Word: aviv
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...Europe. In the past few months, Tehran has bluntly positioned itself as the pre-eminent country opposing the U.S.--the first step before trying to boot the U.S. out of the Middle East. Let's hope that Negroponte's eyes, ears and mind are wide open. AVIV HALLEL Ramat Hasharon, Israel...
...York, off the face of the earth, it isn't a bad idea if we hint that we can get crazy, too. One can easily imagine the unthinkable: a suitcase nuclear weapon, acquired from the former Soviet Union by Iranian agents, detonated in New York, London or Tel Aviv. A nuclear response certainly would have to be on the table then - and the military would be negligent if it weren't studying all possible nuclear scenarios...
...clear who was responsible for Monday's triple bombing in Dahab, but the Hamas-led Palestinian government instantly condemned "this criminal act which flouts our religion, shakes Palestinian national security and works against Arab interests". Strong stuff, particularly from a government that only last week had labeled a Tel Aviv suicide bombing by Islamic Jihad a "legitimate act of self-defense...
Following Monday’s suicide bombings in Tel Aviv, for which Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility, Hamas announced its support for this murder of innocent civilians. Hamas called this week’s attack “legitimate,” saying that it would not try to curb further attacks. Both of these positions are untenable. A legitimate government cannot condone terror and the murder of innocent men, women, and children; it is unacceptable to publicly proclaim support for suicide bombings. When Hamas was first elected to power in January, many were worried that they would maintain their advocacy...
...Jihad, which took responsibility for Monday's attack, and also factions of the Fatah party of President Mahmoud Abbas - have sought to claim the mantle of militancy and undermine the new government's authority by continuing to launch attacks on Israelis. In fact, the political purpose of the Tel Aviv bombing was as much to undermine Hamas as it was to hurt Israel. And Hamas's own public statements justifying the attack actually played to the advantage of Israeli and U.S. efforts to isolate Hamas...