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Terror strikes Russian city for second time in less than 24 hours as electric bus explodes. Sunday's blast claimed lives of 17 people in suicide attack at train station... The lightest and smallest craft to ever lift off and reach the moon could net Israel $30 million from Google, its sponsors say... http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-a-step-closer-to-the-moon-with-propulsion-deal/ Eight ministers support bill proposing that Israel annex Jordan Valley, so that it remains within Israeli sovereignty even if peace accord is reached with Palestinians. Several ministers appeal, say will block legislative process... For first time in four months, rocket from Lebanon smash into north; no injuries or damage reported. Meanwhile, IDF confirms retaliatory attacks. PM: 'We see the Lebanese government as responsible for attacks launched for within their borders'... http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4470564,00.html US prepares to pay Netanyahu back for Iran campaign, using Palestinian issue as bludgeonDEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis December 28, 2013, 12:31 PM (GMT+02:00) The Obama administration is preparing to settle scores with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, for his campaign against US-led nuclear diplomacy with Iran, by holding him to blame for the impasse in Israel-Palestinian negotiations. This will ignore the uniform assessments by US and Israeli intelligence analysts that it is the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas who is holding out against all Secretary of State John Kerry’s Herculean efforts for a peace accord with Israel, say debkafile’s Washington and Jerusalem sources. Abbas (Abu Mazen) is sure that he can get more from the international community by diplomatic manipulation and effective propaganda. He believes he holds enough cards and leverage to manage without having to reach terms for deals with the US or Israel. This gap between reality and wishful thinking provides fertile ground for groundless speculation, such as the conjecture which drags the long-serving Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard into the equation in the form of a rumor that Washington may consider releasing him as a reward for Israel’s consent to release certain convicted Palestinian terrorists, including Israeli Arab citizens. Another such rumor is that the US will put before the parties next month a final plan for resolving the Palestinian-Israeli dispute. According to debkafile’s Washington sources, Kerry refuses to be discouraged by Abbas’s evasions and has indeed drafted a non-binding five-page working paper, which is not a plan. He will put it before Netnayahu and Abbas early next month without asking for any commitments for or against the outline. Both will be invited to record their reservations and comments. This will supply the fodder for extending the negotiations for several more months after the first six-month period expires. Sitting on Netanyahu’s desk too, according to our sources, is a confidential report on the Obama administration’s plans for personal retribution for the offensive he pursued against the signing of an accord to provide Iran with legitimacy for its nuclear program. Washington plans to get back at the Israeli prime minister by pinning on him – not Abbas - the blame for the inevitable impasse in the talks with the Palestinians. He will be depicted as a political failure who heads a dysfunctional government and a serial denier of peace. This smear campaign will be conducted internationally and in Israel, by rallying Israel’s foes abroad and Netanyahu’s political enemies at home. debkafile has heard from a high-placed source in Jeruslem that these plans are viewed in Jerusalem as “highly problematical.” They see Israeli and American media and other personalities recruited for a personal, political vendetta against the prime minister at a level well outside acceptable bounds - even when governments disagree. Netanyahu is well aware that the Palestinian question is not the issue. He knows he is facing the music – politically and personally - from the Obama administration for his effort to sway the US Congress against the policy of US rapprochement with a regime in Tehran which is dedicated to Israel’s extinction. So, as John Kerry prepares to pay his 12th or 13th visit to Israel and Ramallah, Netanyahu faces three dilemmas: 1. Iran keeps on bragging that the Geneva accord brought its nuclear program and right to enrich uranium nternational acceptance, while at the same time flouting its provisions right and left. Cutting-edge centrifuges have been installed for speeding the enrichment of uranium close to weapons-grade, and the construction of the heavy water reactor in Arak continues apace. The Iranians are capitalizing on the failure of the Geneva conference to set a date for the onset of the interim six-month period for further negotiations, and using the time to further their military nuclear projects. The Geneva accord was designed to disqualify the military option for ending Iran’s chase after nuclear weapons. So what happens now? 3. The US campaign of deprecation against the Israeli government and its head has begun. How to deal with it? Under a landmark nuclear deal reached last month in Geneva, Iran promised not to bring new centrifuges into operation for six months, part of temporary limitations on its uranium enrichment program in return for the easing of some sanctions. But the deal does not stop it from developing centrifuges... 5.8-magnitude quake strikes at 5:21 pm; epicenter located north of Cyprus. No injuries reported. Citizens from both Haifa in north, Beersheba in south reported to have felt quake that lasted less than a minute... Iranian media reports country's UN office received threat letter from Israel containing dried insects, professionals remove envelope to examine content... |
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