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03 Sep 09

Sky-high hopes - Haaretz - Israel News

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Iron Dome missile-interception system, which is supposed to be deployed next year to protect communities in the vicinity of the Gaza Strip from attacks by missiles and rockets launched from a range of 4-70 kilometers.
Iron Dome is the short-range component of the defense establishment's multilayered antimissile protection program, which also includes the David's Slingshot system, with a range of up to 250 kilometers, and the Arrow 2 and 3 systems intended to destroy long-range missiles such as the Scud and Iran's Shahab.
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- Indeed, according to Military Intelligence, in the lull since Operation Cast Lead ended in January, Hamas has continued to improve the range and precision of its rockets.
- The introduction of Iron Dome will enable the antiaircraft division - which in recent years had to do with aging Hawk and Patriot antimissile batteries - to assume a more central role.
- The defense establishment does not reveal precise data, but a single Iron Dome battery should be able to protect a medium-sized city. One battery includes three to six launchers, each containing 20 Tamir missiles that can be fired at a rate of one per second. Ashkelon's residents are thus supposed to be able to sleep more peacefully once the system is in place.
- In accordance with IAF demands, all components of Iron Dome are mobile. Officers boast that an entire Iron Dome battalion and the system can be transported from Gaza to the northern border within hours.
- The forces that will operate Iron Dome, like those operating the Arrow and Patriot systems, sit at screens in air-conditioned rooms but their commanders insist on calling them "combat soldiers." This stems partly from the desire to attract what the IDF calls "quality" people to these units.

25 Aug 09

Israel's main source of water faces dire shortage - Haaretz - Israel News

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Mekorot, the national water company
132 million cubic meters of water from Lake Kinneret this year - about one quarter of the annual average
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- the National Water Carrier went into service in 1964
- The level of the lake is currently about 45 centimeters lower than it was at this time last year, but it is unlikely it will maintain this level; the Water Authority predicts that the level will fall to 214.87 meters below sea level, lower than the "black line" below which the lake's pumps cannot operate properly.
- high-quality water available to farmers from three basins: the Kinneret, the Yarkon-Taninim aquifer and the coastal aquifer.

15 Aug 09

Poll: Half of Israelis feel those born elsewhere can't be 'true Israelis' - Haaretz - Israel News

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14 Aug 09

Op-Ed Contributors - The Two-State Solution Doesn’t Solve Anything - NYTimes.com

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The result of this deliberation was Hamas’s message that it would adhere to the internationally accepted wisdom — a Palestinian state within the borders of 1967, the year Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza. Hamas also coupled its concession with caveats aplenty, demanding full Israeli withdrawal, full Palestinian sovereignty and respect for the refugees’ rights. In this, there was little to distinguish its position from conventional Palestinian attitudes.

12 Aug 09

The new kid in town - Haaretz - Israel News

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Baruch Marzel

09 Aug 09

Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog

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06 Aug 09

Crafting Israel’s Image

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There are three main profiles of people who visited Israel. First are Jewish people, who have relatives and contacts in Israel. Second are businesspeople. Third are Christians.
There are three main profiles of people who visited Israel. First are Jewish people, who have relatives and contacts in Israel. Second are businesspeople. Third are Christians.

27 Jul 09

U.S., Israel inch closer to deal on settlement freeze - Haaretz - Israel News

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Unlike in the past, Israel's defense establishment has given the Americans complete information on all West Bank construction projects, on orders from Barak.

IDF: More than 300,000 settlers live in West Bank - Haaretz - Israel News

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There are now more than 300,000 residents living in Jewish West Bank settlements, according to a Israel Defense Forces Civil Administration report covering the first half of 2009.
There are now more than 300,000 residents living in Jewish West Bank settlements, according to a Israel Defense Forces Civil Administration report covering the first half of 2009.
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- As of June 30, the settlements had 304,569 residents, an increase of 2.3 percent since January.
- As of June 30, the settlements had 304,569 residents, an increase of 2.3 percent since January.

Fears of an Islamic revolt in Europe begin to fade | World news | The Observer

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Finally, there is a question of what integration means. The recent Gallup poll found European Muslim immigrants tend to stress social and economic questions - housing, jobs, access to education - as markers of integration, whereas the so-called "host communities" tend to stress morals and customs, such as attitudes to homosexuality, sex before marriage or pornography.

21 Jul 09

Monument to Muhammad al-Dura | The Arabist

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20 Jul 09

July/August 2009- Travel

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17 Jul 09

Ehud Olmert - Stop Focusing on the Settlements to Achieve Peace in the Middle East - washingtonpost.com

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The United States provides Israel with crucial security and economic aid and invaluable political backing in the international arena.

Aluf Benn / Don't worry Netanyahu, Obama peace plan is still far off - Haaretz - Israel News

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16 Jul 09

Hopeful Signs Emerge in West Bank - NYTimes.com

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An important element in making the Palestinian force effective, American and Israeli officials say, was taking young Palestinian men out of the ancestral grips of their villages and tribal clans and training them abroad, turning them into soldiers loyal to units and commanders.
The Israeli general said that in the past year and a half, Israeli and Palestinian forces had shot at each other only twice, and in each case there was a meeting to restore trust.
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- The Israelis have pulled their forces to the outskirts of four cities, greatly reduced the number of permanent checkpoints and promised to help industry develop. They say the Palestinians now need courts, prisons and trained judges.