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07 Sep 2009 10:54

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World: The UN’s nuke watchdog is deflecting criticism over Iran

  • I am dismayed by the allegations of some member states, which have been fed to the media, that information has been withheld from the Board. These allegations are politically motivated and totally baseless.
  • International Atomic Energy Agency leader Mohamed ElBaradei • On allegations that the group is hiding information on Iran’s nuclear prowess. ElBaradei says the situation is something of a “stalemate” between the group and Iran. Israel in particular has been strongly criticizing the IAEA for hiding information. • source
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26 Aug 2009 11:11

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World: Who is #GiladShalit, and why is he trending on Twitter?

  • For more than three years, Gilad Shalit has been held hostage. It is believed he is being held somewhere in Southern Gaza. Since his capture, his parents have received three handwritten letters from him.
  • A petition letter from the Jewish Agency for Israel • Regarding the status of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli prisoner of war who has been prevented contact with his family over three years. This was part of a coordinated campaign to get Shalit’s hashtag to become one of Twitter’s trending topics, and it worked. He’s now only below Sen. Ted Kennedy, plus we learned something new. This is the new activism, kids. Take notes. • source
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23 Aug 2009 11:21

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World: Israel attacks an article about Palestinian organ-harvesting

  • One organ-harvesting story a year, please. Israel found itself withholding press credentials after a Swedish newspaper, Aftonbladet, printed a story this week titled “Our sons are being stripped of their organs.” The claim seems pretty alarmist considering the fact that the story’s author, Donald Bostrom, admits to having no evidence of this. Rather, he’s pushing for an investigation of practices of the Israeli military in the 1990s. For its part, Israel is attacking with words, too. “This is an anti-Semitic blood libel against the Jewish people and the Jewish state,” says Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz. “The Swedish government cannot remain apathetic.” source
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05 Aug 2009 21:33

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Offbeat: You should watch this horse-jumping-through-car video on repeat

  • Jesus christ. Wow. We think this may be the craziest or awesomest thing we’ve ever seen. We’re not sure which. But we can’t stop watching. (The guy in the car only got minor injuries, by the way.)source
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01 Aug 2009 19:25

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World: “This was a hate crime”: A club for gay teens in Israel attacked

  • three number of people killed in the attack in Tel Aviv source
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25 Jul 2009 22:22

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World: Ahmadinejad sure took his sweet time removing his buddy from office

  • The Iranian nation didn’t expect the ink on the leader’s letter to dry out while it was not yet implemented.
  • Maj. Gen. Seyed Hassan • Chairman of Iran’s joint chiefs of staff, regarding Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s slow timing regarding booting out his vice president, Esfandiar Rahim Mashai. Ahmadinejad was ordered to remove Mashai from office by Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, due to comments he made that were seen as sympathetic towards Israel. • source
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02 Jul 2009 12:30

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Politics, World: That crazy diplomat, John Bolton, just had another crazy idea

  • With Iran’s hard-line mullahs and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unmistakably back in control, Israel’s decision of whether to use military force against Tehran’s nuclear weapons program is more urgent than ever.
  • John R. Bolton • Suggesting, in a column in the Washington Post, that Israel should go to war with Iran. Uh, dude? Doesn’t Iran – and heck, Israel – have enough problems without creating another war in this war-torn region of the world? • source
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18 Jun 2009 19:55

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U.S., World: Jews in Israel think Obama hates them for some reason

  • 6% think that Obama is pro-them, that he wouldn’t have them on his kickball team source
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15 Jun 2009 11:10

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Politics, World: Egyptian president didn’t like Netanyahu’s speech very much

  • Netanyahu’s demand that Palestinians recognize Israel as the Jewish state is ruining the chance for peace.
  • Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak • Who criticized Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech for seemingly strange reasons – because, uh, Netanyahu dared to say that Palestine should accept two states, and one of them should be Israel. Because, seriously, why would the Prime Minister of Israel suggest something crazy like that? What, is he crazy or something? • source
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14 Jun 2009 11:05

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World: Coming soon: Israel’s response to Obama’s Cairo speech

  • Benjamin Netanyahu had a few issues with what Obama said. Saying that Obama’s speech offered a perspective that seemed not to account for thousands of years of Jewish history, the Israeli Prime Minister will speak today. His speech will cover similar ground and be broad-based in hopes of building diplomacy. But not even many in his own country are giving much weight to the speech. You need to try harder if you’re gonna impress us, Ben. source
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