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  • admin 1:23 pm on January 9, 2012 Permalink
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    Never a Dull Moment in Israel Edition 

    1. Media Personality Yair Lapid announces he is entering politics to run for the Knesset. Lapid’s party immediately polled-in at around 20 seats….mostly at the expense of Tzippi Livni’s Kadima party.

    Lapid’s father Tommy Lapid founded the “Shinui” party which lasted for some time and was based on advancing the secularity of Israel.

    2. The Knesset is so much fun these days — today, Labor MK Raleb Majadele verbally insulted Yisrael Beiteinu MK Anastasia Michaeli…who responded by throwing a cup of water at him.

    Lets see it on video…

    3. Kadima MK Nachman Shai makes surprise visit to the Temple Mount (after going to the mikva, and wearing sneakers).

    MK Shai was accompanied by MK Uri Ariel. Ariel summed up the meeting: “There is great importance to increase love and unity among Israel, and specifically the Temple Mount in United Jerusalem. I am happy that MK Shai agreed to be part of this enterprise and I hope that others participate as well.

    MK Shai said: I came to the Temple Mount, one of the holiest places to Judaism and Islam to learn about its religious, historical and polticial importance. Obviously, the Temple Mount is a very sensitive site, and I also enjoyed myself here. (Datili)

    4. Channel 2 News scoop: One of Yair Lapid’s senior advisors…none other that squeaky clean ex-Kadima party hack (and previous Prime Minister of Israel), Ehud Olmert.

    5. Noam Shalit — father of abducted and released IDF soldier, Gilad Shalit, announces he is entering the Knesset political race, and is joining….the Labor party. (JPost)

    6. Reports that Karnit Goldwasser, widow of abducted and murdered IDF soldier, Ehud Goldwasser is considering entering the Knesset political race….(scoop — waiting for formal announcement)

    7. So much more…will update soon.

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  • admin 5:51 pm on January 3, 2012 Permalink
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    Wave of Violence Against Chareidi Population 

    As if the violence against the Orot Banot schoolgirls isn’t bad enough, now some self-styled revenge vigilantes have been attacking Chareidi/Ultra-Orthodox school children…and adults.

    1. From the Israel HaYom news-site:
    Ultra-Orthodox girl attacked by secular passenger on bus

    A young man reportedly got on a bus in Jerusalem, shouted “the cursed ultra-Orthodox,” and threatened a 10-year-old girl ‘

     

  • admin 2:19 pm on January 2, 2012 Permalink
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    Exploiting Holocaust Imagery 

    This past Saturday evening, there was a ultra-Orthodox protest in Jerusalem against the media’s ongoing blistering attacks on the entire Chareidi population of Israel.

    Raising people’s ire was the use of Holocaust imagery, as demonstrators wore “Jude” yellow stars — similar to those that Jews were forced to wear in the Nazi era of the Holocaust, and others wore concentration camp prison uniforms.


    Every media outlet in Israel reported on it the following day; how outrageous and wrong it was for Holocaust imagery to be used. The NY Times grabbed the story and ran with it (the image above is from their website)…
    Israel’

     

  • admin 7:48 am on January 1, 2012 Permalink
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    The Taliban Geniza? 

    Everyone is familiar with the concept of the “lost tribes” of Israel that were scattered to the ends of the globe. This has led many over the past few hundred years in a quest to find them; India, China, Japan…(even organizations like Shavei Yisrael that are dedicated to finding these tribes and bringing them home to Israel).

    This past Friday, Israel Channel 2 news reported a startling discovery; a cave in Afghanistan, with buried scrolls, manuscripts and fragments — of Jewish origin.

    The importance of this find could even rival that of the Cairo Geniza. (The earliest example of Yiddish writing was found in the Cairo Geniza).
    The JPost has the scoop:
    The scholarly world is abuzz over the discovery of ancient Jewish scrolls in a cave in Afghanistan’

     

  • admin 8:33 am on December 27, 2011 Permalink
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    Fighting for the Soul of Beit Shemesh 

    There is an ongoing war in the Beit Shemesh/Ramat Beit Shemesh municipality, as the “Sirikim” (Ultra Orthodox Chareidi Extremists) have been targeting a national-religious girls elementary school “Orot Banot” which is at the edge of a religious neighborhood and at the edge of a Chareidi neighborhood. The “sikrikim” thugs have been spitting at the school girls (1rst graders!) and calling them all sorts of names: prutzot (sluts), zonot (whores), and more.

