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Yaalon: We Destroyed a Syrian Gun. Iran will not Rescind Its Nuclear Option
Oct 23rd, 2013
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Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said Wednesday: “Israel is watching the Syrian war and will not permit chemical weapons to reach hostile hands or allow any breach of Israel’s sovereignty on the Golan.” The minister spoke at a briefing to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee. He went on to say that the upsurge of Palesginian terrorism on the West Bank is cause for concern, and the IDF is ready to deal with any escalation. Turning to Iran, Ya’alon asserted that Tehran has no intention of relinquishing its nuclear option and will contrive to preserve its capacity for uranium enrichment. “Tehran is cheating the world,” he said and stressed that Israel stands ready to defend itself by itself.
The defense minister did not say on what occasion Israel destroyed a Syrian gun. Last Monday, two mortar rounds from a battle on the Syrian side exploded on the Israeli Golan. It caused no casualties.

Signs Indicate Obama Ignoring Netanyahu on Iran Deal
Oct 23rd, 2013
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Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that any easing of economic sanctions against Iran is ill-advised, and pressure need to be increased to stop its nuclear program.

"I think the pressure has to be maintained on Iran, even increased on Iran, until Iran actually stops "making nuclear weapons, Netanyahu said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "The question is not of hope. The question is of actual result. The result has to be the full dismantling of Iran's military nuclear program."

He said the sanctions were put in place for three specific reasons: Iran's terrorist actions; its aggression in the Persian Gulf; and its pursuit to produce weapons of mass destruction.

"I propose sticking by that," Netanyahu said. "That's the way to peacefully end Iran's nuclear-weapons program."

When asked whether Syrian President Bashar Assad should stay in power, versus a leader with jihadist ties, Netanyahu said he is holding out hope for another alternative.

"I think we want to end that tragedy," Netanyahu said of the humanitarian catastrophe in the country. "We want to end it in the best way that we don't have either an Iranian protectorate or a jihadist regime, a la Afghanistan, in Syria."

Despite Netanyahu's warnings, there are growing signs that any international deal with Iran will fall short of his demands.

Over the weekend, U.S. officials said the White House was debating whether to offer Iran the chance to recoup billions of dollars in frozen assets if it scales back its nuclear program. The plan would stop short of lifting sanctions, but could nonetheless provide Iran some relief.

In an interview broadcast Sunday on NBC, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said it was "premature" to talk of easing sanctions. But he stopped short of endorsing the tough Israeli line and suggested the U.S. would take a more incremental approach in response to concrete Iranian gestures.

Asked whether he was worried the U.S. might ease the sanctions prematurely, Netanyahu urged against a "partial deal" with Iran. "I don't advise doing that," he said on "Meet the Press."

Details from last week's talks in Geneva have remained tightly guarded, but short-range priorities have been made clear. The U.S. and allies seek to roll back Iran's highest-level uranium enrichment. Iran wants the West to start easing sanctions.

The Israeli daily Haaretz on Sunday reported what it said were the key Iranian proposals last week.

Citing an unidentified senior Israeli official who had been briefed by the Americans, the newspaper said that Iran is ready to halt all enrichment of 20 percent, limit lower-level enrichment of 5 percent and scale back the number of centrifuges it is operating for enrichment. It also claimed that Iran expressed willingness to reduce the operations of its most controversial nuclear facilities, and perhaps open them to unannounced inspections.

Netanyahu's office declined comment on the report, though it confirmed the U.S. has kept it updated on the nuclear talks.

The Yediot Ahronot daily newspaper said an "explosion" between Netanyahu and President Barack Obama appears to be inevitable. While Israeli officials are intrigued by the Iranian offer, it said "officials in the prime minister's inner circle harbor a deep concern ... that the American president is going to be prepared to ease sanctions on Iran even before the talks have been completed."

Ephraim Asculai, a former official of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission and currently a research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies, said it was too early to talk of a gap between Israel and the United States because the U.S. position on a compromise was not yet clear. He said the most important thing is to prevent Iran from stalling while it moves forward with its weapons program.

