John Bolton: Russia’s Loading of Nuke Fuel Into Iran Plant Means Aug. 21 Deadline for Israeli Attack

News that Russia will load nuclear fuel rods into an Iranian reactor has touched off a countdown to a point of no return, a deadline by which Israel would have to launch an attack on Iran’s Bushehr reactor before it becomes effectively "immune" to any assault, says former Bush administration U.N. Ambassador John R. Bolton.

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U.S. magazine speculates: Israel likely to attack Iran within a year

After interviewing dozens of Israeli, American and Arab officials, Atlantic Magazine correspondent concludes Israel may not even ask for American ‘green light’ to attack Iran nuclear sites.

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Hamas leaders in Syria urge West Bank operatives to kidnap Israeli settlers

IDF West Bank division commander, Brig. Gen. Nitzan Alon, has warned Israeli settlers to be on alert for possible abduction attempts across the territory.

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Israel threatens to destroy hostile Lebanese border positions

Israel has handed Lebanon an ultimatum. Before a line can be drawn on the Lebanese-Israeli clash which flared Tuesday, Aug. 3, the Lebanese Army 9th Brigade commander responsible for sending snipers to shoot at Israeli troops clearing brush on their side of the border and killing Lt. Col. (Res.) Dov Harari, must be dismissed or […]

U.S. ‘extremely concerned’ over Israel-Lebanon border violence

Netanyahu blames Lebanon for ‘violent provocation against Israel’ after Israeli officer, 4 Lebanese killed in rare border skirmish.

 

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Israeli officer killed in clash on Israel-Lebanon border

3 Lebanese soldiers, one journalist killed as Israeli and Lebanese soldiers exchange fire at border; second Israeli officer seriously wounded.

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U.S. Has Iran Attack Plan, Mullen Says

The United States military has a plan to attack Iran in order to prevent the country from developing a nuclear weapon, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff revealed Sunday.

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Rockets hit Israel’s Eilat port

(Reuters) – A suspected short-range rocket salvo from the Egyptian Sinai, an area where Islamist militants have operated in the past, struck Israel’s and Jordan’s Red Sea ports on Monday, Israeli police said.

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Scapegoating Israel: It’s Easy and Absurd

Just earlier this week, Iranian President Mahmoud Amhadinejad announced that the United States and Israel would attack two countries in the Middle East.  Charles Krauthammer suggests he has in mind Lebanon and Syria.

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Interesting that he believes Israel would attack Syria now…  Wonder which city?

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Netanyahu hints at flexibility on Jerusalem

“Everybody knows that there are Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem that under any peace plan will remain where they are,” Netanyahu said in response to the question read by the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Malcolm Hoenlein.

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