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David Bedein's coverage of Israel for the Evening Bulletin of Philadelphia,
August-October, 2006
10/24/06
Seven Armed Palestinian Terrorists Killed In Gaza Full Story --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10/23/06 Israel: We're Still Going To Fly Over Lebanon Full Story
10/23/06 $50 Million Iran Deal Sabotages Release Of Full Story 10/20/06 Intelligence: More Rocket Fire In Gaza Strip
An Israeli armored vehicle enters the Philadelphi corridor near the Palestinian town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday. The Intelligence and Terrorism Center in Israel reports that anti-tank rocket fire in the Gaza Strip has increased recently. Photo by Tsafrir Abayov/Associated Press.
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10/19/06 Helping Non-Jews Who Are Loyal To The State Of Israel Full Story 10/19/06 France To Israel: Fly Over Lebanon And We'll Shoot
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gestures as he speaks to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, not seen, during their talks in Moscow yesterday. While Olmert's appeals to Russia to help block the Iranian nuclear threat were rebuffed, the French are threatening to fire at any Israeli planes that fly over Lebanon. Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz says they will keep flying. Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/Associated Press. Full Story 10/16/06 Israeli Forces Take Down 15 In Reaction To Bombing The IDF destroyed a three-story building in Rafah that was owned by Hamdi al-Kasi, who is a member of Hamas. The decision to destroy the building was made after Israeli intelligence confirmed that a tunnel was being dug from beneath it. The residents were called to vacate their apartments approximately half an hour before the building was bombed from the air. Full Story -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/13/06 Secretary Of State Rice Offers To Arm Fatah Asked about how the U.S. could consider arming a group the U.S. itself officially links to a terrorist organization, an American government official stuck by the official position of the U.S. State Department, which is that "the US does not regard the Fatah as a terrorist organization." When this reporter asked the American government official to examine the U.S. State Department Web site in this regard, the U.S. government official said that the official was not familiar with the Web site in this regard, saying only that "Arafat signed a document denouncing violence and terrorism." Full Story 10/12/06 What Does Test Mean For The Middle East? "This is a bad development in every way," a high-ranking Israeli political official said Monday. "When the axis of evil gets stronger, Israel should be worried, particularly in light of the effect it could have on the Iranian nuclear question." High-ranking political officials in Jerusalem believe that the absence of a sharp and effective international response to North Korea's test will encourage Iran to speed up its nuclear program. Full Story 10/10/06 Israeli Sources: Hezbollah Reeling From Setbacks Despite the fact that Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah declared a "divine victory," his popularity is in a sharp decline. In public opinion polls held over the past few days in Beirut and towns in northern and southern Lebanon, 51 percent said that they support disarming Hezbollah. Forty-nine percent believe that Hezbollah suffered defeat in a war that was "completely illegitimate." Full Story 10/6/06 Secretary Of State Rice Scheduled To Meet Terrorist Organization Sponsor Fatah
Associated Press Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki give a joint statement in Baghdad.
Photo by Associated Press. Full Story
10/4/06 Spokesman: U.N. Will Not Honor Request To Disarm Hezbollah Full Story 10/2/06 Israel Abandons Nasrallah Assassination Plan Hezbollah held its victory rally in Beirut, and promised that Nasrallah would be there for his first public appearance since he went underground. Before the rally IDF officers took the view that it would be possible to kill him from the air, but only at the cost of killing dozens of bystanders. This time the political echelon accepted the army's recommendation that an assassination would not be appropriate. After that there was a growing acceptance by the political echelon that the possibility of assassinating Nasrallah should be removed from the agenda and that the hunt for him should be discontinued - at least for the next few months. Full Story 9/29/06 Israeli Military Intelligence: Assad Seriously Considering War With Israel A man looks at banners of captured Israeli soldiers Ehud Goldwasser, left, Gilad Shalit, center, and Eldad Regev, right, placed in protest outside the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem. Recent Israeli military reports say Syria is seriously considering war with Israel. Photo by Kevin Frayer/Associated Press. For many years, Israeli military intelligence thought that Syria did not have a genuine military option against Israel. According to this generally accepted view, the possibility of embarking on a war against Israel or launching a surprise attack for the purpose of limited gains was not taken seriously by the Syrian military leadership and was not within the range of its relevant options. Full Story 9/27/06 Hezbollah Supporters Converge On Border Hezbollah supporters approached the Lebanese/Israeli border fence on Monday, near the spot where three soldiers were killed and kidnapped in October 2000. They hoisted the organization's flag and chanted in praise of Hassan Nasrallah and his force. In the words of a senior Israeli journalist and commentator, Dan Margolit, "That is how it begins. That is how the previous war began. That is the way it always begins . . . Full Story
9/25/06 Israeli Intel: Assad Favors Another War Full Story 9/22/06 Taking Time On Rosh Hashanah One year ago this week, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, President George W. Bush exuded a clear, unequivocal appreciation of and commitment to Israel. On that same occasion, President Bush called for a democratic state of Palestine to be created alongside Israel, as a way to foster peace in the Middle East. Full Story 9/22/06 Buffett Personally Visits His Israeli Investment Buffett was a businessman who had never stepped foot in Israel, yet gave the Israeli economy an unexpected vote of confidence. The shrewd investor calculated the profitability and the potential of a leading Israeli enterprise, which led him to invest $4 billion to acquire 80 percent of the shares of the company. Full Story 9/21/06 Egypt Prepared To Go Nuclear Deputy chief of National Democratic Party Gamal Mubarak urged the nation to consider developing nuclear energy, a proposal that could help establish his own credentials as a serious politician and publicly distance him from the United States. Photo provided by Associated Press. "The whole world - I don't want to say all, but many developing countries - have proposed and started to execute the issue of alternative energy," Gamal Mubarak, the president's son, said. "It is time for Egypt to put forth, and the party will put forth, this proposal for discussion about its future energy policies, the issue of alternative energy, including nuclear energy, as one of the alternatives." Full Story 9/20/06 Getting To The Issue With Livni Monday night, Israel's Foreign Minister Tzippy Livni met with Machmud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen. Before the Livni-Abbas meeting, The Evening Bulletin posed the following questions to Livni, through her spokesperson, Ido Aharoni, and through the spokesperson of the Israel Foreign Ministry, Mr. Mark Regev. Those questions were: (please review article) Full Story
