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One Free Korea takes a look at the Syrian-North Korean Alliance of Evil.Related…

Iran is targeting missiles at US installations in Iraq.

Barak Obama’s support for Israel has already been questioned.We know his spiritual mentor is anti-Israel.So, this latest move sounds like more of the same for Barak.Barak Hussein Obama appoints anti-Israel foreign policy advisor.YNet reported:Concerns have been raised among Israel supporters following the appointment of a controversial veteran political advisor by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

One Free Korea is following this major international development.Read the whole thing.Here’s the latest from The Washington Post:North Korea may be cooperating with Syria on some sort of nuclear facility in Syria, according to new intelligence the United States has gathered over the past six months, sources said.

After reports that Israel struck a chemical weapons facility in Syria this week, Assad’s advisors are telling him to strike back!

Bazteb News is reporting on the less than stellar economic news from inside the regime:A report shows the annual inflation rate in Iran’s urban areas increased to 15.4 percent in the fifth month of the current Iranian year.

Syria said that it fired on Israeli planes today.The Syrian government reported that Israeli aircraft dropped “munitions” inside Syria overnight- AP.Reuters misreported the incident (with an anti-Israeli slant):Syria accused Israel of bombing its territory on Thursday and said it could respond to the Jewish state’s ‘aggression and treachery’.

International Leftists, most likely Americans, were caught on video protecting the terrorists in Ein Beit Al Ma refugee camp in the Palestinian territories on July 20, 2007: What cowards!

Representatives from the Non-Aligned Movement met this week in Iran of all places to discuss human rights issues.

Today, Iran proposed the establishment of a regional office of human rights for Southwest Asia.

Those cute United Buddy Bears have made their way to Israel.And, the Israelis put the Iranian and Israeli Buddy Bear right next to eachother…Just like real-life buddies!Sweet!The bears from Iraq, Israel and Iran are presented hand in hand in Jerusalem on Safra Square right in front of the town hall.

It would be wonderful to post that headline everyday, huh?Palestinian police officers rescued a lost IDF officer on Monday in Jenin.YNET News reported:It could have ended in a lynch like the one which took in place in Ramallah on October 2000 or in another kidnapping, but luckily this time Palestinian police officers came to the rescue and saved an IDF officer who accidentally entered Jenin on Monday and was attacked by an angry crowd.

Let the Bashing Begin!The UN Preparatory Committee Meeting for the planning of the 2009 UN anti-racism conference kicked off today.

Caroline Glick, famed columnist at the Jerusalem Post, blasts the “fantasists” in the US for once again ignoring the threats by radical Islamic leaders threatening not just Israel, but all of Western civilization.

O Jerusalem, based on the novel by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins dramatizing early events in the founding of the State of Israel, opens in New York theatres on October 17th.J.

Palestinians play go fetch the rocket launcher with two children.The body of Fadi Al Kfarna, 11, is seen in a morgue in the northern Gaza Strip August 21, 2007.

In August 2005, American Jewish philanthropists contributed $14 million to buy former Gaza settlers’ greenhouses for Palestinians as a gesture of good will as Israel pulled out of Gaza.Immediately upon the withdrawal of Israeli settlers from Gaza the Palestinians proceeded to loot dozens of greenhouses, walking off with irrigation hoses, water pumps and plastic sheeting in a blow to fledgling efforts to reconstruct the Gaza Strip.Photos from Zionism-Israel.comBut after months of sitting dormant the Palestinians are putting the greenhouses back to use.IMRA reported:IDF forces discover terrorists’ tunnel in northern GazaFollowing information received from the ISA and intelligence sources, the Golani Infantry Brigade, assisted by combat engineering and armored forces, operated yesterday in the northern Gaza Strip.

Great Britain cuts arms sales to Israel by 75% due to human rights concerns.ADN Kronos reported:Since 2005 arms exports from Britain to Israel have fallen by 75 percent mostly due to the British government blocking such deals because of concern over human rights violations by the Jewish state, according to a British parliament report.The reasons cited for curbing British arms exports to Israel also include that they may be used for “internal repression” and “threats to regional stability”, according to the Quadripartite Committee annual report.

