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Israel preparing for large scale war: cable
Stumble This! Oslo — Israel's army chief told a US Congress delegation in late 2009 he was preparing for a large war in the Middle East, probably against Hamas or Hezbollah, leaked US diplomatic cables showed on Sunday. "I am preparing the Israeli army for a large scale war, since it is easier to scale down to a smaller operation than to do the opposite," Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi was quoted as saying in a cable from the US Embassy in Tel Aviv. The document, dated November 15, 200...

WikiLeaks exposes Israel's plans for war
OSLO: Israel's army chief told a US Congress delegation in late 2009 he was preparing for a big war in the Middle East, probably against Hamas or Hezbollah, a leaked US diplomatic cable shows. ''I am preparing the Israeli army for a large-scale war since it is easier to scale down to a smaller operation than to do the opposite,'' Lieutenant-General Gabi Ashkenazi was quoted as saying in a cable sent from the US Embassy in Tel Aviv. The document, dated November 15, was quoted on Sunday by the Osl...

WikiLeaks: Iran Missiles 10 Minutes from Israel
Like this Story? Share it: Learn about the people, economy and history. (AP) Oslo, Norway (AP) - Israel believes it would have only 10-12 minutes' warning if Iran launched rockets but that threats from Hamas and Hezbollah are the most pressing, according to leaked U.S. State Department cables published in a Norwegian newspaper. The Aftenposten daily on Sunday cited a cable describing a Nov. 15, 2009, meeting between an American congressional delegation and Israel's Military chief in which he re...

Aftenposten: Israel gears up for Iran attack
OSLO, Norway - Israel believes it would have only 10-12 minutes' warning if Iran launched rockets but that threats from Hamas and Hezbollah are the most pressing, according to leaked U.S. State Department cables published in a Norwegian newspaper. The Aftenposten daily on Sunday cited a cable describing a Nov. 15, 2009, meeting between an American congressional delegation and Israel's Military chief in which he reportedly said Israel was preparing to defend itself against such attacks. The...

Israel preparing for large scale war: cable
Stumble This! Oslo — Israel's army chief told a US Congress delegation in late 2009 he was preparing for a large war in the Middle East, probably against Hamas or Hezbollah, leaked US diplomatic cables showed on Sunday. "I am preparing the Israeli army for a large scale war, since it is easier to scale down to a smaller operation than to do the opposite," Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi was quoted as saying in a cable from the US Embassy in Tel Aviv. The document, dated November 15, 200...

Report: Israel Planning for Large Scale War
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Wikileaks: Iranian Rockets Can Reach Israel in 12 Minutes
Iran has test-fired a the Shahab-3 missile, which has a range that puts Israel within reach, back in July 2008. (Novinite) According to leaked Wikileaks documents, the Iranian Regime has rockets that can reach Israel in 12 minutes and Hezbollah now has 40,000 rockets that can reach all of Israel. Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi told a U.S. Congressional delegation in November 2009 that the Islamic Republic has over 300 missiles that can reach the Jewish State in up to 12 minu...

Israel has only 12-minute warning if Iran attacks - WikiLeaks
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi reportedly said in 2009 that Israel would have only between 10 and 12 minutes of warning in the event of an Iranian missile attack, AFP quoted leaked U.S. cables on Sunday. According to the cable authored by the American Embassy in Tel Aviv, Lieutenant General Ashkenazi told the American delegation led by Missourian Congressman Ike Skelton that Iran possesses some 300 Shihab rockets that are capable of reaching Israel within minutes, leaving I...

British consulate employees charged over Hamas plot
JERUSALEM: Israel has charged two Palestinian employees of the British consulate in Jerusalem with arms trafficking for Hamas as part of an investigation into an alleged plot to attack a stadium. News of the British connection emerged after Israel's Shin Bet security service said it had arrested five men charged with membership of a Terrorist group and arms trafficking. But the British Foreign Office said on Monday the consulate had been informed by the Israeli authorities that the charges had '...

Israel defense merger 'gains traction'
TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Discussions about merging three of Israel's state-owned defense companies -- Israel Aerospace Industries, Rafael and Israel Military Industries -- appear to be gaining momentum. If it comes off, the Merger would create the world's 20th largest defense giant and, analysts say, give new impetus to Israeli military exports, a key revenue earner. "This is a global trend," an IAI executive told the Globes business daily. "It happened to the government-owned defense i...

Asian aid convoy arrives in Gaza
Some 100 pro-Palestinian Activists, part of an Asian aid convoy, have crossed into the Gaza Strip from Egypt. The convoy's $1m (760,000 euros) worth of cargo was due to arrive separately by boat later, organisers said. Egypt refused Visas to some Iranians and Jordanians travelling with the convoy, which left India on 2 December. Activists had planned to reach the Hamas-run Gaza Strip by 27 December, the second anniversary of Israel's 22-day Cast Lead offensive on Gaza. More than 1,400 ...

Britain is the hub of hate, claims TA think tank report
Reut Institute says assault on Israel’s legitimacy is based on Arab and Islamist ideology, urges coordinated fightback. London - A report published by an Israeli research and strategy organization this week identifies London as a major center in a delegitimization campaign against Israel and advises the players in the public Diplomacy sphere, both in Israel and the UK, to reassess their strategy and work together, on a local and global scale. Referring to London as the “Mecca o...

Israeli armys anonymous version of Jawaher Abu Rahmas death contradicted by everyone
Jesse Bacon at the Only Democracy: One of the proudest moments on this blog for me came when we were among the people covering the Rachel Corrie’s attempt to bring desperately needed supplies to Gaza in the aftermath of the 9 killings aboard the Mavi Marmara. Covering the event live on twitter as the Israeli army jammed all communications gave me a clear sense of who was trying to get the truth out as best we could,  and who wanted it stifled. I felt The Army Censorship personally in a ...

