mars 2012

          In France, the standoff between French special forces and Mohammed Merah, the gunman suspected of killing four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse and three French paratroopers, has entered its second day. Overnight Thursday, French riot police set off explosions outside the apartment building in Toulouse where Merah had barricaded himself, in an effort to force his surrender. Hundreds of heavily armed police, some in body armor, have surrounded the five-story building, where... [Lire la suite]

       Israel and Germany have signed a contract for the purchase of a sixth submarine for Israel's navy. The ceremony was held at the residence of Israel's Ambassador to Germany; participants included Defense Minister Ehud Barak; Defense Ministry Director-General Maj.-Gen. (res.) Udi Shani, and German State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defense Rudiger Wolf. Defense Minister Barak noted that the sixth submarine will substantially increase the capabilities and strength of the IDF and the State of... [Lire la suite]

           Thousands of people on Wednesday attended the funerals of the four victims in the Toulouse school shooting at Jerusalem's Har Hamenuhot cemetery. The coffins bearing the bodies of Rabbi Yonatan Sandler, his two sons Gabriel and Arye, and Miriam Monsonego, the daughter of the Otzar Hatorah school principal, arrived in Israel from France earlier in the morning. Among those eulogizing the four were French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, who said that his country will do... [Lire la suite]

            In light of the information now emerging from France, it seems the man suspected of being behind the rampage of murder in Toulouse, Mohamed Merah, made a decision to embark on a one-man jihad campaign close to home. By doing so, he acted in line with instructions that have been broadcast on the Internet by al-Qaida ideologues over recent years. Merah, 23, was under surveillance by French security forces after spending time in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and apparently... [Lire la suite]

        The gun and scooter used in a shooting that killed four people today outside a Jewish school in southwestern France is the same one used in two seperate killings last week, said a police source Monday afternoon. The White House has condemned the what they call an"outrageous" and "unprovoked" attack at the Jewish school in Toulouse today. French president Nicolas Sarkozy declared the murders a "national tragedy' and headed to Toulouse immediately, as anti terrorist police probed the third... [Lire la suite]

         In southwestern France, a gunman on a motorbike opened fire outside a Jewish secondary school on Monday morning, killing at least four people before fleeing the scene. The dead were identified as a teacher at the school and his two sons, as well as the daughter of the school principal. The shooting occurred as students were arriving at the Otzhar Hatorah school, which is attended by some 200 students. Witnesses said the gunman used two firearms. Police launched a widespread hunt for the... [Lire la suite]

           PM Binyamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday that sooner or later, Israel will "uproot" the Iranian terror base in Gaza. Speaking in the Knesset, Netanyahu stressed that he will not accept that Gaza's missiles, money , terrorist training and terrorist infrastructure come from Iran. He said that Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah in Lebanon all work under Iran's umbrella. He said he is not willing to live with the scenario that the state behind the terrorist organizations is... [Lire la suite]

‏            Turkish newspaper Zaman says Ankara has warned Iran not to engage in acts of terrorism against Israelis or Jewish targets on Turkish territory. The report came a day after Israel's National Security Council's counterterrorism bureau warned that terrorists were planning an attack against "Israeli or Jewish targets in Turkey in the coming days." While the National Security Council did not mention Iran as the likely culprit, a report surfaced last week in Turkish media... [Lire la suite]

‏           Russian newspaper Kommersant reports that the United States asked Russia to send Iran a message that the upcoming round of international talks Tehran agreed to over its nuclear program would be its last chance to avoid a military confrontation. The unusually stark warning by the US was passed on by Secretary of State Hilary Clinton to her Russian counterpart Segei Lavrov, after the two met in New York on Monday, a diplomatic source told the Russian newspaper. The source... [Lire la suite]

          A rocket fired Tuesday night from the Gaza Strip landed in a parking lot in Netivot. One man was lightly injured by shrapnel and 11 others were treated for shock. A number of cars were damaged. In all 13 rockeets and mortar shellls landed in Israeli territory on Tuesday, despite the cease fire that went into effect at 1 AM on Tuesday. Air force planes attacked two targets early Wednesday morning at the northern end of the Gaza Strip in response to the rocket fire. Meanwhile, the... [Lire la suite]