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Thursday June 20, 2013
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IAEA: Iran 'sanitizing' nuclear facility before inspectors arrive
Satellite images of Iranian military facility appear to show trucks, earth-moving vehicles at the site to clear radioactive contamination • Crews at Parchin try to erase evidence of tests of experimental neutron device used to set off nuclear explosion.
 
Elliott Abrams | A murderous alliance unravels
The Iran-Syria-Hamas-Hezbollah axis, which has brought war and death to Syria and Lebanon, is coming apart.
Clifford D. May | Stop filling the Islamist gas tank
Most of the funds used to train and arm terrorists and to fund Iranian nuclear facilities come from income produced by OPEC oil.
 
Yoram Ettinger | The Netanyahu-Obama divide
In order to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear capabilities, Obama will have to amend his worldview.
Boaz Bismuth | Desperately seeking a leader
Super Tuesday failed to crown a clear Republican candidate.
Abraham Ben-Zvi | Another Romney squeaker
Romney has been inching painfully slowly toward the prized nomination.
Isi Leibler | The trembling Israelites
U.K.’s Jewish leadership is busy infighting while calls to boycott Israel are reaching feverish heights.
Dr. Aviad Hacohen | The danger of assimilation
Instead of establishing new Jewish organizations we must invest our efforts into curbing assimilation.
Dr. Haim Shine | Real peace
Treaties cannot create peace, they must be signed after peace becomes a reality.
Report: US offered Israel bunker busters to delay Iran strike
According to the Maariv newspaper, Obama’s deal includes advanced bunker-busting bombs and refueling aircraft, in exchange for Israeli assurances to refrain from military action during the U.S. election year.
Dan Margalit | The age of uncertainty
Whether or not Israel invokes its sovereign right to unilateral self-defense – the decision, when it comes, will be made under conditions of uncertainty.
Dempsey: Syria’s air defenses more sophisticated than Libya’s
U.S. defense secretary and U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey warn Senate committee of Syria’s well-armed air defenses and say Damascus’s chemical and biological weapons stockpile is 100 times larger than Libya’s.
International Women's Day report: Earning less yet satisfied with life
Men’s salaries are 52% higher than women’s in Israel, with the gap only slightly decreasing over the last 20 years • Women make up only 24% of the top 10% of society, but 68% of the bottom 10% of society.
Hannah Pinhasi | Equality begins with children’s books
Let us use International Women’s Day to begin to internalize that men can be caretakers; they can love and contain, while women can aspire high, go far and be daring.
Holocaust scholar, Kadima criticize Iran-Holocaust parallels
Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial scholar says "bringing up Auschwitz is a cheap way of gaining public attention” • Likud MK Danny Danon: We learn from our past that we cannot depend on anyone.
Brother vs. brother in dramatic court scene in case of parricide
Court-appointed attorney for the defense of Daniel Maoz, accused of murdering his parents, shouted to Daniel’s brother Nir in the courtroom, “You are the murderer” • Barhoom: Daniel was silent until now, fearing Nir would disclose his sexual preferences.
Couple wins damages after doctors fail to prevent pregnancy
Woman who conceived despite sterilization procedure sues government and health care provider for malpractice • Judge says medical team failed to properly explain procedure and shirked duties for not ordering pregnancy blood tests.
Pioneer of combining IDF service with Torah study gets Israel Prize
Israel Prize for lifetime achievement to be awarded to Rabbi Haim Drukman, founder of Hesder Yeshiva program which combines Torah study with Israel Defense Forces service; and Azaria Alon, founder of Society for the Protection of Nature.
Record number of bone marrow transplants in 2011
A record number of leukemia patients received bone transplant donations in 2011, despite drop in number of donors • Israel has one of the world’s largest donor pools, which services Israelis and Jews throughout the world.
13 Israelis make Forbes annual list of ‘The World’s Billionaires’
Among 1,226 people appearing on Forbes list, Idan Ofer, son of late shipping tycoon Sammy Ofer, tops list of Israeli billionaires, ranking 161st with net worth of $6.2 billion • Richest man in world: Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim Helu.
Syrian deputy oil minister defects
Highest-ranking Syrian civilian official, Deputy Oil Minister Abdo Hussameldin, announces on YouTube that he is joining the “revolution of this dignified people” • Putin denies rumors that Russia is planning to grant asylum to Assad.
Iran’s supreme leader sets up Internet control group
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the Supreme Council of Cyberspace will be tasked with preventing harm to Iranians who go online • Plans announced to build alternative Iranian search engine to Google, to be called Yahaq,” or “Oh Lord” in 2012.
Border policewoman by day, wonder mom by night
Shifra Buchris, 33, married, has seven children while serving in Israel’s Border Police • “It is not uncommon that when I go out for nocturnal patrols, I get a phone call from my husband to come breast-feed the baby."