Report: Israel Planning for Large Scale War

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...

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Newsmax : Israel Preparing for 'Large-scale War' — Cable Sunday, 02 Jan 2011 Israel's army chief told a U.S. Congress delegation in late 2009 he was preparing for a large war in the Middle East, probably against Hamas or Hezbollah, leaked U.S. 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 U.S...

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...

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 '...

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...

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...

Israel doubts PA report on woman's death
TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Israeli Military officials said they doubt Palestinian reports that a woman died from Tear Gas inhalation during a West Bank demonstration. Based on assessments from medical documents received from the Palestinian Authority Monday, Israeli army officials questioned whether Jawaher Abu Rahma, 36, participated in the Friday demonstration at the West Bank village of Bilin, where she reportedly inhaled Tear Gas fired by Soldiers to disperse demonstrators and died sh...

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...

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...

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...

France top at stealing secrets
OSLO: France is the country that conducts the most industrial Espionage on other European countries, even ahead of China and Russia, leaked US diplomatic cables say. ''French Espionage is so widespread that the damages [it causes] the German Economy are larger as a whole than those caused by China or Russia,'' an undated note from the US Embassy in Berlin said, the Norwegian daily Aftenposten said yesterday. The newspaper said last month it had obtained all the 250,000 US diplomatic cables WikiL...

The ugliest Mossad agent you have ever seen
First, it was Egypt, which accused the Mossad of sending sharks to harass swimmers off Sharm-el-Sheikh on the Sinai coast. Now, 'our friends the Saudis' are accusing the 'Zionist entity' of sending vultures to spy on them. Saudi Arabian security forces have captured a vulture that was carrying a global positioning satellite (GPS) transmitter and a ring etched with the words "Tel Aviv University." They suspect the bird of spying for Israel, Maariv-NRG reported Tuesday. The GPS and ring were con...

Media Roundup: Bilateral ties strained between Israel and Britain
Wed. 29 Dec. 2010 @ 11.10 - Britain’s plan to upgrade the diplomatic status of Palestinian representatives was given prominence in today’s Middle East media coverage, as were claims that London has become a centre for the delegitamisation of Israel. Two broadsheets focused on Israeli allegations that the Britain-based Palestinian Return Centre is a front group for Hamas.  Article covers the proposed extension of diplomatic status to Palestinian representatives currently ...

Just Journalism Review of the Year
Following the Assassination of senior Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai on 19 January, the Israeli National Security Agency, Mossad, was widely held to have been responsible. The story was fuelled in particular by the release of CCTV footage attesting to the use of disguises by those involved as well as revelations that European passports were also used, some belonging to innocent dual Israeli citizens. Later in the year, Just Journalism compared how the media responded to similar alle...

Cable: Israel Planned Another Large Scale War in Late 2009
Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has released a new Wikileaks cable in which Israeli Army Chief Gabi Ashkenazi informed a US Congressional delegation that he was preparing for a “large scale war,” though he hadn’t picked a target yet. The war would’ve been the second large scale war of the year, as Israel had just gotten done invading the Gaza Strip in January of 2009. The document was dated November 15, 2009, and believed it was an opportune time for another war. Ashken...

Aftenposten: Israel gears up for Iran attack
OSLO, Norway - Wikileaks documents published in a Norwegian newspaper indicate that Israel would have 10-12 minutes' warning if Iran launched rockets against that country. Norwegian daily Aftenposten cites 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 gearing up to defend itself against such attacks. The paper on Sunday cited Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi as telling the delegation that I...

WikiLeaks quotes IDF chief: Iran could hit Israel within 12 minutes
Gabi Ashkenazi told U.S. officials in 2009 that Israel was preparing for war against Hamas, Hezbollah and that rocket threat against Israel is 'more serious than ever.'...

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...

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...

Aftenposten: Germany, US plan secret spy project
Oslo, Norway — Germany and the U.S. are planning a $270 million satellite spying program that is causing friction in the European Union, according to Wikileaks documents published by Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten on Monday. Citing diplomatic cables sent from the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, the newspaper said the project was presented as a commercial enterprise but is actually run by the German intelligence service and the German Aerospace Center, DLR. According to the cables sent in 200...

Aftenposten: Germany, US plan secret spy project
Source: WP Oslo, Norway -- Wikileaks documents published by Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten say that Germany and the U.S. are engaged in a $270 million satellite spying program that is causing friction in the European Union. Citing diplomatic cables sent from the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, the newspaper said Monday that the project was presented as a commercial enterprise but is actually run by the German intelligence service. Aftenposten cites cables revealing that the HiROS venture - a network ...

Aftenposten: Germany, US plan secret spy project
OSLO, Norway - Wikileaks documents published by Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten say that Germany and the U.S. are engaged in a $270 million satellite spying program that is causing friction in the European Union. Citing diplomatic cables sent from the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, the newspaper said Monday that the project was presented as a commercial enterprise but is actually run by the German intelligence service. Aftenposten cites cables revealing that the HiROS venture — a network of...