More America and Israel bashing at the UN…Screen shot from Alalam NewsTurkish hackers attacked the United Nations yesterday and posted anti-US and anti-Israel jibber-jabber.ABC Australia reported:The official website of the United Nations (UN) appears to have been hacked and briefly displayed a message protesting United States and Israeli policies in the Middle East.The section of the site reserved to statements by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon shows a message, repeated several times, that reads: “Hacked By kerem125 M0sted and Gsy That is CyberProtest Hey Ysrail and Usa dont kill children and other people Peace for ever No war.”The message also appeared on other web pages that usually display quotes and speeches from the Secretary General.The pirate message disappeared from the UN website, www.un.org, at about 9:15am (GMT).

Israel does not have a shortage of brilliant thinkers.Jerusalem Post columnist Caroline Glick sits with Richard Landes, the creator of Pallywood the movie, during a discussion with American bloggers in Tel Aviv.Caroline Glick writes today on “Sharansky’s Democracy Lesson” in the Jerusalem Post.Here are a few paragraphs from her honest and hard-hitting column:This week last year, Israel was in the midst of a terrible war which its government refused to acknowledge.

Jim Hoft is back from his whirlwind — how else would Jim do anything — tour and fact-finder to Israel.

Most people have not heard of Sderot, Israel.Sderot is located in the South District of Israel just one kilometer outside of Gaza (Hamastan).

Today our blogger delegation visited beautiful Haifa, the jewel of Israel on the Mediterranean.We were met by City Councilman “Sol” who showed us around this spectacular city.

Last night Former Israeli ambassador to the UN and bestselling author Dore Gold met with our small delegation of US bloggers in Tel Aviv.During the meeting Dore Gold held with our group of American bloggers traveling in Israel, the former ambassador showed proof that the Hamas Oraganization (currently in control of Gaza) is linked to Al Qaeda.Here is former Israeli ambassador to the UN Dore Gold explaining the link between the two terror organizations:The photos that Former Ambassador Gold was pointing at in the video are included in his bestseller- The Fight for Jerusalem: Radical Islam, the West, and the Future of the Holy CityThis morning in Israel YNET News reported a new threat in the region:Al-Qaeda has penetrated Saudi militaryAn impending 20 billion dollar American arms deal with Saudi Arabia, in which the Saudis would receive state-of-the-art military equipment over the next decade, is fraught with potential dangers for Israel, former Israeli ambassador to the UN Dore Gold told Ynetnews on Tuesday.

Jaffa, Israel is claimed to be the oldest port in the world and was founded by Japhet, the son of biblical Noah.

Ever notice, whenever Israel turns the tide against its determined foes, out to eradicate it, the international community jumps in to save the skins of those who attack Israel?

While in Tel Aviv on Tuesday…

Hillel Halkin, contributing editor of the New York Sun, reflects on a seemingly lost talent in Israel, occasioned by a reunion of surviving passengers of the Exodus, made famous by the fictional treatment, and exaggeration, of Leon Uris’ book and Otto Preminger’s film.

This is from my new best buddy Scott Johnson from Powerline who is traveling with me in Israel.The article is from Debka File which has not always been the most accurate, but anyway if it’s not, blame my buddy:(Vancouver, BC) — “How close were we to seeing an armed nuclear conflict?” That is the question being asked as Syrian nationals temporarily vacated Beirut, Lebanon and the Jordan Valley during mid July according to sources close to ACG-CIS.

I am out of the country this week in Israel.

Ali Akbar Velayati, the International Affairs Advisor to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei spoke to an audience of baseej members about the influence of Israel in Iraq today.A photo from one of the rallies to wipe out Israel held in Iran in October, 2005.

