Egyptian parliament votes unanimously in favor of expelling Israeli ambassador, describes Israel as "number one enemy" - Jihad Watch
As long as the military has veto power, the vote is symbolic, but the language of the resolution points to things to come. "Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament votes in support of expelling Israel's ambassador,"


BBC News - Gazans 'inured' to endless conflict
"After the attack last night (Sunday) the Israeli Shin Bet (Internal Security) called me on the phone to tell me it was because of my son's activities," he says.

I asked another local how it was that so many people could have escaped relatively unscathed from a building that was so completely destroyed.

"Sometimes the Israelis call up the person beforehand and warn them that they have 10 minutes to leave the house, then they strike."

IAF strikes Gaza targets after rockets fired at Beersheba
Israeli aircraft respond to Grad rockets fired at South, striking rocket launching site, smuggling tunnel; IDF might need large ground operation in Strip, OC Southern Command Russo says.

First Look at the Secret Iranian Site the U.N. Wants to Inspect - Global - The Atlantic Wire

FLASHBACK: Iran Is Very Close to Having the Bomb
A report from United Nations energy officials claims that Iran has already mastered the steps necessary to build nuclear weapons, putting the nation on the brink of joining the world's nuclear powers.

Rocket Attacks Reported After Arab-Israeli Truce
 Israel says Palestinian militants have fired at least five rockets toward southern Israel since an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire took effect on Tuesday.

Officials say no injuries have been reported from the rockets, which landed in open areas.

This seems just a bit hypocritical -

Syria strongly condemns Israeli strikes in Gaza - Ynetnews
Ongoing bloodbath in Syria doesn't stop Damascus from denouncing Israel over its Gaza airstrikes

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Syria forces attack town; Annan receives Assad response:
The United Nations says Assad’s forces have killed more than 8,000 people in their drive to crush the uprising. Its refugee agency said on Tuesday that some 230,000 Syrians had fled their homes during the past 12 months, of whom around 30,000 have sought safety abroad.

The Holy Land is heating up! Keep your eyes wide open!

Gaza airstrikes, rocket attacks in 4th day - UPI.com
The Israeli Air Force conducted six strikes in Gaza, targeting weapon storage facilities, rocket launchers and cells preparing to fire rockets, Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, army spokesman, told Israel Radio.

More than 160 Qassam rockets and Grad missiles have been fired at southern Israel since the recent round of violence erupted Friday.

Joel 3:

 ⁴ “Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon and all you regions of Philistia? Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done.

Tyre and Sidon are Lebanon (Hezb'allah terrorists); Philistia is Gaza (Hamas, Jihad Islami, etc). Islam is the final enemy of Christianity before the Messiah returns. The Dome of the Rock is the Abomination of Desolation. Bible prophecy lays it all out there in front of us. Are your eyes open?

The Spymaster: Meir Dagan on Iran's threat - CBS News
In a rare interview, ex-chief of Mossad Meir Dagan speaks out against a preemptive strike against Iranian nuclear facilities anytime soon. He says the Iranian regime is rational in its own way.

 

The media's perpetual search for greater depravity

Gingrich calls new TV show anti-Christian (well...that's probably because it is)

 "Here's to show you the biases of the elite media, look at the new show that's on that has the word 'Christian' in it and I want you to take the exact name, drop out Christian and put in Muslim,” Gingrich said. “And ask yourself, is there any network that would have dared to run a show like that and you know the answer is not a one because anti-Christian bigotry is just fine in the entertainment industry but they have to be very protective of Islam."

Skeptics doubt U.S. can be certain about Iran's nuclear progress - latimes.com
Despite President Obama's assurances that the United States will know if Tehran begins to secretly build a nuclear bomb, some senior officials familiar with U.S. intelligence and spying capabilities in Iran are doubtful.

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Over 100 rockets fired at southern Israel - UPI.com:
Egypt on Sunday tried to mediate a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas after over 100 rockets were fired at southern Israel from Gaza, officials said.

Iron Dome Foils 90 Percent of Missiles - Israel National News: A primitive Kassam rocket costs terrorists only a few hundred dollars while each Iron Dome anti-missile missile costs $50,000. The United States is providing funds to Israel to buy more of the made-in-Israel systems, each one of which costs more than $100 million.