9/19/06 Washington Maintains Contact With Abu Mazen; PA Denies Impasse
--Yesterday, the U.S. administration summoned Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to Washington
with the express intention of making it clear to him that it takes a dim view of forming a unity government
with Hamas. Full Story -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/18/06 Israel Forms Panel To Examine 'Ill Preparedness' One area that the investigation panel will examine will be the " . . . management of the political echelon as it related to the . . . preparedness and readiness of the threat from Lebanon, including intelligence preparedness and the force building and its readiness . . . " (Clause C) In that context, American citizens who witnessed security briefings from Israeli officials over the past few years may be called upon to testify at the Winograd panel. Full Story
9/15/06 New Palestinian Initiative For Israeli War Full Story
9/12/06 Israel Update: Negotiation With Palestinians A Top Priority Full Story 9/11/06 I Was There A shot by Evening Bulletin reporter David Bedein of the World Trade Center on 9/11. Bedein was in New York for a series of lectures. Photo by David Bedein of The Evening Bulletin. One source at the Israeli prime minister's office noted that Israel was warning the U.S. to examine the cooperation of several governments, NOT individuals, in the perpetration of the act: Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran, coordinated with Syria and the PLO. Full Story 9/8/06 Israel Lifts Its Blockade On Lebanon The decision was angrily greeted by the families of the two soldiers who were kidnapped to Lebanon July 12. Shlomo Goldwasser, the father of Ehud, said that the decision contradicted a former pledge by Foreign Minister Livni not to lift the blockade at least until a sign of life of the two kidnapped reservists was received. Full Story Jesse Jackson Visits Israel, Assures Families That Kidnapped Soldiers Are Alive And Well Last week, the Reverand Jesse Jackson arrived in Israel to act as an intermediary in helping to return abducted Israeli hostages to Israel. The Evening Bulletin made a personal call to him at his hotel room, with one question. Since the Red Cross had not even been allowed to visit the Israeli captives, on what basis could he say that they were alive? Full Story
9/6/06 Is There A Gaza Prisoner Swap In The Offing? Full Story
9/1/06 IDF Sources: Israel Should Leave Lebanon ASAP Full Story 8/30/06 Hezbollah Leader Has Surprised Many With Latest Comments The Hezbollah leader, who has his own political problems, helped the Israeli prime minister and his government more than any strategic adviser. From now on, until the next elections, Amir Peretz and Olmert can repeatedly state to the public what they learned about "who won the war" by means of Nasrallah's resounding remorse. Full Story 8/29/06 Olmert To Create Panels To Investigate Handling Of Conflict
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks in Haifa in northern Israel yesterday. Olmert initially rejected a state inquiry into the government's handling of the Lebanon war, but relented somewhat by creating three blue ribbon panels. Photo by Ariel Schalit/Associated Press.
Also: Full Story 8/28/06 Figs On Rosh Hodesh, Or And so it came to be. On Rosh Hodesh Elul, we will sit with our family in our garden for Shabbat dinner, fulfilling the prophecies of old, that foresaw a time when we would all sit in peace under our fig trees and appreciate the peace of mind that the land of Israel can at times provide. Full Story 8/28/06 On The Palestinian School Curriculum: Erasing Israel As this is being written, in late August 2006, news wires around the world are running a story that Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority, has launched a new peace initiative with Israel. However, the new school books that the same Mahmoud Abbas has now introduced in the Palestinian Authority school system - run independently of Hamas - represent a curriculum that prepares a new generation of Palestinians to destroy Israel. Full Story 8/16/06 Israelis Dissatisfied With Cease-Fire In the meantime, Israel has begun to coordinate the handover of southern Lebanon to UNIFIL and the Lebanese army, and a three-way coordination meeting was already held yesterday at UNIFIL headquarters in Nakoura. Hizbullah guerrillas are expected to hamper the deployment of the Lebanese army in the south. IDF intelligence assessments expect Hizbullah to try to renew its activities in southern Lebanon, starting with civilian affairs. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in an address given on Monday in the Knesset, predicted further warfare is to be expected in the future. Full Story 8/15/06 Israeli Government Sends Mixed Messages To Media Israel's top military brass told the media that the Israeli media had achieved its goal, which was to "weaken Hezbollah" so that a political process could be facilitated - for the U.N. and the Lebanese government to enforce U.N. resolutions which state that Lebanon must disarm all foreign and terrorist troops from its soil. Full Story 8/11/06 a.m.erica Preventing Israel From Escalating Ground War An Israeli Arab woman, relative of Marim Asadi, 26, grieves during a joint funeral for Asadi and her son Fathi, in the Arab town of Deir Al-Assad, in northern Israel on Thursdat. Asadi and her son Fathi, 5, were killed earlier Thursday in a Hezbollah rocket attack in the town. Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press. The Israeli security cabinet approved Israeli military plans to expand the ground offensive under way in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. While three government ministers abstained, none voted against authorizing the military to move northwards to the Litani River and perhaps beyond. Full Story 8/9/06 Palestinian President Expresses Support For Hezbollah On Air 'We Definitely Perceive The Resistance In Lebanon As Noble Arab Resistance,' Says Abbas On Al Arabiya TV
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