But Yoel Guzansky, an Iran expert at the institute and a former national security aide in the prime minister's office, said there will always be a gap between the U.S. and Israel due to their different military capabilities and the level of threat they face.

Guzansky said Israeli officials realize that they will not get everything they seek, and are pressing a maximalist view in hopes of getting as many concessions out of Iran as possible.

"It appears that the Americans are interested in a scaled approach," he said. "Israel is very concerned about this and it has good reason to. It's afraid the deal will become a slippery slope," he said.

However, Guzansky said Israel has little choice but to rely on the U.S. If there is a deal, it will all but rule out the possibility of unilateral Israeli military action, he said.

"Israel really only has one option," he said. "The chance it will act alone after the Americans make a deal is miniscule."

Saudi Prince: Obama’s Syria Policies “lamentable,” “Perfidious”
Oct 23rd, 2013
Daily Newsdebkafile
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

In an exceptionally blunt remark, Saudi Prince Turki said Wednesday, ”The current charade of international control over Bashar's chemical arsenal would be funny if it were not so blatantly perfidious. And designed not only to give Mr. Obama an opportunity to back down (from military strikes), but also to help Assad to butcher his people." Turki, a member of the Saudi royal family and former director of intelligence, added: "The shift away from the U.S. is a major one. Saudi doesn't want to find itself any longer in a situation where it is dependent."

This message was also conveyed by Prince Bandar bin Sultan, current head of Saudi intelligence to European envoys summoned to Jeddah earlier this week. In Paris, US Secretary of State John Kerry invited Turki’s brother, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, to lunch Tuesday to voice regret over Riyadh’s rejection of UN Security Council nonpermanent membership and call Saudi anger over over Washington’s Middle East policies on Syria and Iran..

Salvation
Oct 23rd, 2013
Daily NewsThe Bible
Categories: Bible Salvation

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. (John 1:1-12).

Russia and Iran Expanding Military Cooperation and Arms Trade
Oct 23rd, 2013
Daily Newsdebkafile
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

In his four-day trip to Tehran, Russian Air Force Chief Gen. Viktor Bondarev and his hosts, Brig. Gen. Hassan Shasafi and other senior Iranian military chiefs, laid the groundwork for a series of agreements to upgrade their military ties to a level unprecedented in their past relations. 

debkafile’s military and Iranian sources report that Iran is deliberately accentuating those ties as a message to the Western powers that if they give the Islamic Republic a hard time over its nuclear program, it will go all the way to a full-dress defense pact with Russia.

Moscow has its own reasons for being keen to expand its military ties with Tehran:

1. Signing defense accords and arms transactions with Iran will give Russia its first serious military foothold in the Persian Gulf;

2. Moscow is not only seeking to compete with the US military presence in the Gulf but also displace America and China in the weapons markets of the Middle East.

3. Major Russian-Iranian arms deals will be a precedent for important weapons transactions brokered by Saudi Arabia with Egypt. Moscow sees the shape of a weapons-trading triangle that could be exploited in the future for Russia to serve in the role of mediator between Riyadh and Tehran.

These are long term strategic goals for the Kremlin.

Iran additionally keeps at the front of its mind the potential for an Israeli or American military strike on its nuclear program if the diplomatic track runs into the sand – especially since the Islamic regime has no intention of giving up what it considers its right to develop nuclear power and enrich uranium.

That is the truth behind the make-believe posture in some Western circles that Iran offered the Geneva conference last week a list of concessions on its nuclear program.

Tehran has put in special requests for massive Russian technological assistance for upgrading its missile industry by extending the range of their ballistic missiles and improving their precision. The Iranians also see a chance to renovate their aging air force and have applied for Russian fighters, interceptors, transports and refueling planes as well as training facilities for air force flight crews.

