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World Media Ignores Weapons Shipment to Hizbullah
Nov 10th, 2009
Daily NewsArutz Sheva - Hillel Fendel
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel

 
Though the Foreign Ministry invited ambassadors from around the world to see the tremendous cache of arms intercepted on their way to Hizbullah last week, the world media did not take interest.

Ambassadors and diplomats from 44 countries, along with military attaches from 27 nations, were taken to the Ashdod port on Thursday to see for themselves the weapons and ammunition seized from the Antiguan ship Francop off Cyprus.

The 500 tons of Iranian weapons bound for Hizbullah that Israel intercepted was ten times more than those confiscated aboard the famous Karine-A ship several years ago – and would have been enough to keep Hizbullah fighting against Israel in a future conflict for 30-40 days. 

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Gabriela Shalev, complained to the UN on Thursday about the terrorism shipment.

Yet, despite the significance of the event in terms of the worldwide struggle against terrorism, the story received barely any coverage in the world press.

“Israel did what it was supposed to do,” former IDF Spokesman Ephraim Lapid told Arutz-Sheva, “and there is no explanation as to why the news stations around the world basically ignored the story. It is very surprising that this event, which is major news item by any standard, was not appropriately covered. I have no explanation, but Israel can’t be blamed.”

Arutz-Sheva’s Uzi Baruch reports that MK Nachman Shai (Kadima), a member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, disagrees.  “Israel’s public relations and information efforts have apparently failed in disseminating the story of the Francop. Prime Minister Netanyahu is supposed to understand these matters, yet precisely under him, Israel continues to limp along in getting out its message.”

MK Shai has asked the Knesset committee for an urgent discussion on why Israel failed.

Yossi Levy, of the Foreign Ministry’s Israeli media department, defended the ministry in light of Shai’s criticism. “The Foreign Ministry carried out a complete, coordinated and successful campaign in order to get the information out to all the media outlets. Some of them are, not surprisingly, not interested in publicizing this important information.”

“It’s not an Israeli failure,” Levy said, “but rather those world media that chose to ignore this story deviated from all accepted standards in the world of media.”

Who: Aids Leading Cause of Death, Disease in Women
Nov 10th, 2009
Daily NewsAP - BRADLEY S. KLAPPER,
Categories: Today's Headlines;Warning

GENEVA – In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.

Unsafe sex is the leading risk factor in developing countries for these women of childbearing age, with others including lack of access to contraceptives and iron deficiency, the WHO said. Throughout the world, one in five deaths among women in this age group is linked to unsafe sex, according to the U.N. agency.

U.S. Backing Away from Israel?
Nov 10th, 2009
Daily NewsIsrael Today
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel

Most of our readers will agree that more than any other president before him, US President Barack Obama is leaning toward the Arabs in their conflict with the Jewish state. According to weekly public opinion polls, most Israelis feel the same.

But Israel has always been able to count on the strong support of the US Congress to balance any dangerous initiatives by the White House. According to leading Republican Rep. Eric Cantor, however, that could be changing.

In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, Cantor, the only Jewish Republican in the legislature, warned that he has seen a lot of indications lately that congressional support for Israel is deteriorating.

"I have a lot of concerns about what I have seen lately, about the continued desire to try to engage with Iran and about pressure being applied to Israel in terms of concessions in the name of peace," said Cantor in regards to both Obama and the currently Democrat-controlled Congress.

In yet another sign of faltering relations between Jerusalem and Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to the US on Sunday, but had yet to be invited to the White House.

Netanyahu was officially visiting the US to attend and address the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America. But very seldom do Israeli leaders visit the US without being invited to meet with the president. It was expected that the two leaders would meet in the end, but the absence of an official invitation beforehand spoke volumes to Israelis.

It is widely believed that Obama is deeply frustrated with Netanyahu for not caving to his demands that Israel meet a broad range of Arab demands in order to get peace talks moving again. In particular, Obama wants Israel to stop building homes for Jews in any areas claimed by the Palestinians.

Oprah Guru Faces Criminal Charges?
Nov 10th, 2009
Daily NewsWND - Kathleen Farah
Categories: Today's Headlines;Warning

2 dead, 19 hospitalized in 'spiritual cleansing'

A spiritual guru linked to a philosophy endorsed by Oprah Winfrey is facing possible criminal charges in the deaths of two and the hospitalization of 19 in a ritual "spiritual cleansing" at an Arizona resort.

The victims were participating in a sauna-like "sweatbox" treatment while attending a program run by James Arthur Ray, who appeared in a DVD version of "The Secret," a New Age book authored by Rhonda Byrne that was heavily promoted by Winfrey.

The dead were identified as James Shore of Milwaukee, Wis., and Kirby Brown of Westtown, N.Y. The dead were attending Ray's "Spiritual Warrior" program at the Angel Valley Resort near Sedona.

The sweatbox is a dome structure covered with tarps and blankets, utilizing hot rocks and water to create steam.

Angel Valley Resort advertises itself as "a place to relax and heal … where powerful earth energies are present and active." It was founded in April 2002 by Michael and Amayra Hamilton, both of whom are teachers and counselors there.

The use of sweat lodges for spiritual and physical cleansing is a part of several Native American tribes' cultures.

The self-help guru is known for his programs that claim to teach individuals to create wealth and prosperity through all aspects of their lives by simply thinking thoughts of perfection and happiness.

"The Secret" rose to the top of the best-sellers lists after massive promotion on Winfrey's TV show.

