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Rahm Emanuel, appointed Chief of Staff to President elect Barack Hussein Obama has been touted as a sign of the future President's closeness to the Jewish people. The applause came from many corners. For some reason, there is a sense of pride that a Jew born into a family which fought for Israel's Independence can descend to Edom and ride his accomplishments to the White House. Pitch forks have come out from every corner too. AntiJews question his loyalty while Israel supporters have a vision of the political reality called "distancing" - don't expect too much from him. Others, fence...

Israel National News - With the prisoner exchange with Hizbullah approaching its tragic climax, dozens of news crews at Rosh HaNikra and throughout the country are broadcasting the reactions of observers to the latest developments. The bitterly contested prisoner exchange is developing into one of Israel's most riveting and painful episodes, while Hizbullah and the PA celebrate victory and renew their threat to kidnap more IDF soldiers. The conclusion of the prisoner exchange began Tuesday night with the release of child-murderer Samir Kuntar and four of his co-terrorists, and continued through Wednesday morning with the release of the coffins of...

Sunday, October 7, 2007 MK BENNY ELON TO HOST PRESS CONFERENCE IN JERUSALEM WEDNESDAY - US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO PUBLICLY ENDORSE ELON PLAN AT PRESS CONFERENCE www.hayozma.org MK Benny Elon to launch "The Israeli Initiative" - The Right Road to Peace" to Foreign Media US Presidential Candidate to Publicly Endorse Plan at Press Conference Jerusalem - Oct. 10th: MK Benny Elon, Chairman of the National Union Party, will launch a million-dollar advertising campaign to promote "The Israeli Initiative - The Right Road to Peace" on Wednesday, Oct. 10th at 12:00pm at Beit Agron in Jerusalem. A prominent US presidential candidate...

A leading mosque in London is selling DVDs that proclaim the coming mass extermination of Jews around the world on a "day of judgment." It also attacks Christian groups and the United Nations. The London Central Mosque, also known as Regent's Park Mosque, is "the spiritual focal point for Muslims" throughout Great Britain, the European Jewish Press reported. It is also home to the Islamic Cultural Center, which educates Muslim children. The report said that a British television station will air on Monday a documentary on Muslim extremism in Britain, and will report the selling of the DVD. The DVDs...

Israel or the Arabians? 18 Iulie 2006 | de Mircea Cartarescu I will ask the readers to forgive my flippancy, but in our media-based world, where the real things are the ones seen on TV, the things might have been like this from the beginning: the Hezbollah group and the other protagonists in the Middle East have quietly waited for the end of the World Cup in Germany and started their own show, this resulting into the highest ratings. It looks like the famous Zidane head in the chest of Materazzi was the spark that fired the eternal powder barrel...

Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Ramallah on Tuesday, in one of the biggest shows of solidarity yet with Hizbullah. The rally was organized by Fatah and other factions. During the rally, Fatah officials openly expressed their backing for Hizbullah and urged the Arab countries to join the battle against Israel. Hani al-Hassan, a top Fatah leader closely associated with Abbas, declared that his party had instructed all its armed men to be prepared to fight against Israel. Calling on Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah to bomb Tel Aviv, many protesters also chanted slogans against US Secretary of State...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for a cease-fire in Lebanon and lambasted US policy in the Middle East on Wednesday, saying the United States wanted to "recarve the map" of the region with Israel's help. In addition to a cease-fire, Ahmadinejad called for talks on the Lebanon crisis without conditions, and demanded Israel compensate the country and apologize for its actions. He also denied US claims that Iran provides military support for Hizbullah, saying it only supports the movement politically and morally. "We are calling for a cease-fire and ending this war," the Iranian leader told reporters after meetings with...