DEBKAfile Weekly:

• Russia tags its comments onto Obama’s note to Tehran:

  “It is one of many various signals coming from various sources that the military option (against Iran) is considered as realistic and possible,” he said. “We are receiving signals, both through public and intelligence channels, that this option is now being reviewed in some capitals as more applicable in this situation. We are very worried about this. We do not want the region and the world to fall into new divisions and bitter political arguments.”

• Tehran uses nuclear talks for free-for-all on Afghanistan, Arab revolts
• Israel revives its military option for 2012:

Kept at arm’s length from diplomacy, Israel has gone back to its threat of a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear program in the coming months, i.e. before the US presidential elections in November.

• Obama’s diplomatic maze leads to confusion

Isaiah 61:

⁴ They will rebuild the ancient ruins
    and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
    that have been devastated for generations.
⁵ Strangers will shepherd your flocks;
    foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
⁶ And you will be called priests of the Lord,
    you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth of nations,
    and in their riches you will boast.

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Swastikas, Pro-PA Graffiti on Ancient Synagogue
An ancient Jewish synagogue near Jericho was defaced with swastikas and pro-PA propaganda.