The Gloom of War - Who is Gearing for War?

Damascus ordered a Level 4 mobilization of Syria 's army reserves for deployment to the Golan Heights on the Israeli border to meet what it calls "IDF plans of attack." In Lebanon , too, Hizballah placed "all its forces" in a state of military preparedness.

Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah vows: "We will crush the Zionist enemy." The latest threat bares in detail the operational plans Iran, Syria and Hizballah have ready to go for striking at Israel. This was no idle talk!

Syria and Hizballah are acting out the secret military cooperation pacts, which were negotiated and signed during visits to Damascus by Iran's National Security Adviser Saeed Jalili on Nov. 3 and its defence minister Ahmed Vahidi on Dec. 17. These treaties commit Syria to come to Hizballah's aid if it comes under Israeli attack, and all three signatories to respond to any Israeli military movement. Hizballah and Syria are taking advantage of the Israeli war game to test their own preparedness for attack on orders from Tehran.

Iranian and military sources report the new war threats from Damascus are backed by massive Iranian airlifts for boosting Syria 's missile arsenal. Fresh supplies have also reached Hizballah and Hamas. Syria has secretly transferred the mobile, solid-fuelled, surface-to-surface Syrian-made Fateh-110 (range 250km) missile to Hizballah.

Warning: Iran may lash out at Israel via its surrogates Hizballah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza : Hizballah would sweep across the border to capture Galilee towns backed by missile barrages and likely Syrian support. Tehran has already well advanced in training of 5,000 Hizballah fighters in special operations and urban combat tactics.

Where is International Outrage? British documentary filmmaker Paul Martin was arrested by Hamas in Gaza City as he arrived to testify at the trial of a Palestinian fighter accused of collaborating with Israel.

Hypocricy of the Headlines.

Lebanon Accuses Israel of Escalating War Threats - What a...! As they say: "Offence is the best defence"

Hamas leader says U.S. blocking Palestinian unity. - Any one to blame but themselves.

Lebanon says Israel the biggest challenge to UN Resolution 1701... - Armed Islamic movement, Hezbollah, which vowed to destroy Israel and ignores UN Resolution 1701 is not? In the fight for Islamic oil, even China has joined the Israel bashing game!

US Weapons Embargo on Israel - Flood of Weapons to Arabs! A new report by the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) has warned that the Obama administration has implemented a virtual weapons embargo on the Jewish State. At the same time Obams administration is conducting a massive U.S. weapons sale and projects for Arab rivals in the Middle East, which has eroded Israel's military superiority over its neighbours.

Lebanese Government will be Held Accountable. The Lebanese government has made it official, announcing it will back the Hizbullah terrorist organization in another war against Israel.

'Land for Peace' is Dead. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, head of the Israel Our Home party, says, "It's time to forget our obsession of "territory in exchange for peace; all future agreements must be based on 'peace in exchange for peace.'" (It was never alive. Arabs have always wanted all Jewish land and have never been prepared to let Israel live in peace!)

Iranian Nuclear Hypocrisy Exposed. Glyn Davis, a senior U.S. envoy to the IAEA, accused Iranian leaders of hypocrisy for opting to pursue "ever more dangerous nuclear technology" instead of accepting an international plan to make sure that medical isotopes get to needy Iranian cancer patients.

More of Delusional Delay. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is calling on the international community to rally together to pressure Iran into abandoning its nuclear program. Gates believes that if the international community stands together to bring pressure on Iran there's still time for sanctions to work.

Food for Thought. by Steven Shamrak

UN investigations are just an anti-Israel smear campaign! Even Hamas has admitted that they use civilians as a human shield. Arab terrorists pose as 'civilians' and do not wear army uniform! Do you remember the Jenin massacre accusation against Israel ? The PLO dragged out dead bodies from their graves and collected bodies from hospitals to boost the number of civilian 'victims'. There was plenty of anti-Israel rhetoric and screaming prior to the cancelled, in order to avoid embarrassment, UN investigation!

Fatah Policeman Murdered an IDF Soldier. The organization of terror victims - Almagor has demanded that the IDF cease cooperation with the PA police and begin a re-examination of the General Dayton Plan for training PA policemen following the discovery that a PA police officer was responsible for the murder of an IDF soldier last Wednesday. (The training of terrorists how to kill Jews must be stopped.)

It's About Time! Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will submit a bill allow Israelis living or travelling abroad to vote in national elections. The Absorption Ministry puts the number of Israeli passport holders living abroad at 750,000. Opposition leader Tzipi Livni has called the proposal "immoral". Defense Minister Ehud Barak is also opposed to the idea. (An undemocratic law, which is beneficial to Israel's self-hating political left, must end.)

Anti-Semitism of USs Justice System for Spies. A Chinese-born aerospace engineer, Greg Chung Dongfan, has been jailed for more than 15 years after being convicted of selling technology related to the US space shuttle program to China. Jonathan Pollard, who gave Israel security information which the US supposed to provide to Israel , is serving the 24th year of his life sentence. (Even Soviet spies were treated better!)

Kadima - Party of Traitors and Selfhaters. MK Aryeh Bibi of the Kadima party filed a motion on Monday morning for a bill granting amnesty to members of the security forces who were found guilty of violent acts during the expulsion of Jewish residents from Gush Katif. (What would Kadima propose if violence was perpetrated by the security forces against Arabs?)

Quote of the Week: "I remember the Muhammad al-Durra hoax that was staged in cahoots between Palestinian and French journalists. This blood libel provoked a killing spree against Israelis even after the facts came out to reveal that: 1) the boy was killed by Arab gunfire, not Israeli; and 2) the boy wasnt killed at all. He walked off the set with his father after the director yelled "cut" (and you thought only Hollywood made movies)." - Jack Engelhard - Israel must review, introduce and enforce strong ethics in media reporting: Israeli and foreign journalists and networks who report fake news, solicit newsworthy violence, deliberately compose anti-Israel biased reports or are too lazy to check the facts should lose their media licence in Israel!

It Pays to be a Terrorist. The Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime has enhanced regular monthly stipends for the families of slain terrorists. Funds are deposited into the bank accounts of the "shahids" (martyrs) families at the same time that salaries are transferred to the accounts of PA government workers. It is believed that at least part of payout is derived from the internationally-donated funds that are transferred to the PA via the Bank of Israel for humanitarian purposes only.

No Concessions before Negotiations. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday that Israel will not make major concessions before negotiations. "First, we will conduct negotiations without preconditions. We do not accept the idea that Israel must always make extraordinary concessions..." (He should say: "Israel will not make any concessions"! The enemies of Israel have offered only rocket fire and random terror attacks as concessions.)

US is Subsidising Terror. The United States announced on Thursday that it will donate $40 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, for Arabs in the Palestinian Authority-assigned areas, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria . (The American funding comes despite a report that Hamas terrorists are employed by the agency. That is why Canada decided last month to stop its UNRWA funding. The US' s huge international debt has also not stopped this stupidity!)

What Diplomatic Relation? The Egyptian Journalists' Union has sanctioned two journalists who interviewed Israel's ambassador to Egypt , Shalom Cohen. Hussein Sarang, a veteran reporter, was suspended from his job for three months. Israeli officials said that the sanctions were evidence that Egypt was "trying to erase the presence of Israel from the Egyptian consciousness." (The presence Egypt has never really allowed!)