    The following heartbreaking video report was broadcast last week, and has been subtitled into English by the Mom in Israel blogger. I highly suggest you find the time to watch it.

    Tonight, there is going to be a demonstration outside the “Orot Banot” school in Beit Shemesh. While the initial organizers of the demonstration are from rights groups that I don’t always see eye to eye with, I understand that many more mainstream organizations will be attending as well. I have even heard reports that moderate Chareidim plan on attending to express their outrage at the violence directed at the school children.

    I will update this post a bit later with more thoughts on the issue — and how its imperative for moderate Chareidim to vocally express their outrage at the behavior of the sikrikim.

    95% of the Ramat Beit Shemesh Chareidi population are offended by the behavior of the sikrikim. Not actively expressing their disgust, no matter what the reason (the Gedolim didn’t tell us to demonstrate, Chareidi politicians are taking care of it, the demonstration is too political, the demonstration will lead to Lashon Hara, etc.) are all excuses that are tantamount to “Shtika k’Hodaa” — or silence is admission (agreement with the sikrikim).

    More later.

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  • admin 4:37 pm on December 26, 2011 Permalink
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    Who Said This Nationalistic Statement? 

    Having grown up in the yeshiva educational system in the United States, I was a bit surprised that I had no clue who said the following:

    הארץ אשר שבנו לרשתה אחוזת אבותינו היא, ואין לאיש זר חלק ונחלה בתוכה. כי אויבינו שדדו נחלתנו ויאחזו בה בעון ובעוול, ועתה כי הצליח ה’ את דרכנו לקחנו את נחלת אבותינו וישבנו בה

    The land which we have returned to, to inherit, is the legacy of our fathers, and no foreigner can have a part in it. Our enemies have stolen our legacy from us and have unjustly taken it, and now G-d has made our path successful, we have retaken our fathers’ legacy and we have settled in it.

    Who said this, in what context, and what party were they from?

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  • admin 2:53 pm on December 25, 2011 Permalink
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    The Way G-d Intended Jews to Live. 

    This isn’t the first time I’ve seen such ideas articulated — but this is the first time I’ve seen them so disconnected from traditional Judaism that views Israel as a central theme in the religion.

    The following is a letter from a Jew living in the USA who can’t fathom moving to Israel because its not nearly as spiritual as living in the United States, where she gets to keep 2 days of every holiday instead of 1. She addressed to letter to Shmuel Katz, and it was published in the 5tJt
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  • admin 1:01 pm on December 25, 2011 Permalink
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    Chanuka Special: Biblical Archeology Second Temple Artifact Found 

    In a rare Second Temple (Bayit Sheyni) period archeological find, Israel’s Antiquities Authority announced today that a small, yet significant artifact was found as part of the City of David archeological dig.


    The artifact apparently served as authorization that a particular item or food was considered ritually pure for use in the Temple. The item was found underneath the Robinson Arch, 15 meters North of the Southwest corner of the Temple Mount. The item was located in the layers of dirt which covered the foundations of the Western retaining wall of the Temple Mount — which was the primary road during the second Temple period.

    The excavated dirt was carefully sifted through by 3,500 volunteers, mostly Israeli high school students in the Emek Tzurim national park. The 2 cm artifact is made from tin, with the Aramaic words on it, “-daka” and “-leh” Daka in Aramaic means “pure” and “Leh” is part of G-d’s name.

    According to the directors of the Antiquities Authority, archeologists Dr. Eli Shukrun, and Professor Roni Reich from Haifa University, the words mean, “Holy to God.” The artifact was a type of “bag check” for items brought to the Temple, ascertaining that it was holy and could be used.

