Is this Israel’s calm before the storm? – The Globe and Mail

Posted by Matt in February 6th, 2010 | no comment

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2010 might be calm, but 2011 won’t. I anticipate that 2011 will bring nuclear war to the Middle East as Israel’s neighbors launch a preemptive attack to destroy Israel once and for all.
There might be a Third Intifada with the Palestinians, but it’s hard to know when this could occur. It could be 2010 or [...]

Israel warns Syrian leader over war comments – CNN.com

Posted by Matt in February 4th, 2010 | no comment

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Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman issued a stark warning to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday that he and his family would lose their hold on power if Syria were to attack Israel.
Israel warns Syrian leader over war comments – CNN.com

Syria no peace partner: Israel FM

Posted by Matt in April 25th, 2009 | no comment

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Syria’s support of Palestinian and Lebanese militant groups make it no partner for peace, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said in an interview published on Saturday.
“We need to look at the reality. Until today, Syria is hosting the headquarters of terror organisations such as Hamas and the (Islamic) Jihad,” he told the Berliner Zeitung daily, [...]

Israel, the West, and a Nuclear Iran

Posted by Matt in July 8th, 2008 | no comment

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Analysts see a host of reasons to keep away from full-scale violence. Shlomo Ben-Ami, former Israeli foreign minister, and Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council, write in the Christian Science Monitor that bombing runs alone won’t destroy “any potential clandestine facilities in Iran nor Iran’s knowledge of the enrichment process.” Mohamad ElBaradei, [...]