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Defense Minister Ehud Barak: 'Israel & U.S. Have Achieved Progress On Settlement Controversy' 'Settlement Issue Is Part Of Bigger Picture Of Peace With Arab World' Arab Religious Delegates Refuse To Follow Iranian Walkout During President Peres's Speech In Kazakhstan
After a four-hour meeting in New York, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and U.S. Middle East George Mitchell have reduced the gap over Israeli building in West Bank settlements. Interviewed on Israel Radio, Barak said the main thing was 'to put the settlement question in the wider context of peace between Israel and the Arab world'. In a new twist, Arab religious leaders refused to follow an Iranian delegate's lead and stayed to hear an address by President Shimon Peres at an inter- faith conference in the Islamic state of Kazakhstan.
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Operation Entebbe, also known as the Entebbe Raid or Operation Thunderbolt, was a counter-terrorism hostage-rescue mission carried out by the Israel Defense Force at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on the early morning of July 4, 1976. In the wake of the hijacking of Air France flight 139 and the hijackers' threats to kill the hostages if their prisoner release demands were not met, a plan was drawn up to airlift the hostages to safety.
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World renowned Moroccan Jewish singer Yosef "Jo" Amar passed away this week in New York. He was 79 years old. Listen to few of his earliest songs that were recorded by sound technician Avi Yaffe, two weeks before the outbreak of the Six-Day War in 1967.
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Defense Minister Ehud Barak:'We are Not Taking Any Option Off The Table'Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman: 'The Fact Iranian Regime Continues To Be Acceptable Partner For Dialogue Is Really A Bad Message. It Shows The Bad Guys Are Winners' Lieberman Refers To Building At Settlements Solely Within Existing Construction Lines, As First Suggested By IsraCast
The Iranian regime's ruthless suppression of the popular unrest leaves many questions hanging in the air.While the world looks on, the Obama administration appears to be ready for business as usual, while preparing to enter a nuclear dialogue with the Ayatollah's, who have shot and beaten throngs of young protesting Iranians into submission. IsraCast assesses Israeli reaction to the aftermath of the Iranian uprising triggered by a rigged election that will return President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to office.
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Menashe Amir: 'Iranian People Demanding Total Regime Change Not Just Disputed Election Result''No Possibility Of Reconciliation Inside Iran - Regime Now Threatens Lives Of Opponents Mousavi, Rafsanjani & His Family' 'Even If Ahmadinejad Again Takes Office, Seeds Have Been Sown For Future Rebellion That Will Topple Regime'
Where is the Iranian people's uprising now headed? Iran's supreme dictator Ayatollah Khamenei has vowed to suppress the rebellion while accusing the BBC, the VOA and the Voice of Israel's Farsi broadcasts of fomenting the protests. In Israel, analyst Menashe Amir broadcasts almost daily to Iran with an estimated audience in the millions. A frequent guest on IsraCast, Menashe Amir was interviewed by David Essing.
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The Altalena Affair was a violent confrontation that took place in June of 1948, during the War of Independence, between the newly-formed Israel Defense Forces and the Irgun (Etzel), a paramilitary Jewish group. The confrontation involved a cargo ship, Altalena, which carried weapons and fighters for the Irgun.
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Mossad Director Meir Dagan: 'Internal Iranian Violence Will Not Lead To Revolution, Nor Will It Impact On Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program''So-called Reformer Mousavi Actually Initiated Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program' 'Stiffer Sanctions May Possibly Dissuade From Developing Nuclear Weapons That Must Be Distanced From Israel'
While the ayatollahs in Tehran tried to restore quiet after the post election violence, the Mossad, Israel's equivalent of the American CIA, has presented its latest assessment of the situation. Appearing at a closed-door session of the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, Mossad director Meir Dagan and one of his top aides evaluated Iran in the midst of the bloody controversy over whether incumbent, radical Islamist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or 'reformist' Mir-Hossein Mousavi had won the election.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: 'I Accept Demilitarized Palestinian State Alongside National Homeland Of Jewish People'President Obama Welcomes Netanyahu's New Position - Palestinians Reject It IsraCast: Netanyahu Avoids Collision With Obama At Time That Iranian Election Scandal Illuminates Nuclear Nightmare
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apparently defused a diplomatic time bomb with U.S. President Barack Obama while the Iranian election reveals how dangerous nuclear weapons would be in the hands of the tyrannical regime of President Ahmadinejad and his ayatollah masters. But Israel's Right-wing Likud prime minister has had to pay the price of accepting a Palestinian state with all that it implies. It appears, as did former Likud leader Ariel Sharon, Netanyahu decided it was in Israel's best interest to ride out the storm of American pressure and in so doing revealed who truly calls the shots in the U.S.-Israeli 'special relationship'.
