be'er Sheva citizens. In a separate incident, police at a checkpoint north of Be'er Sheva, again acting on intelligence information, stopped and arrested a terrorist whose... [ More] |
Israel is likely to come under fire from 8,000 rockets and missiles if a war breaks out in the coming year, according to updated IDF intelligence. Regarding the capabilities in the hands of it enemies, according to the assessment, it is possible that hundreds Israelis would be killed in such a war. Based on these assessments and the growing arsenals of Hamas, Hezbollah, Syriaand Iran, a war in 2017 would likely include the firing of 15,000 rockets and missiles into Israeli cities, causing... [ More] |
The supermarkets may still be full of shoppers preparing for the advent of the coming Sabbath on Friday, but Thursday is not going to be a day in which observant Jews will be filling the kosher restaurants - at least, until after sundown. On the Jewish calendar, this Thursday is the tenth day in the Hebrew month of Tevet - the anniversary of the date on which the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar began his deadly siege of Jerusalem in the year 425 BCE. We mark the day by fasting from... [ More] |
The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) reported that there was a significant rise in the number of terror attacks by Arabs last month. The agency counted 81 attacks in December, compared with 44 in November. Most of the attacks - 48 in all - were fire bombings. The Shin Bet says the largest rise in terror, geographically, was in Jerusalem and its environs: 25 attacks took place there in December, up from seven in the previous month. In Gaza, too, terror was up: 30 attacks took place... [ More] |
A senior anti-Qaddafi rebel commander says he was among the IHH-terrorists on the Mavi Marmara who attacked IDF navy commandoe. "I was wounded on the Mavi Marmara and spent nine days in an Israeli prison," Number Two rebel commander Mahdi al-Harati told the Spanish daily ABC last month. Al Harati was second in command to Abdul-Hakim Belhadj, who now heads the Tripoli Military Council. A Spanish ABC reporter said he found Al Harati and two other rebel fighters in Syria, where... [ More] |
The Obama administration is trying to convince Israel to release arch-terrorist and mass-murderer Marwan Barghouti. According to the Hamas-aligned Al Quds daily, Washington views Barghouti as its preferred candidate for Fatah to field against Hamas in Palestinian Authority (PA) elections in May 2012. "A high-profile US delegation has regularly discussed with officials in Tel Aviv the option to free Al Barghouti to lead Fatah against Hamas in the next elections," the sources that the daily did... [ More] |
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