    The Mishna (Oral Torah) in Shekalim, Chapter 5, uses the word “Chotam” — or signet seal. The Mishna lists 5 different types of signet seals, and this particular one is not listed — thereby adding an additional historical fact not detailed in the Mishna. (sources)

    Happy Chanuka!

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  • admin 8:58 pm on December 22, 2011 Permalink
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    Chol HaMoed Chanuka 

    The following poster appears on the Kiryat Bialik mall — it is not a photoshop.


    On the bright side, at least they have a clue of the concept of “chol hamoed” (and that Chanuka is pretty close to it from a practical point of view)

    h/t: Gee a Moron

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  • admin 11:13 am on December 21, 2011 Permalink
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    Shlissel (Key) Challah: The Loaf of Idolatry? 

    JUDAIC STUDIES ACADEMIC PAPER SERIES, Authored by Shelomo Alfassa:
    The Origins of the Non-Jewish Custom Of “Shlissel Challah” (Key Bread) ‘

     

  • admin 10:06 am on December 21, 2011 Permalink
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    Maybe its time to move to Israel? 


    Now’s the time to move to Israel…before your kids start asking questions like “What tefillin does Santa wear?”

    For the story on Santa wearing tefillin…its from here
    Yakov Jacobson was doing pre-Chanukah mivzoim in Laguna Beach, CA, when he happened upon a familiar character who – he was surprised to find out – is a Jew! The man had never put on tefilin before, a ‘Karkafta,’ and Yakov helped him do the mitzvah for the first time in his life.

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  • admin 9:08 am on December 19, 2011 Permalink
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    What would Israels Liberal Left Sacrifice for Peace? 

    Israel’s liberal-left is constantly stating we need to make “sacrifices” for peace. At least stating “sacrifice” implies taking away something of value, of something near and dear to us…such as land. Netanyahu has gone farther and stated “painful” concessions…(meaning even more land, and uprooting Jewish communities).

    The Palestinians don’t only hate the Zionist entity of Israel because of “the occupation”, but they also hate the secular aspects of Zionism. The original Zionist pioneers, men and women dancing the hora on a kibbutz (while wearing shorts) infuriated the religious sensibilities of Islam, and they viewed secular Zionism with disgust.

    I wonder if Israel’s liberal-left would be willing to make a sacrifice for peace, in that they would need to adopt a more modest-dress lifestyle, in public. Would this far-reaching attack on one’s personal space be an acceptable “price for peace”?

    Just a thought.

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  • admin 5:54 pm on December 18, 2011 Permalink
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    Great Reading 

    Here’s some great links to read:

    Everyone’s heard about the YU’s “The Beacon” scandal story — even the JPost reported on it. For a very thoughtful take on the story, even comparing it to the parashat hashavua, I recommend you read R’ Pruzanky’s take on it.
    “How do we discuss sensitive, delicate, even prurient matters? In fourth grade, we just skipped over the story of Yehuda and Tamar; that’

     

  • admin 11:02 am on December 15, 2011 Permalink
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    Netanyahu vs. Advocates of Civil War 

    In perhaps one of the most important decisions in the past few weeks, Israeli PM Netanyahu has proven that he has the ability to make clear and decisive decisions, despite a cacophony of hatred from the ideological children of Ben-Gurion’s decision to use deadly force against fellow Jews.

    In 1948, Ben-Gurion ordered Yitzchak Rabin to open fire on the Irgun’s Altalena ship carrying much needed weapons for the security of Israel, as it approached the shores of Tel-Aviv. Rabin then brutally ordered his troops to fire at the unarmed Jewish survivors swimming to shore, many of whom were Holocaust survivors. 19 Jews were murdered. Rabin never expressed any remorse for his actions — in fact he relished in the murder, proudly saying in Washington DC when he was Israel’s Ambassador to the USA, “we screwed them on the boat, and then we screwed them as they swam to shore.” (source)

    The proverbial artillery canon which shot at the Altalena was named the “Holy Canon”…and became a central theme in Ben-Gurion’s legacy.