After Moscow refused to deliver them advanced S-300 anti-air missile systems, the Iranians set up programs for developing home-made products. They claim to have built their own S-200 interceptor missiles and are offering to shell out hefty sums for the purchase of new Russian technology to improve them.

The visiting Russian air force chief therefore had plenty to discuss with his Iranian hosts. Especially significant was his visit Monday, Oct. 21 to the Iranian anti-air command at Khatam Al-Anbiya and his conversation with its head, Brig. Gen. Farzad Esmaili.

Report: IAF Bombs Syrian Missiles
Oct 23rd, 2013
Daily NewsINN - Gil Ronen
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel

IAF warplanes attacked a shipment of advanced missiles that Syria was transferring to Hezbollah, according to Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jareeda. The attack took place on Monday.

An official source in Jerusalem reportedly confirmed the attack took place but did not say where. The missiles were reportedly "long range and accurate" ones.

In late July, IAF jets bombed trucks carrying Syrian missiles bound for Hezbollah's warehouses in Lebanon, according to Syrian opposition sources.

The bombing reportedly targeted a Syrian military base near the town of Quneitra, not far from the Golan Heights cease-fire line

That was the fifth known Israeli attack this year on Syrian weapons bound for Hezbollah. Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad reportedly wants to send the weapons to Hezbollah for safekeeping, out of fears they will fall into the hands of the rebels forces fighting him inside Syria, whilst the Iranian-backed terrorist group seeks "game changing weapons" – such as anti-aircraft missiles – in exchange for its costly intervention in the Syrian civil war on behalf of the Syrian regime.

Netanyahu in Message of Support for Hevron Jews
Oct 23rd, 2013
Daily NewsINN - Gil Ronen
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel

For the first time ever, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has sent a special letter of support to Hevron's Jewish community, in honor of "Shabbat Hevron," during which thousands of people are expected to visit Hevron.

The gesture may be politically meaningful, and could be construed as a message of steadfastness connected to ongoing "peace talks" with the Palestinian Authority (PA). The PA wants Israel to uproot its communities in Judea and Samaria – of which the Hevron community was the first harbinger.

Shabbat Hevron is a relatively new tradition, which takes place on the Sabbath in which the Torah portion Chayei Sarah is read in synagogues. The Torah portion tells the story of Abraham's purchase of the Machpela Cave, for burying his wife, Sarah.

"The roots of the existence of the Nation of Israel are planted in the stories of the nation's Forefathers, about whom we read in the Torah in these weeks," Netanyahu wrote in his missive.

"In Hevron, one of the most ancient cities in the Land of Israel, our Forefather Abraham planted his stake and purchased the Cave of Machpela and its environs. On this plot of land, the eternal connection between our nation and its homeland began, and it is also where the Forefathers and Foremothers were buried. That is where David established his kingdom before moving it to Jerusalem. And that is where Jews have been holding fast for generations, at the time in which the land was occupied by foreigners.

Netanyahu went on to note that the Jewish connection to Hevron has never been broken, and that although an Arab pogrom forced the Jews out in 1929, the renewal of Jewish settlement there after the Six Day War "cast a new link in the long chain of generations."

For generations, when the Cave was under Muslim rule, Jews were prevented from ascending past the seventh step in the stairs that lead up to it, the Prime Minister noted. "The steadfastness of the sons to the city of the forefathers stood the test of the Diaspora, and the renewed and flourishing community in Hevron attests to that."

Let the Headlines Speak
Oct 23rd, 2013
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Kerry holds urgent talks as US-Saudi rift deepens over Middle East policy
A deepening diplomatic rift between Saudi Arabia and the US burst open on Tuesday after secretary of state John Kerry acknowledged that Washington's key strategic ally had serious misgivings about US foreign policy in the Middle East. Kerry held urgent talks with his Saudi counterpart in Paris on Monday amid complaints from Riyadh that the US was not doing enough to help Sunni-dominated rebels in Syria following a decision not launch US military action.  

