Tag Archives: nuclear weapons

Latest Jihadi news

Posted on 11 December 2012 by

Following is a roundup of news from the world of Jihad which all seem to tie into one another and all of which impinge on the security of both Israel and the Western world. Earlier in the week Hamas held … Continue reading →

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How red is my line

Posted on 12 September 2012 by

In a prime example of the media seeing what it wants to see, the CBC website headlined their article about their interview on Sunday with PM Binyamin Netanyahu as follows: “Is Israel softening its stance on Israel?” (h/t cba and … Continue reading →

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Turkey caught between a rock and a hard place

Posted on 4 September 2012 by

An interesting article in today’s Hurriyet Daily brings to our attention a very different angle to the Israel-Iran nuclear crisis, outside of the American and other international aspects: the condundrum in which Turkey will find itself if Israel carries out … Continue reading →

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Not quite Good News Friday

Posted on 31 August 2012 by

Following the outrage at UN chief Ban Ki-Moon’s visit to Tehran to attend the opening of the Non-Aligned Movement summit, some slightly better news emerges from there to mitigate Ban’s attendance when he issued a stinging rebuke to the Ayatollahs … Continue reading →

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7 reasons why Israel should neutralize Iran’s nuclear threat

Posted on 17 August 2012 by

The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg wrote an article earlier this week explaining “7 reasons why Israel should not attack Iran’s nuclear facilities“. Goldberg is center-left on Israel, and he is always an interesting read. Here is a quick summary of his … Continue reading →

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Israel’s anti-Iranian nuke strike capability undermined by too much chatter

Posted on 15 August 2012 by

The local and international airwaves, print media and internet are full of talk about the possibility of an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites, yet all this chatter sheds more heat than light on any potential Israeli plans, and possibly … Continue reading →

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