Israel’s Home Front Command simulates chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) strike | Bio Prep Watch

Posted by Matt in December 15th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Ambulances, Chemical Substance, Exercises, Home Front Command, Israel Nuclear, Israeli Response, Israeli Weapons, Jerusalem Neighborhood, Jordan West, Magen David Adom, Medical Center, Neighbors, Nuclear Missile, Nuclear Retaliation, Nuclear Weapons, Succession, Syria Lebanon, Three Missiles, West Bank, West Bank And Gaza

How should one respond to a nonconventional attack? Doesn’t nonconventional bring forth nonconventional? Should an enemy of Israel use a nonconventional attack, then the appropriate Israeli response is nuclear.
How should Israeli use nuclear weapons? Does it makes sense to use nuclear weapons in a limited way?
I suggest that should Israel use nuclear weapons in a [...]

DEBKAfile – Jordan’s King Abdullah purges regime and army of Palestinians

Posted by Matt in August 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Army, Citizenship, Debkafile, Early Retirement, Gaza Strip, Hashemite Kingdom, Jordan, King Abdullah, Levels Of Government, Palestinians, Purge, Regime, West Bank, West Bank And Gaza, West Bank And Gaza Strip

The king has ordered a massive purge of the Jordanian military, forcing hundreds of officers into early retirement.
He is conducting the same process in the top levels of government.
The Jordanian ministry of the interior has begun the process for revoking the Jordanian citizenship of Palestinians who relocated from the West Bank and Gaza [...]

Did you know that Israel is a technology powerhouse?

Posted by Matt in June 6th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Israel, Ahead, Canada, China, Economic Powerhouses, Economy, England, Fate, Fox, Germany, Goliath, Impasse, Israel, Medicine, Nasdaq, Palestinians, Scandal, Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley Of The Mediterranian, Technology Powerhouse, West Bank, West Bank And Gaza

Israel has been described as the Silicon Valley of the Mediterranian.
Check out this 2008 article about Israel from Fox Business.
Israel’s Technology Creates an Investment Goliath
Israel, with fewer than 7 million people, has become a Goliath in the world of technology and medicine.
It is third only to America and Canada in the number of companies [...]

West Bank – The Deal that Could Bring Hamas to Power

Posted by Matt in February 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Middle East, Abbas, Abducted, Elections, Fatah, Few Days, Gaza Strip, Hamas, IDF, Israel, Muqata, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Officials, Presidential Election, Ramallah, Shalit, Soldier, Voices, West Bank, West Bank And Gaza, West Bank And Gaza Strip

Shalit and Hamas / The deal that could bring down Abbas
Concerned voices have been heard in the Muqata in Ramallah over the past few days: Senior Palestinian Authority and Fatah officials are speaking openly of the end of an era if an agreement to free abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit is reached. Palestinian officials say [...]

Disappearing Act

Posted by Matt in May 18th, 2008 | 1 comment

Published in Israel, Anecdote, Barrack Obama, Barry Rubin, Common Thread, Concessions, Confrontations, Disappearing Act, Doomsayer, Fatah, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Israeli Withdrawal, Jeffrey Goldberg, Mark Twain, Mcclain, New York Times, Oslo Peace Process, Paraphrase, South Lebanon, West Bank And Gaza

by Barry Rubin
Exaggerations of Israel’s demise are greatly exaggerated, to paraphrase Mark Twain.
The question is: why is this suddenly happening now and–even more important–what is the impact of this fad going to be? The answer to the second question is very surprising so keep reading.
The suddenness of this trend is illustrated by a telling anecdote. [...]

Demography may be Israel’s doom

Posted by Matt in May 13th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Demographics, Israel, Arab Citizens, Array, Bureau Of Statistics, Central Bureau Of Statistics, Demographer, Demography, Doom, Fears, Hebrew University, Israel, jews, Occupied Territories, Palestinians, Population, Population Israel, S Central, West Bank, West Bank And Gaza

What Olmert fears is graphically illustrated by the numbers. According to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, its population is 7,282,000, of whom 20.1 percent are Palestinian Arab citizens. On the West Bank and Gaza, an additional 4.2 million Palestinians live.
Hebrew University demographer Sergio DellaPergola projects that by 2020 Jews will compose only 44 percent to [...]