Leaked cable: Israel was prepared for war
JERUSALEM, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Israel's Chief of Staff told a U.S. congressional delegation in 2009 he was preparing his country for a "large-scale war," a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable said. Details of the cable, from the whistle-blowing Web site Wikileaks, were first published Sunday by Norway's Aftenposten newspaper. The cable summed up a meeting in Israel led by U.S. Congressman Ike Skelton with members of the Israeli intelligence echelon, Israel Radio said Monday. The chief of staff, Lt.Gen. Gab...

Mossad estimates Hezbullah can fire 400-600 rockets per day
A cable released by Wikileaks discloses that a 'senior Mossad official' believes that Hezbullah can launch between 400-600 rockets per day in the event of war. Hizbullah would likely shoot between 400 and 600 missiles a day into Israel during a future war, a senior Mossad official told a congressional delegation to Israel in 2009, according to a US diplomatic cable published on Sunday. The cable from November 2009 summed up meetings a delegation led by Ike Skelton (D-Missouri) held with top of...

How Iran Is Exploiting Palestinian "Resistance" to further its Goal for a New World Order
Over the past week, Iranian media have made repeated reference to the second anniversary of Israel's Operation Cast Lead, citing Palestinian "resistance" (terror) as the only option for resolving the conflict. As Peace Talks between Israel and the Palestinians are stalled, Iran fills the vacuum by encouraging Hamas to continue the armed struggle against Israel and by trying to convince Arabs from moderate states to support Iran's Militant course of action against Israel. Tehran views the "2...

This should help you sleep well tonight
If you're an Israeli, or even if you're not, the latest release from Wikileaks ought to help you sleep well tonight. According to (soon to be former) IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, Iran could attack Israel within ten to twelve minutes. But Ashkenazi fears Hamas and Hezbullah more. IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi said that Iran has over 300 missiles that could reach Israel within 10-12 minutes, according to cables released by WikiLeaks on Sunday. During a November 15, 2009 meeting with a ...

Wikileaks: Israel Plans Total War on Lebanon, Gaza
The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has summarized an Israeli Military briefing by Israeli Chief of Staff Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi of a US congressional delegation a little over a year ago and concludes that ‘ The memo on the talks between Ashkenazi and [Congressman Ike] Skelton, as well as numerous other documents from the same period of time, to which Aftenposten has gained access, leave a clear message: The Israeli Military is forging ahead at full speed with preparations for a new war in t...

Increasing Hate from Hamas
Hamas has increased its incitement to violence and Genocide of the Jewish State, despite calls by the international community for Israel to open a new dialogue with the group, according to the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. "Over the last few years there has been a steady drumbeat of calls from leading figures in the international community for Israel to open a dialogue with Hamas," writes Jonathan D. Halevi in a new paper. "Unfortunately, there is no evidence of a new pragmatism among th...

British consulate staff 'linked to weapons plot'
Two local Palestinian employees of the British consulate general in Jerusalem have been charged on suspicion of arms trafficking as part of an investigation into an alleged plot by two Hamas Militants to attack the city's most important football ground. The Foreign Office said last night that it was urgently seeking details of the charges, which came to light the day after Israel's domestic intelligence agency, Shin Bet, disclosed that it had charged two other Palestinians for planning an attac...

Hamas becomes more radical as calls to 'engage' with it increase
Jonathan Dahoah HaLevi reports that rather than moderating the group, calls from the West to 'engage' with Hamas are having the exact opposite effect. Hamas is becoming more radical. * Over the last few years there has been a steady drumbeat of calls from leading figures in the international community for Israel to open a dialogue with Hamas. * Unfortunately, there is no evidence of a new pragmatism among the Hamas leadership, but only greater indications of a much harder line, which is expre...

Peace in Jerusalem only masks underlying tension
JERUSALEM -- "All of these correspondents," Israeli Defense Forces spokeswoman Avital Leibovich notes, referring to the hundreds of reporters, photographers, and producers from world press organizations stationed in Jerusalem, "are not here to report on Tel Aviv's beaches or the wineries of Judea and Samaria. They are here to report the conflict." True. And because conflict equals news, lack of conflict usually equals neglect. Things are far from peachy in this region -- and yet, the quiet its...

Now it is Palestine's turn to create facts on the ground | Simon Tisdall
As unfulfilled hopes of peace in the Middle East in 2010 fade from memory, the spectre of war in 2011 looms large. The collapse of Barack Obama's attempt to broker direct negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians has created a dangerous vacuum. Men of violence vie to fill it. There is another way. It could prevent renewed bloodletting, would potentially provide relief and justice for both sides, would likely be supported by most Israelis and Palestinians, and would help clear the path to a ...

Do Bilin Jews signal new politics in Middle East?
Tony Karon at Time Magazine: What's beyond question, however, is that the news of Abu Rahmah's death has highlighted a new alliance emerging between a small number of Israeli leftists and Palestinians engaged in unarmed mass Protest action. Scores of Israeli Activists had actually joined Friday's demonstration, and they challenged the IDF claim that Tear Gas was fired only after stones were thrown by Protesters. The news that Abu Rahmah had died brought hundreds of Israeli Jews to a Protest in...

Netanyahu: Obama Admin. Halted Construction Freeze
BETHEL, Israel -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday his government agreed to a three-month extension to the West Bank settlement freeze late last year, but the U.S. later retracted the offer. "I told Obama that I am prepared to go with this to the cabinet and that I will be able to enforce the move. But then I received the surprising phone call from the Americans who said they no longer demand that Israel extends the freeze," the prime minister explained before the before t...