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Seeking Response To U.S. President Barack Obama's Demands That Will Keep Coalition In Tact & Not Capitulate On Likud PrinciplesCabinet Minister Moshe Yaalon: 'Any Attempt At Instant Peace Will End In Failure Because Of Current Palestinian Reality' Defense Minister Ehud Barak: 'Crucial For Israel To Reach Understandings With U.S. & To Accept Two-State Solution on Palestinian Issue'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's response to President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo will not be long in coming. On June 14th, Netanyahu will lay out his foreign policy goals in a 'major address'. Coming against sharp differences between Jerusalem and Washington over the settlements question as well as the two-state solution, Netanyahu will have to steer a tricky course between preserving Israel's vital relations with the U.S. while not abandoning the principles of his Right-wing coalition government.
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In Cairo, U.S. President Barack Obama Tells Middle East That Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu Must Act First By Halting Building At Existing SettlementsIsraCast Assessment: Barack Obama Views Arab-Israeli Conflict Through 'A New Set Of Lenses'
Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders have put a brave face on U.S. President Barack Obama's historic speech in Cairo. However, the new American leader has called on Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make the first major concession on the explosive settlement issue in order to restart the stalled Israeli- Palestinian peace effort. In Jerusalem, Obama is perceived as sending a diktat to Israel or else be held responsible for sabotaging America's entire Middle East policy.
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Shavuot, the Feast of the Weeks, is the Jewish holiday celebrating the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai, and the harvest season in Israel. Listen to Rav Daniel Cohen, who comments on various aspects of The Feast of Shavuot being celebrated by Jews around the world.
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Today, Israeli Knesset Members will pay their respects to the Yiddish Language - a language once spoken by over 12 million Jews, with Yiddish Language and Culture Day at the parliament.
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IDF Chief Of Staff Gaby Ashkenazi: 'Doubtful If U.S.-Iranian Nuclear Dialogue Will Succeed - While Diplomatic Solution Is Preferable, My Task Is To Prepare All Options & That's What We're Doing!'Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: 'I Made Clear To President Obama That Israel Reserves Its Right To Self- Defense' IsraCast Assessment: Israel Will Be Watching To See If U.S. & World Community Take Effective Action Against North Korea As Precedent For Iran
North Korea's nuclear provocations are linked to the Iranian nuclear threat in more ways than one and therefore Israeli political and military leaders will be closely monitoring if the U.S. and the rest of the international community will now take truly effective action. IsraCast assesses the Israeli reaction to the nuclear weapons test by North Korea, a supplier of missile and nuclear technology to Iran.
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Hear the sounds of gunfire, the footsteps of Israeli soldiers as they draw closer and closer and as General Uzi Narkiss instructs them and asks to be shown where the Western Wall stands. Hear a triumphant Brigadier General Shlomo Goren , later to become the Chief Rabbi of Israel, as he recites the memorial prayer and sound the shofar, as Israeli soldiers weep with sorrow over their comrades killed in combat.
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Dr. Dan Schueftan: 'U.S. President Barack Obama Apparently Believes Better Atmosphere Between Israel & Palestinians Will Make It Easier To Focus On Truly Serious Threat Of Nuclear Iran''Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Also Understands Real Issue Is Not Israel & Palestinians But Israel and U.S.' 'If Threatened By America, Iran May Opt For Nuclear Capability Enabling It To Make Dash To Nuclear Weapons Whenever It Decides'
What was achieved at the high-profile meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House? Dr. Dan Schueftan, Director of the National Security Studies Center At Haifa University, assesses various aspects of of Obama's new Middle East policy and the response of Israel's Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu. In this wide-ranging interview with David Essing, Dr. Schueftan also discussed future scenarios against the backdrop of the Iranian nuclear threat.
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How are U.S. expats in Israel reacting to the May 18th Obama-Netanyahu meeting in Washington? An interview with Harvey Schwartz, chairman of the American Israeli Action Coalition (AIAC), which seeks to serve as a united voice for an estimated 250,000 Americans living in Israel.
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Israel marks the anniversary to the unification of Jerusalem. Read about the liberation of the city and the letter sent by Prime Minister Eshkol to Jordan's King Hussein stating that Israel would take no actions against him if he ceased hostile activities.
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IsraCast Assessment: 'U.S. President Obama Signals Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu That He's Part Of Solution Or Part Of Problem!''Netanyahu Tries To Ride Out Obama Storm While Also Setting Israel's Red Lines On Security & Jewish State' Obama's End Of Year For Progress On Iranian Nuclear Talks Before Stronger Sanctions Will Permit Tehran To Continue Stalling'
After their extended meeting, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not only accentuated their agreement on the need for achieving Middle East peace, but also stressed their differing approaches for achieving the goal. The new American leader has a definite blueprint that includes a Palestinian state, something Netanyahu views as a hostile 'Hamastan' on the West Bank. As for the Iranian nuclear program, Netanyahu's assessment is that Tehran has already crossed the 'technological threshold' for producing the bomb while the U.S. has given until the end of the year before deciding on ' stronger sanctions'. IsraCast assesses the diplomatic parrying between the two leaders at the White house.