    In response to the violence in the Shomron a few days, the ideological children of Ben-Gurion’s “Holy Canon” have called for shooting settlers.

    “Too bad the IDF didn’t arrest anyone; too bad they didn’t shoot; too bad they didn’t react.” –MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (Labor) Wednesday, 14/12/2011

    Where is he, the Holy Canon, when we urgently need him? Where are those who claim to be the students of Ben-Gurion, and those who carry on his legacy? –Yossi Sarid Haaretz, Thursday, 15/12/2011

    Defense Minister Ehud Barak Wednesday morning said the legal possibility of classifying the “hilltop youth” group of young radical settlers as a terrorist group, saying “as far as their behavior is concerned, there is no doubt that we are talking about terrorists.” (JPost)

    And why do Ehud Barak, Ben-Eliezer or Yossi Sarid never call the weekly violent protests by Israeli leftists and anarchists are Biyalin or Yaalin, in which over 110 IDF soldiers and border policemen have been wounded — the work of “terrorists”… and they reserve the use of their holiest of canons, and reserve the use of deadly force, only at settlers?

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s response:

    He accepts the recommendations of the internal security minister and the justice minister for dealing with far-Right activists rioting in the West Bank — that they be tried in military court, but rejected a recommendation to define the Hilltop Youth as a terror organization. (YNET)

    Defining “Hilltop Youth” as a terror organization is ludicrous (there is no such organization called the “hilltop youth”), yet the statement is clear: Jewish ideological violence against Jews is not terrorism. Violence is wrong and should be punished to the full extent of the law, but it is not terrorism. You don’t shoot to kill other Jews because that leads to a civil war.

    Netanyahu learned one lesson right from Menachem Begin, who said there should never be a civil war in Israel.

    Unfortunately, Israel’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak and MKs from the Labor party would be more than happy to mow down settlers with Ben-Gurion’s “Holy Canon.”

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  • admin 11:15 am on December 14, 2011 Permalink
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    Settler Violence; Wrong, Damaging and Depressing 

    In response to the planned IDF demolition of a Shomron region outpost, “Ramat Gilad”, dozens of Israeli teenagers broke into the nearby IDF Efrayaim Battalion HQ, puncturing tires on jeeps and lobbing paint-filled balloons at IDF jeeps. Earlier in the evening, a rock was thrown into the jeep of the Battalion commanding officer, Ran Kahana, which injured his deputy.

    The above cartoon, by Shay Charka says it all. The teenagers who attacked the IDF fail to realize that they are first and foremost, hurting themselves. Their behavior is wrong and the violence is wrong. It damages our unity, it damages the IDF, and most depressing of all, gives our enemies reason to rejoice and point fingers at the violence and increases the likelihood of the destruction of Ramat Gilad.

    The background: Ramat Gilad is a 10 year old, small community of about 10 families and 30 children located on a hilltop in the Shomron region — on a clear day you can see from Hadera to Ashdod. The buildings of Tel-Aviv are clearly visible almost any day. The community was founded in memory of Gilad Zar, the security officer of the Shomron Regional Council, who was murdered by Palestinian terrorists — shot at point blank range in 2001.

    Gilad’s father, Moshe Zar is a well-known and colorful character. Moshe is a longtime friend of former Israeli Prime Minister, Arik Sharon, when he served under him in the legendary “Unit 101.” Moshe was wounded in the 1956 Sinai Campaign and lost his left eye as a result of his injuries. In 1983 he was attacked and stabbed by a group of Palestinians but survived.

    Moshe purchased thousands of dunams of land in the Shomron from the local Arabs.

    In 1982, Moshe Zar purchased 2 parcels of land from an Arab resident of Jinsafut. In response, the seller’s neighbors beat him brutally. As a result, the seller refused to hand over the documents concerning the second parcel of land despite the fact that Moshe Zar had already paid for it in full.

    He asked Moshe Zar not to back out of the deal and promised that he would not oppose cultivation of the parcel by Moshe Zar. This parcel has been cultivated by Moshe Zar since then, as evidenced by aerial photographs and by testimony of an Arab worker who plowed the land on behalf of Moshe Zar.

