By Isi Leibler

I was more saddened than angered when I learned that the North American Board of Trustees of the Union for Reform Judaism condemned Israel’s plans for construction in Jerusalem and the E1 area because it highlights Israel’s failure to adequately explain our position even to American Jews. Were Jews at grassroots level better informed of the facts, no Jewish leadership group would have dared to adopt such an approach.

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s false and outrageous outbursts in the US, even stooping to accusing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of initiating this move solely to humiliate President Obama, undoubtedly contributed to this in no small measure. Olmert was supported by the far left, former American Jewish ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer, who dismissed the Israeli initiative as a crude effort to garner votes at the forthcoming elections.
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In the 9th Dec 2012 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

RUSSIA IS STRENGTHENING SYRIA IN ORDER TO NEGOTIATE A BETTER DEAL FOR ITSELF AND THE ALAWITES. TED BELMAN

Game changer : Russian Iskander (SS-26) Mobile Ballistic Missile Delivered to Assad’s Syria

By Jerry Gordan, NEW ENGLISH REVIEW

DEBKA gave us advance notice that this would happen. Netanyahu is making all kinds of concessions to Hamas to get them to abandon Iran and join the anti-Iran coalition of Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Also Netanyahu was told if Israel brings about the fall of the PA and retakes Judea and Samaria, it will cost Israel $3.6 billion per year. As a result Netanyahu is not withholding funds and in fact advancing funds.

Where will this end? Who knows. Ted Belman

Alex Fishman, YNET

The State of Israel is conducting regular negotiations, more or less, with Hamas. About once a week an Israeli delegation travels to Cairo, where it holds talks on easing financial constraints, which effectively means Israel is holding talks on easing the siege on Gaza. When the talks with Hamas began, prior to Operation Pillar of Defense, they focused on financial relief. After Pillar of Defense, another delegation joined the talks to discuss easing security restrictions. Only recently it was decided to merge the two delegations, and now they both sit opposite Egyptian officials, while Hamas’ representative is in the next room.
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Opposition protesters surge up to palace, climb onto army tanks and kiss police as political crisis in country deepens; president’s supporters, meanwhile, vow vengeance at funeral for men killed in this week’s clashes

News agencies

Egypt‘s political crisis spiraled deeper into bitterness and recrimination Friday as thousands of Islamist backers of the president vowed vengeance at a funeral for men killed in the bloody clashes earlier this week and large crowds of the president’s opponents marched on his palace to increase pressure after he rejected their demands.

Egyptian anti-government protesters broke through a barbed wire barricade keeping them from the presidential palace in Cairo and some climbed onto army tanks and waved flags. Read more…

By Martin Sherman, JPOST

At the UN General Assembly last week, histrionic spin trumped historical substance, while sinister subterfuge went unchallenged. PHOTO: SCREENSHOT AL JAZEERA They are only concerned with using the concept of Palestinian freedom as a weapon against Israeli freedom.
– Pilar Rahola, Spanish journalist

The appearance of the Palestinian national personality comes as an answer to Israel’s claim that Palestine is Jewish.
– Hussein bin Talal, late king of Jordan

The existence of a separate Palestinian identity exists only for tactical reasons. The establishment of a Palestinian state is a new tool to continue the fight against Israel.
– Zuheir Muhsin, late member of the PLO Executive Council

Something bizarre happened at the UN last Thursday – so bizarre, in fact, it would be difficult to make stuff like this up.
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Frank Gaffney’s powerful new documentary, Silent Conquest, reveals the Obama administration’s war on the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of freedom of speech and submission to stealth Jihad and Shariah.

Watch the trailer of the documentary below:

Build, Bibi, Build

David Efune, Algeminer

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The true reason why governments around the world are rushing to take the anti-Israel position was acknowledged in a moment of honesty from Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr who, according to the Australian Herald Sun,explained his country’s United Nations vote for “Palestine” by saying, “I don’t apologize for the fact Australia has interests in the Arab world. If we had voted no that would have been a body blow to our interests in over 20 Arab countries. The truth is they all see this is as bedrock issue.”

At its bottom line, the international argument for halting Israeli building in East Jerusalem, upgrading the formal status of the Palestinian Authority and for limiting Israel’s operations against Hamas in Gaza is; because the Arab states don’t want it. Read more…

PA urges UNSC action over settlements

Following threats to seek ICC action over E1 building plans, Palestinians seek Security Council’s help to stop Israeli settlement construction. US urges both sides to cease ‘war of words’

This would but the US in a bind as they have been against the settlements all the time so how could Obama veto it.

Although the meeting between Bibi and Merkle went swimmingly I was upset that Bibi had gone to Europe to enlist their support is stopping the PA from going to the ICC and suggested if they go we will build in E-1. No, no, no. We will build there regardless if they go. At leaset the planning is going forward for 3000 units in E-1.

Well just as DEBKA had predicted, Patriots are being deployed in Turkey and Israel and Turkey are working together to deal with the WMD’s Israel is prepared to bomb them. It is easier now that the new Radar station has been destroyed.