Hurricane Raymond stationary off Mexico's Pacific coast
Raymond, a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, was stationary about 120 miles south of Zihuatanejo and about 145 miles west-southwest of Acapulco, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said in its 2 a.m. PDT advisory. Raymond was expected to move little during the next few hours before slowly shifting to the west-southwest later Wednesday, forecasters said.  

Snipers in Syria targeting pregnant women and children, doctor says
Dr. David Nott said the snipers are playing a "targeting game" that includes noticeably pregnant women and young children, CNN reported Wednesday. "Most of the children removed were 7, 8, 9 months gestation, which meant it was fairly obvious to anybody that these women were pregnant," Nott said.  

‘Israel strikes Hezbollah-bound missile shipment’
Israeli warplanes hit a convoy of advanced missiles heading out of Syria and into Lebanon where they were to be delivered to Hezbollah, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Wednesday.  

Abbas says he’s ready to meet with Netanyahu
“I’m always willing to meet with him,” Abbas said in an interview with the German newspaper Rheinische Post Tuesday. The Palestinian leader laid down no preconditions for talks but strongly condemned Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank, which he said was illegal and undermined the peace process.  

SOLAR TSUNAMI AND RADIO BURST
Sunspot AR1875 erupted on Oct. 23rd (), producing an impulsive M4-class solar flare and a loud burst of shortwave radio static. Amateur radio astronomer Thomas Ashcraft of New Mexico was listening at the time of the eruption. "I knew this flare was a strong one by the force of the radio shock front," he says. "It nearly lifted me out of my chair!"  

Vatican Official Affirms Church Teaching Banning Communion for Divorced/Remarried Catholics
The Vatican prelate in charge of defending and promoting the faith of the Catholic Church has strongly affirmed the Church’s teaching that Catholics who are divorced and remarried may not receive communion.  

Amnesty International Accuses Obama of 'War Crimes'
Amnesty International has accused the Obama administration of "war crimes" in its drone policy in a new report released Tuesday. The human rights organization reviewed forty-five drone strikes in the Pakistani providence of Waziristan since January 2012, and concluded that they "have resulted in hundreds of civilian deaths, some of which may amount to extrajudicial executions or war crimes under international law. The Amnesty report was covered by National Public Radio and CNN on Tuesday....  

Revolt over gender-bending bathrooms
The numbers haven’t been tabulated – largely because petitions are arriving so fast and they aren’t due for a couple weeks yet – but organizers of an effort to overturn California’s infamous school-bathroom law say the opposition to the plan is surging.  

Saudis plan 'major shift' away from U.S.
Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, said his country will make a “major shift” away from its relationship with the United States in protest over President Obama’s dialogue with Iran and inaction in Syria, the Jerusalem Post is reporting.  

Saudi Arabia in diplomatic shift away from old ally US
A bitter diplomatic row between US and Saudi Arabia has burst into the open in a development that could threaten one of the Middle East’s core alliances and Washington’s leadership in the region. The public rupture saw the head of Saudi intelligence declare that the kingdom was “scaling back” co-operation with the CIA over arming and training Syrian rebels and seeking alternate weapons suppliers to the United States.  

Krokodil use reportedly spreading: What makes dangerous drug so addictive?
More cases of Krokodil use are reportedly popping up around the United States, prompting some medical professionals to warn that the addictive, poisonous drug has reached American shores. The Chicago Tribune reported last week that at least six people in the Chicago area were suspected of having used the opiate drug that can cause the skin to rot away.  

Court Rules Probable-Cause Warrant Required for GPS Trackers
An appellate court has finally supplied an answer to an open question left dangling by the Supreme Court in 2012: Do law enforcement agencies need a probable-cause warrant to affix a GPS tracker to a target’s vehicle? The Third Circuit Court of Appeals gave a resounding yes to that question today in a 2 to 1 decision.  

154,000 Fewer Women Held Jobs in September; Female Participation in Labor Force Matches 24-Year Low
American women participated in the nation’s labor force in September at a rate that matched the lowest level in 24 years, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the same time, the number of women actually holding jobs declined by 154,000 from August to September.  