    To this day no one else has ever claimed ownership of the land or contested the land’s cultivation. No complaints were filed with the police, army or civil administration despite the fact that the area is clearly visible from Jinsafut.

    In 2000, the largest Israeli flag ever created was unrolled on the hill, which then began being called Givat HaDegel. The flag was later burned by local Arabs.

    Shortly after the murder of Gilad Zar in 2001, Ramat Gilad was founded. The first two caravans plus a double caravan for a Bet Knesset were placed with the approval of then Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his advisor for settlement affairs, Yossi Vardi.

    In 2003, a plan for 185 units on the slopes of Ramat Gilad was approved by the Housing Ministry. The plan received all the necessary approvals except for that of the Defense Minister, for whose approval we’ve been waiting for eight years.

    In 2004 “Peace Now” petitioned the court to require the government to destroy Jewish settlements that were built on private Arab land. Moshe Zar was not invited to the proceedings. No one else claimed ownership. No Arab has any claim on the land.

    The only complaint that has been presented to the Supreme Court, for Jews living on a hilltop in the Shomron is from “Peace Now.” As a result of the petition, the government committed itself to destroying Ramat Gilad by the end of 2011.

    MK and Government Minister Benny Begin recently visited the hilltop to discuss its fate with Moshe Zar.

    Moshe Zar, has stated that he agreed to negotiate with the State after being assured that no hasty demolitions would take place during negotiations. “During the negotiation we weren’

     

  • admin 12:45 pm on December 7, 2011 Permalink
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    Supreme Court Representation: The Danger to Israels Democracy 

    Almost everyone is jumping on the bandwagon these days, saying that the evil MKs that comprise the (elected) government in Israel are doing their best to destroy the “Democratic Character” of Israel.

    What has enraged them the most by far, is the proposal to allow the people of Israel, via their elected officials to actually decide who will comprise the makeup of the Supreme Court, rather than giving exclusive veto power to the existing Supreme Court justices.

    In effect, the Supreme Court today ensures there is no representation of “the people” on the court, rather they decide in their own exclusive, infinite wisdom who may join them in ruling over Israel.

    I suggest you view the following short (2 minute) video, which is captioned into English, for a clear, concise explanation of why democracy is allegedly endangered by letting the people of Israel have a say who should be on the Supreme Court.

    If you don’t like the video, and do believe that Israel’s Democracy is truly in danger by allowing the Supreme Court justices to be actually representative of the people of Israel — you are in good company. I’m sure you’ll enjoy this unbiased article (written by an Israeli) on the same subject at Al-Jazeerah’s Cross-Cultural Understanding section, entitled: Zionist Terrorists in the Knesset Threaten Remains of Democracy in Israel.

    hat-tip: RRW

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  • admin 12:01 pm on December 7, 2011 Permalink
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    The Ad that Wont Offend American Jews 

    Also referred to as the Magen David (David’

     

  • admin 11:35 am on November 30, 2011 Permalink
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    Taliban Burqa Women Raise the Bar: Concealing the Human Form 

    Hyper-modest, Hyper-Orthodox Taliban Burqa-clad Jewish women in the Mea-Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem have raised the bar on their attempts to hide themselves when going out in public.

    MyNet/Yediot Yerushalayim reports that a new trend is emerging in which the Burqa women place a cylinder on their heads beneath their burqa, to further conceal their human form. (see photo below of the Burqa woman on the left)

    Taliban Burqa Jewish Women
    MyNet Reports:

    According to a source, close to the group of Burqa women, “the more stringent of the women decided that the burqa veil is not enough, because it still shows the shape of the face. The solution found is a tube that they wear over their heads under the veil so you can not identify the shape of their face.”

    Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox rabbis and even the most stringent in the Orthodox community have came out against Burqas. “We warn the wives and daughters of Israel, that they should not be drawn into this. These customs spell doom and destruction, G-d forbid,” reads the letter issued. “This is a group of women who have uprooted “Daas Torah” from Israel — their behavior is against the Torah and is uprooting Jewish education and Torah from Israel. They are endangering the health of their offspring, as well as placing them in danger and the fear of death”.