Obama - Netanyahu Meeting Shrouded in Secrecy
Nov 10th, 2009
Daily NewsIsrael Today
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel

First, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to jump through hoops just to get a meeting with US President Barack Obama. When they did meet on Monday, the contents of their talks were either so negative or so classified that a near-total media blackout was placed on the gathering.

Netanyahu left Israel for Washington on Sunday to attend and address the 2009 General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America. Weeks earlier, he had requested to meet with Obama during the visit, a typical occurrence any time an Israeli leader travels to the US. But this time, the Obama White House made Netanyahu sweat it out till the last minute before, as media reports put it, "grudgingly" scheduling a meeting.

The White House's apparent reluctance to invite Netanyahu was an indication to most Israelis that relations remain tense between the Obama Administration and Jerusalem.

Then things got really curious when the White House totally broke protocol by barring the media from the meeting. Following the two-hour get-together, Netanyahu left the White House immediately without speaking to reporters, and promptly cancelled a press conference that had been scheduled for Tuesday. Instead, he hopped on a plane for Europe.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who attended part of the Obama-Netanyahu meeting, also cancelled several radio interviews scheduled for Tuesday.

Speculation was rife in Israel that the unusual secrecy surrounding the meeting could either mean that Obama tried to strong-arm the Israelis to surrender to Palestinian demands and was firmly repulsed, or that the meeting focused on an impending Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.

In remarks to Israel's Ynet news portal, attorney Dov Weisglass, who served as bureau chief to former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, added a third option - that Netanyahu had agreed to far-reaching concessions to the Palestinians and wanted to keep the details under wraps for now to avoid a political storm at home.

New York Mets Make a Stand for Jews of Hebron
Nov 10th, 2009
Daily NewsIsrael today
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel;Anti-Israel

Right-wing Israeli media outlets were full of praise for the New York Mets this week after the popular baseball team refused to cancel an upcoming event at its stadium that will raise money for Jewish "settlers" living in the biblical Judean town of Hebron.

The annual Hebron Fund dinner is scheduled to take place at the Caesar's Club at Citi Field on November 21. Shortly after the booking was made, left-wing Israeli, Palestinian and liberal American groups petitioned the Mets to cancel the dinner and refuse any future dealings with Jews who lay claim to their biblical heritage.

Late last week, the Mets management rejected the request, and confirmed that the Hebron Fund dinner will take place as scheduled at its facility.

Idf Chief: Hezbollah Has Rockets Capable of Hitting Tel Aviv
Nov 10th, 2009
Daily NewsHaaretz.com - Jonathan Lis,
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel

Hezbollah guerrillas now possess tens of thousands of rockets, some capable of reaching up to 300 kilometers within Israel, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi said on Tuesday.

These capabilities would put Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, as well cities much further south, into rocket range.

"There is a war in the Middle East between two camps, the extreme and the mediated, which is pushing Iran to make radical steps. Without Iran's support to finance weapons and terror groups they would be lacking the means available to them today," said Ashkenazi

Financial Transaction Tax Rears Its Head Once Again
Nov 10th, 2009
Daily NewsEUobserver - ANDREW WILLIS
Categories: Today's Headlines;World Government

 BRUSSELS – A call by UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown over the weekend for a global tax on financial transactions received some support in Brussels on Monday (9 November), although strong opposition from the US and other quarters looks likely to bury the idea again.

Former Danish prime minister and current president of the Party of European Socialists, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, said he wanted to "hail Gordon Brown on this courageous speech."

A spokeswoman for the European Commission restated the position held by president Jose Manuel Barroso that the tax idea has "potential," but that "by its very nature such an initiative would need to be implemented globally."

Last month EU leaders asked the commission to examine ways of "innovative financing," including the feasibility of a tax on financial transactions, to help less-developed countries and possibly help reduce national budget deficits.

However the surprise support for the initiative expressed by Mr Brown at a meeting of G20 finance ministers meeting on Saturday in St. Andrews, Scotland, related to possible mechanisms to fund future bank bailouts.

In the face of rising back bonuses, governments are determined that financial institutions must pay for their own bailouts in the future.

Eu Negotiates Names for Top Jobs
Nov 10th, 2009
Daily NewsBBC News
Categories: Today's Headlines;Revived Roman Empire

Sweden's prime minister, the current chair of EU summits, says he is half-way through consultations to determine a shortlist for the new EU top jobs.

Fredrik Reinfeldt said he expected to be ready soon to call a special EU summit to appoint the permanent EU president and foreign policy chief.

The Belgian Prime Minister, Herman van Rompuy, has emerged as a frontrunner for the post of EU president.

UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband is not seeking the foreign affairs job.

The Belgian Prime Minister, Herman van Rompuy, has emerged as a frontrunner for the post of EU president.

UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband is not seeking the foreign affairs job.

He had been seen as a frontrunner for the job - among the institutional changes created by the Lisbon Treaty - even though he had said he was not "available".

But, amid continuing speculation, the BBC understands Mr Miliband told the head of the European socialists' group he was not interested in the job.

Friends have indicated Mr Miliband "sees his future in British politics".

Campaign for Blair

Candidates must be nominated by the government of one of the EU's 27 member states.

Mr Miliband and Prime Minister Gordon Brown have been campaigning for former PM Tony Blair to get the job of president of the European Council.

But other European leaders have avoided expressing support openly for Mr Blair. There is speculation that the EU may opt for a leader from a small country who has a lower international profile, and who would act more as an enabling chairperson in Brussels.