Thousands Of Consumers Get Insurance Cancellation Notices Due To Health Law Changes
Health plans are sending hundreds of thousands of cancellation letters to people who buy their own coverage, frustrating some consumers who want to keep what they have and forcing others to buy more costly policies. The main reason insurers offer is that the policies fall short of what the Affordable Care Act requires starting Jan. 1.  

India and China in border defence agreement
India and China have signed an agreement on border defence co-operation after a stand-off between their armies in disputed territory earlier this year. The deal aims to improve communication between the two armies. The agreement was signed during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Beijing.  

Cuba to scrap two-currency system in latest reform
Cuba is to scrap its two-currency system in the latest financial reform rolled out by President Raul Castro, official media report. Since 1994 Cuba has had two currencies, one pegged to the US dollar and the other worth only a fraction of that. The more valuable convertible peso (CUC) was reserved for use in the tourism sector and foreign trade.  

EU to relaunch membership talks with Turkey
The stalled EU membership talks with Turkey are set for relaunch after member states agreed accession negotiations would recommence on 5 November. “After more than a three-year break, negotiations are regaining momentum, and I hope to see steady and speedy progress,” Linas Antanas Linkevicius, Lithuania’s minister of foreign affairs, said Tuesday (22 October).  

Report: IAF jets destroy weapons shipment from Syria to Hezbollah
Israeli warplanes on Tuesday destroyed a shipment of missiles that were to be delivered to Hezbollah near the Lebanese-Syrian frontier, according to the Kuwait newspaper Al-Jarida. The paper’s story, which quotes a senior Israeli official, has not been confirmed by any other news source. There was also no word on whether the attack took place on Lebanese or Syrian soil.  

Poll: Clear majority of Americans wants pot legal
Fueled by political independents and legalization in Colorado and Washington, a solid majority of Americans want marijuana to be legal, the first time that's happened since Gallup began polling on the question during the Vietnam War. Since November 2012, support has jumped 10 percentage points, with 58% calling for legalization, Gallup announced Tuesday. Opposition fell to 39%, led by Republicans and older Americans.  

Iran minister says 'no need' to hang criminal again
Iran's justice minister says there is "no need" for a man who survived a hanging to be hanged a second time. Lawyers want the head of the judiciary to stop a repeat hanging after the man was found alive in a morgue.  

Australia fire crews face extreme weather in NSW
More than 3,000 firefighters in Australia are battling devastating bushfires raging across New South Wales as weather conditions worsen. "This will be as bad as it gets," Rural Fire Service chief Shane Fitzsimmons said, adding there was "real potential for more loss of homes and life".  

Islamic police in Nigeria's Kano launch immorality crackdown
Police who enforce Islamic law in Nigeria's northern city of Kano have arrested 150 people in the last week, including for indecent dress, as part of a crackdown on immorality, a spokesman said Tuesday. Some people in Nigeria's second city have been picked up for sporting hair styles inspired by prominent international football players, said Mohammed Yusuf Yola, spokesman for Kano's sharia police, or Hisbah.  

Murders at weddings and attempted assassinations. Is this what Egypt has become?
As Egypt's military-backed government drafts a new constitution in secret, there are worrying signs that political violence is becoming the norm in the Arab world's largest country.  

Brosurance: A Keg Standing Ovation For ObamaCare's Greatest Hit
Just when you thought ObamaCare couldn't stoop any lower in its "sales pitch", it does.  

Syria talks in London agree on no future role for Assad
Western and Arab powers agreed with Syrian opposition leaders Tuesday that President Bashar al-Assad should play no future role in government, but they struggled to convince the rebels to attend key peace talks in Geneva next month. The rebels, who met with the so-called Friends of Syria group of 11 countries in London, said they would not take part in the Geneva conference in late November if any regime members were there, and insisted that Assad's departure was essential.  