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  • admin 4:47 pm on November 28, 2011 Permalink
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    Breaking: Explosion Rocks Iranian city of Isfahan, home to key nuclear facility 

    7:29 PM Update Channel 10 Israel TV reports of another huge explosion in Ishfahan — this time in a Shahab-4 Ballistic missile facility.

    Iran: Keep up the good work!

    Reported by FARS (Iranian News Agency) and others…first reports emerged at 6:15 PM, Israel time.

    A explosion rocked the western Iranian city of Isfahan on Monday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, adding that the blast was heard in several parts of the city.

    The reported incident occurred about two weeks after Gen. Hasan Tehrani Moghaddam was killed together with 20 other Guard members Nov. 12 at a military site outside Bidganeh village, 40 kilometers southwest of Tehran. (Haaretz)

    (more at Elder of Ziyon)

    The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) updates us on nuclear facilities in Esfahan, Iran:

    The Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) at Esfahan contains process lines to convert yellowcake into uranium oxide, uranium metal, and uranium hexafluoride. It began operations in June 2006.

    According to information provided to the IAEA, Iran carried out most of its experiments in uranium conversion between 1981 and 1993 at the Tehran Nuclear Research Center (TNRC) and at other facilities at Esfahan. In 1991, Iran contracted to purchase a turn-key, industrial scale conversion facility from China. This contract was eventually canceled as a result of US pressure, but Iran retained the design information and built the plant on its own. Construction of the UCF began in the late 1990s.

    Iran declared that it began construction of the UCF without building and testing a pilot scale plant. After extensive analysis, the IAEA accepted this declaration.

    The UCF consists of several conversion lines, including the line for the conversion of yellowcake to UF6. The annual production capacity of the UCF is 200 tonnes of uranium in the form of UF6. The UF6 iis slated for the uranium enrichment facilities at Natanz. The UCF is also able to convert yellowcake, LEU and depleted uranium into UO2 and depleted uranium metal. Iran has told the IAEA indicates that they plan to build conversion lines for the production of natural and enriched (19.7%) uranium metal for research reactors, and natural UO2 for use in the heavy water reactor. Suspicions remain that the line to produce 19.7% uranium metal was originally intended to produce HEU metal for nuclear weapons.

    Fuel Fabrication Laboratory (FFL)
    In 1985, Iran began operating a Fuel Fabrication Laboratory (FFL) at Esfahan that it commissioned from a foreign supplier. Iran informed the IAEA of the FFL in 1993 and provided design information in 1998. It is still in operation. According to the IAEA, the FFL is suitable for producing small amounts of fuel pellets.

    Uranium Chemistry Laboratory (UCL)
    In the early 1980s, Iran commissioned from a foreign supplier the construction at a Uranium Chemistry Laboratory (UCL). According to the IAEA, in 1998, Iran declared that UCL had been closed down since 1987.

    Zirconium Production Plant (ZPP)
    Iran has built a Zirconium Production Plant which, when completed, will be able to produce 10 tonnes of zirconium tubing per year for nucler fuel cladding. Construction started in 2004. The ZPP, according to Iranian officials, will be able to produce zirconium sponge, zirconium alloy strip and bar, magnesium, hafnium, 99.99 percent pure magnesium, zirconium alloys, titanium and titanium alloys, and can do ferrous and non-ferrous metal casting.

    Lastly, YNET (coincidentally) reported the following today:
    The IDF intelligence community on Monday commented on the explosion in a military base in Tehran two weeks ago, which killed one of Iran’s missile project heads.

    “The blast in the site where surface-to-surface missiles were developed can delay or bring to a complete halt the production of the missiles at that site,” said head of the Directorate of Military Intelligence Research Section Department Brigadier General Itai baron at a briefing in the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

    “However,” Baron cautioned, “It must be emphasized that Iran has other development sites other than the one that was destroyed.” (more here)
    Here’s to more “accidents” — L’Chaim!

