Feb. 24, 2009
Al Qaeda’s no. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri called on Palestinians to reject a cease-fire and instead be steadfast while Jewish targets are attacked around the world.
"The jihad to liberate Palestine and all the homelands of Islam mustn't cease, and if the field tightens in one place, it widens in other places, and Crusader and Jewish targets are spread all over the world," he said according to speech transcription provided by the US-based SITE Intelligence Group.
Zawahri promised that Islamic terrorists would help the Palestinians by mounting attacks everywhere, "for the entire world is our field against the targets of the Zionist Crusade."
Osama bin Laden also issued an audio message on Gaza in January urging Muslims to launch a jihad against Israel.
The authenticity of the 25-minute recording could not be independently confirmed, but it was posted on an Islamist Web site known as a clearing house for al Qaeda messages.
Feb 24, 2009
Rockets still breaking the "quiet" in the South
Feb. 24, 2009
While the international community is still under the illusion that a cease-fire is in effect between Israel and Hamas, rockets are still flying overhead. They just aren't hitting anyone.
The Israeli army reported also foiling a large-scale attack against troops or a southern Israeli community, security officials said. Soldiers spotted two Palestinians laying explosive devices near the border crossing on Monday.
Islamic Jihad claimed the would-be attack was an effort to kidnap Israeli soldiers.
Two rockets were also fired at southern Israeli cities on Monday. One hit an open area and another landed in a field near Sderot. No one was wounded and no damage was reported. Hence, nothing reported.
While the international community is still under the illusion that a cease-fire is in effect between Israel and Hamas, rockets are still flying overhead. They just aren't hitting anyone.
The Israeli army reported also foiling a large-scale attack against troops or a southern Israeli community, security officials said. Soldiers spotted two Palestinians laying explosive devices near the border crossing on Monday.
Islamic Jihad claimed the would-be attack was an effort to kidnap Israeli soldiers.
Two rockets were also fired at southern Israeli cities on Monday. One hit an open area and another landed in a field near Sderot. No one was wounded and no damage was reported. Hence, nothing reported.
Israeli soldier barraged with new weapon of choice: shoes
Feb. 24, 2009
An Israeli soldier was speaking to a gathering of Dutch Jews in Amsterdam on Sunday when four shoes were hurled at him, two of which hit him.
Ron Edelheit, who holds both Israeli and Dutch citizenship, travels to Holland about once a year to visit his mother. He was asked by the Women's International Zionist Organization to speak at a gathering. But pro-Palestinian activists in Holland have been threatening the speech from the moment it was announced with calls and letters. The event original location was canceled.
"The police were at the 50-man demonstration outside," said Edelheit, referring to a rally organized by the Dutch Palestine Committee. "But these three young people, who you could tell did not belong [at the event], came right in."
Shoe-throwing is a sign of disrespect in the Islamic world and was popularized by an Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US president George Bush during a press briefing last December.
On Feb. 4, Israeli Ambassador to Sweden Benny Dagan was hit by a shoe at Stockholm University while defending the Israeli army’s Operation Cast Lead offensive against Gaza.
“Today it's a shoe, tomorrow a knife,” Edelheit said.
An Israeli soldier was speaking to a gathering of Dutch Jews in Amsterdam on Sunday when four shoes were hurled at him, two of which hit him.
Ron Edelheit, who holds both Israeli and Dutch citizenship, travels to Holland about once a year to visit his mother. He was asked by the Women's International Zionist Organization to speak at a gathering. But pro-Palestinian activists in Holland have been threatening the speech from the moment it was announced with calls and letters. The event original location was canceled.
"The police were at the 50-man demonstration outside," said Edelheit, referring to a rally organized by the Dutch Palestine Committee. "But these three young people, who you could tell did not belong [at the event], came right in."
Shoe-throwing is a sign of disrespect in the Islamic world and was popularized by an Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US president George Bush during a press briefing last December.
On Feb. 4, Israeli Ambassador to Sweden Benny Dagan was hit by a shoe at Stockholm University while defending the Israeli army’s Operation Cast Lead offensive against Gaza.
“Today it's a shoe, tomorrow a knife,” Edelheit said.
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