Abbas Set to Slam Door on Talks With Israel, Resuscitates “revolving Door” for Terrorists
Oct 23rd, 2013
Daily Newsdebkafile
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas has decided to derail talks with Israel directly after the release of the second batch of jailed Palestinians next week. US Secretary of State John Kerry will try to head off the crisis in the talks he brokered earlier this year, by cajoling Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu when they meet in Rome Wednesday, Oct. 23, to make Abbas an offer he can’t refuse, of sovereign Israel land.
debkafile’s sources reveal that Kerry is thinking of a large chunk of Dead Sea coastal area and water, equal to about a third of the territory owned by Israel in this region.
On May 28, in an exclusive report, debkafile first disclosed Kerry’s plan to save this Israeli concession for the final peace accord. He is now thinking of hauling it forward as bait to dissuade Abbas from walking out of the peace process.
But the Palestinian leader’s game plan entails more than this walkout, a step he has taken many times before. He is also unraveling the longstanding security cooperation with Israel for containing Palestinian terrorism.
This was the unspoken background to Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s first - typically taciturn -remarks Tuesday, Oct. 22 about the latest bout of Palestinian terrorist attacks.

“We take a grave view [of this wave of incidents]. It may be due to the atmosphere of incitement generated by the Palestinian Authority, recent religious events, any other causes - or even a kind of contagion,” said Ya’alon, adding: “There is no sign of what we may call a popular uprising, or what the Palestinians would call a ‘third intifada.’ We take every incident very seriously and stand ready for any escalation.”
debkafile’s military sources translate two of the minister’s most opaque terms:

1. Third Palestinian intifada: Technically, he was correct in denying signs of its advent, but only because he held out on the whole picture. Yasser Arafat launched his second intifada 13 years ago after careful preparation. He first dismantled the security cooperation existing between the Palestinian Authority, Israel and the American military advisers helping to make it work.

In 2013, Mahmoud Abbas is following in Arafat’s footsteps of 2000.

In recent weeks, debkafile’s military sources report that the Palestinians in Ramallah are only going through the motions of working with Israel to combat terrorism. In the past, Israeli security and military authorities would inform Palestinian security services about suspected terrorists. They would then be questioned and the information passed back to their Israeli opposite numbers.
Now, on direct orders from the PA Chairman Abbas, suspects are detained only briefly before being released without being questioned.

Abbas has thus adopted Arafat’s “revolving door” method.

Senior military circles operating in the field of counterterrorism say that detaining terrorist suspects without interrogating them makes nonsense of the process. Letting them walk without questioning them about their organizational affiliations and secret cells, and referring the information to the IDF, makes the entire concept of security cooperation meaningless.

Palestinian security officers now understand that their job is to cooperate with the terrorists – not Israel.

2. Palestinian Authority incitement and religious events. Ya’alon was talking about Mahmoud Abbas’s latest propaganda campaign stunt, which raises the specter of an Israeli conspiracy to seize control of Temple Mount and destroy Al Aqsa Mosque.

This theme can always be counted on to strike an inflammatory chord in the Palestinian Muslim masses and fire the more radical up for attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets. Arafat understood this very well when he labeled his four-year suicide bombing campaign against Israel the “Al Aqsa intifada.”

The defense minister fully appreciates the fragile situation created by the recent Palestinian "lone wolf"attacks on Israeli soldiers and civilians.

He spoke in Hebron Tuesday, shortly after an IDF-Shin Bet unit shot dead Mohammed Assi, 28, the Jihad Islami operative who masterminded the Nov. 21, 2012 bombing of a bus in Tel Aviv. He was shot while resisting arrest from his hideout in a cave in the village of Bil’in, north of the 443 highway to Jerusalem.
The bus bombing, which left 27 people injured, took place shortly after Israel’s Defensive Cloud operation in the Gaza Strip ended in a ceasefire.

Mohammed Assi was brought to book the day before the Netanyahu-Kerry meeting in Rome. It was a reminder to Palestinians, including their leaders, that Israel’s Defense Forces eventually bring terrorists, whether killers or their masters, to book.