UPDATE: It is interesting that Jimmy is silent about this.(WPN)On June 19, 2007 in Dublin, Ireland Jimmy Carter pledged his support to Hamas and against the US and Israel:During his speech to Ireland’s annual Forum on Human Rights, the 83-year-old former president said monitors from his Carter Center observed the 2006 election that Hamas won.

Hundreds of Palestinians continue to mass at the Erez border crossing between Hamastan and Israel.Palestinian men wait to cross as they try to flee to the Israeli side of the Erez Crossing, in the northern Gaza Strip,Tuesday, June 19, 2007.

This is especially dedicated to the panicked Palestinian families fleeing Hamastan to Israel for safety-June 16, 2007JUST GET HERE…(Photos- Yahoo, Maan News, AP, Reuters Music-Oleta Adams)

Charles Johnson and Newsbusters asked: Question: Will the media report Palestinians Fleeing For Israel?Answer: Not exactly.

Once again, the UN fails to take action against an obvious threat against Israel.

One Jerusalem has a petition against the latest boycotts on Israel.

-High Flying Blogging-It’s not everyday that you get an opportunity to speak with United Nations’ expert Professor Anne Bayefsky, blogger at EYEontheUN, and author of 11 books in the field of human rights.Anne sat on a panel at the Democracy and Security Conference in Prague this past week.

(Fars)Ahmadinejad continued his disgusting attacks on Israel today chiding Germany for believing in the Holocaust myth.Fars News reported:He further pointed to a recent statement released by one of the EU countries on the worrying conditions of human rights in Iran, and said, “Do you understand human rights at all?

As Confederate Yankee reported earlier, the attacks on Sderot Israel are not getting much media attention, but over 80 Qassam rockets have been fired on the town in the past three days.

Clashes continued in the Gaza Strip overnight as the death toll from factional fighting rose to 40.The mother of killed security officer Ahmed Abu Aiada collapses as she arrives at the morgue of the a Gaza City hospital.

The Palestinians in Gaza were screaming “Allah Akbar” as they fired a Qassam missile over the bloggers and into Sderot, Israel.Israellycool describes a night in Sderot.

Revolutionary Guard General Saeed Ghassemi who was just deployed to Europe started recruiting suicide bombers not long ago.Winston passed on this news from Iran Press News (Persian):Persian language news outlet “Iran Press News” reports that two notorious IRGC commanders have been dispatched to Europe as Military Attaches’ of the Iranian embassies.

The hero professor from Virginia Tech was laid to rest at a service in Israel today.Liviu died while saving the lives of his students at Norris Hall on Monday.”On the day of remembrance, this Holocaust survivor gave his own life so others may live,” President Bush said on Thursday.Present were a representative of the US embassy and an envoy of the Romanian president, who presented his widow and two sons the Star of Romania medal in recognition of his courage and contribution to science.

Iranian News today reported that the movement of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel is gaining momentum in, of all places, Germany:An international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel is also gaining momentum among Germans amid continued Israeli human rights violations in the Palestinian territories, a German human rights official said.

(Updated)Speaker Pelosi may have gone too far this time…Pacifists George Logan on the left and Speaker Pelosi on the right.

No wonder Syrian dictator-son Bashar Assad was so happy…Pelosi gave him the wrong message!Bummer for Israel.Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) chats with U.S.

This Palestinian cartoon makes clear that the Palestinians just want peace.

In Iran the world revolves around Israel…Iran says the UN Security Council members are tools for Israel:Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said here Monday that at present the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) are tools supporting entities such as Israel rather than world countries.

President Assad from Syria admitted this week that his country has been holding secret negotiations with Israel.Via Haaretz and Reform Party of Syria:Syrian President Bashar Assad confirmed that Syria has been conducting secret negotiations with Israel in recent years, as reported by Haaretz in January.In an interview published yesterday in the Saudi newspaper Al-Jazira, Assad said that international envoys had shuttled between Syria and Israel, carrying each country’s point of view regarding peace to the other.