5 rockets hit Israel; IAF strikes in Gaza, Ynetnews
Residents of southern Israel were still under fire Saturday evening, as terrorists continued to launch rockets from the Gaza Strip. Five Qassam rockets exploded in open areas in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.

DEBKAfile, Palestinians fire mobile Grad launchers smuggled from Libya
After a short break Saturday morning from shooting more than 80 missiles against a dozen southern Israeli towns and villages Friday night and early Saturday, March 9-10, the Palestinian Jihad Islami resumed firing on Beersheba and the Eshkol region.

Iran attack: 'This is not a game' Barack Obama says on Republican criticism of his stance
President Barack Obama pushed back on Tuesday against suggestions that Washington was on the cusp of making a decision about possible military action against Iran, pledging to take a ’sober’ approach to dealing with Iran’s nuclear program.

Amid mounting speculation that Israel could attack Iran’s nuclear sites in coming months, Obama said that American politicians ’beating the drums of war’ had a responsibility to explain the costs and benefits of military action.

Iran nuclear program: Tehran says it will grant IAEA access to suspected site of nuclear research...eventually
Later, addressing the influential pro-Israel lobby AIPAC, Netanyahu said: “None of us can afford to wait much longer. As prime minister of Israel, I will never let my people live in the shadow of annihilation.”
At the podium, he held up a copy of a 1944 letter from the U.S. War Department to world Jewish leaders turning down their request to bomb the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz.

‘Dr. Doom’ Sees Iran-Israel Clash, Says Buy Precious Metals - Business News - CNBC
"I happen to think the Middle East will go up in flames,"

Israeli state officials disappointed with Obama meeting - Ynetnews: Senior officials claim US views Iranian issue in the context of 2012 election year; assert it's now certain Washington will not strike Islamic Republic

DEBKAfile, North Korea tested Iranian warhead or “dirty bomb” in 2010 for $55m
German and Japanese intelligence sources Monday, March 5, confirmed – and qualified - to debkafile reports in the German Der Spiegel and Welt am Sonntag that Western intelligence had known for 11 months that at least one of North Korea’s covert nuclear tests in 2010 was carried out on an Iranian radioactive bomb or nuclear warhead.

Netanyahu will address the AIPAC conference this evening after meeting with Obama today.

Happening Now (Sunday 9:30am ET) AIPAC Conference - Watch live: AIPAC gets tough on Iran: AIPAC conference to feature top world leaders discussing issues affecting Israel's security; Iran's nuclear program expected to top agenda.

Government sources have said that Netanyahu will "break new ground" in his speech, which is expected to address both Iran's nuclear program and the stymied diplomatic process with the Palestinians.

What's happening in Israel today WILL change the course of this world!

 

Iran election: Hardline Ayatollah Ali Khamenei loyalists triumph while Ahmadinejad faces tough defeats
TEHRAN — Iran, under intense Western pressure over its disputed nuclear program, on Saturday declared an initial turnout of 64% in a parliamentary election shunned by most reformists as a sham.

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Asma Assad commenting about the 'atrocities' during Israel's 2009 Cast Lead operations (with voice-over to highlight her blatant hypocrisy and the barbarity of her husband).

 In the remixed video uploaded to Youtube, Assad is seen declaring that "the barbaric assault on innocent civilians has been horrific,” and, “this is the 21st century, where in the world could this happen?" as images of the massacres in the city of Homs are displayed.

Asma - "It's been difficult to smile"? Perhaps it's difficult because the shread of conscience you have left is telling you you're an absolute hypocrite as your husband continues to murder your people.

Killing babies no different from abortion, experts say - Telegraph
Parents should be allowed to have their newborn babies killed because they are “morally irrelevant” and ending their lives is no different to abortion, a group of medical ethicists linked to Oxford University has argued.

Iran Spinning Out of Control - NYTimes.com
As the Obama administration ramps up the sanctions pressure on Iran to accept meaningful curbs on its nuclear program, it is following a strategy of coercive diplomacy that has a fundamental design flaw.