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  • admin 6:08 pm on November 27, 2011 Permalink
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    Israels Attorney General: Nothing wrong with Bibi in SS uniform 

    Everyone knows that one of the key events of incitement that led to Prime Minister Rabin’s assassination was the infamous poster of Rabin in an “SS” Nazi uniform. I was even present at the demonstration in Zion Square when they were being handed out — and the orchestrator of the hand-out was Shabak agent provocateur, Avishai Raviv.

    Granted, that was many years ago, and since then, we’ve all been educated that words and posters kill. We’re reminded annually that had the national-religious camp demonstrated their dislike of the government’s politics in a more civil way, everything would be different today.

    Reminding us that there’s nothing wrong for a center-right wing Prime Minister of Israel to be photo-montaged into a similar SS Nazi uniform, a left wing blogger created such a display this past summer.
    MK Ophir Akunis (Likud) filed a police complaint Tuesday morning against a blog that published photomontages depicting Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in a Nazi SS uniform. The Likud’s Legal Adviser, Attorney Avi HaLevi, accompanied Akunis to the police station and also signed the complaint.

    The blog is named HaOtzer HaEzrachi (“The Civilian Curfew”). It went offline Monday after the press discovered the photos, and news of their existence began to circulate.

    The blog featured a demand that Netanyahu and members of his government be put on trial. It showed a caption that read “The Main Suspect: Binyamin Netanyahu,” and beneath it three photomontage pictures that show Netanyahu in Nazi uniform. At least one of the pictures also has Netanyahu giving a Nazi salute.

    Akunis and HaLevi noted that the bloggers identify themselves as citizens of Israel who represent “the heart of the Israeli protest against the policies of the capitalist-piggish Netanyahu government” and refuse to talk to Netanyahu.

    The bloggers compare the Prime Minister to a drunk who has cruelly murdered a loved one. In such a case, they ask their readers, “would you try to create a ‘solution’ or would you consider continuing to live with the same vile murderer?”

    Netanyahu is labeled “the main suspect” and the bloggers demand that he and his ministers be brought to a “field trial” and call on the public to take action in this direction. (INN)
    Today, MK Ofir Akunis shared on his Facebook page that he was informed that a photo montage of Netanyahu in an SS uniform is not “criminal incitement” and his complaint will be shelved. He announced that Shai Niztan has ordered the police to close their investigation into the blog which created the photo montage of Netanyahu in an SS uniform. (also reported in Hebrew, here)

    Interestingly enough, I found the following in Haaretz’s archives from 2005.
    The Jerusalem Police have foiled plans by right-wing extremists to distribute posters with pictures of Yitzhak Rabin in an SS uniform to coincide with the 10th anniversary of his assassination, the police said yesterday.

    One suspect, a 15-year-old boy, was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of planning to distribute the posters, which police say violate the laws against incitement and slander.

    The posters bear the slogan “rejoice in the downfall of the wicked” and say they are being distributed in honor of the anniversary of the death of “a hater of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, may his name be erased.”

    Yesterday, the boy was remanded for two days by the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, and police are searching for a second minor whom they also suspect of involvement in the affair. (Haaretz)
    Note that 2 minors were remanded for two days due to posters with Rabin in an SS uniform…due to “incitement”…(against a person who was already dead).

    Please do NOT go and look at the Haaretz link above, which contains the infamous photo-montage of Rabin in an SS uniform (for information purposes only). If you do, I’m afraid that Shai Niztan would have me and this blog investigated for incitement and we would be shut down for good. Therefore, please do NOT go there, please do NOT even think of Rabin in an SS uniform, since that is incitement.

    PM Netanyahu in an SS uniform is freedom of speech and is the epitome of our democracy.

    Bonus question: What do you think would happen had the photo montage been of someone else instead of PM Netanyau…like Attorney General Shai Niztan, for example?

    Legal Disclaimer: The posting the above photo of PM Netanyahu is for informative purposes only, and I do not condone the photo montage. The “bonus question” above is not meant as a suggestion for anyone to actually go ahead and try it, because that would obviously be incitement. Please do not create any photo montages of anyone. Thank you.

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