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From 1950 to 1952, Operation Ezra and Nehemiah airlifted 120-130,000 Iraqi Jews to Israel via Iran and Cyprus. By 1968 only 2,000 Jews remained in Iraq. The operation is named after Ezra and Nehemiah, who led the Jewish people from exile in Babylonia to return to Israel in the 5th century BC, as recorded in the books of the Hebrew Bible that bear their names.
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Haaretz: 'Obama Warns Netanyahu Not To Surprise Him By Israeli Attack On Iran'Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin: 'International Community May Have Less Than A Year For Diplomacy Or Sanctions To Stop Iran From Acquiring Nuclear Weapons' IsraCast: 'At Upcoming Meeting In White House, Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu Now Likely To Tell U.S. President Barack Obama That Time Is Running Out For Preventing Iranian Bomb'
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that U.S. President Barack Obama has sent a senior official to Jerusalem to warn Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu not to surprise the U.S. with an attack on Iran's nuclear installations. The American warning came after a Netanyahu emissary traveled to Washington to meet with National Security Adviser General James Jones and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Meanwhile the IDF's Commander of Intelligence has crossed the technological threshold and could start producing weapons grade uranium, enough for a nuclear bomb within 'a number of months to one year'.
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The Druze people reside primarily in Israel, Syria and Lebanon. It is an Arab-speaking community loyal to the state that has suffered hundreds of casualties in its defense, and whose men serve today in high-ranking and sensitive positions within the Israeli military and security forces. In Israel the majority of the Druze consider themselves a distinct ethnic group and do not identify themselves as Arab.
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On May 12, 1968 the Government decided to make the 28th of Iyar the symbolic holiday, Jerusalem Day, a day that symbolizes the continued historical connection of the Jewish People to Jerusalem. Thirty years later, this holiday became anchored in the law: On March 23 1998 the Knesset passed the second and third readings of the "Jerusalem Day Law", which determined that the date that Jerusalem was liberated during the 6-Day War was now a national holiday. On this day Israel marks the anniversary to the unification of Jerusalem and the liberation of the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.
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IsraCast presents an interview with Gen. (Ret.) Aryeh Leib “Eugene” Lebovitz, a Holocaust survivor, retired business executive, and Israeli pioneer now residing in Aventura, Florida. Mr. Lebovitz took time from his recent visit to Israel to visit the IsraCast studios and talk about his efforts on behalf of Israel.
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Dr. Yizthak Minerbi: 'Let Us Hope Pope Benedict Will Learn Necessary Lesson From Holocaust During His Visit To Holocaust Memorial In Jerusalem' 'The Pope's Membership In Hitler Youth Organization During World War II Has No Bearing On Today - He Was No More Nazi Than Any Other Normal Nazi Of His Age' 'Vatican Invariably Sides With Palestinians Against Israel'
Pope Benedict XVI is about to begin an historic five-day visit not to Israel but to the 'Holy Land' - that is the preferred Vatican terminology. Dr. Yizthak Minerbi, an Israeli expert on Vatican affairs, who lived through the Holocaust, discussed with David Essing the various aspects of the Pope's approach to Israel and the Jewish people.
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On May 8, 1972 a passenger aircraft of the Belgian airline company Sabena Boeing 707 that was in flight from Vienna to Tel Aviv was hijacked by four terrorists from the Palestinian terroristic group Black September organization and landed at the Tel Aviv airport near Lod.
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Moshe Arens: 'Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Must Tell President Barack Obama That Israel Is No Banana Republic When Its Vital Security Is At Stake''Iranian Nuclear Threat Surpasses All Else And Must Not Be Connected Palestinian Or Any Other Issue' 'Nature of Intelligence Assessments To Differ - Israeli & American Intelligence Have Close Communication & U.S. Probably Knows Everything Israel Does About Iran'
Should Israel go it alone, if its intelligence community discovers that Iran is about to produce a nuclear weapon? What is Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu likely to tell U.S. President Barack when they meet in the White House later this month to discuss Iran and the Palestinians? In an exclusive interview with IsraCast, Moshe Arens a former Israeli defense minister and foreign minister as well as ambassador to Washington, discussed these crucial issues as the U.S. leader prepares to engage Iran in a nuclear dialogue while 'urging 'progress on the ground' along the Palestinian track.
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