IN ISRAEL
China new partner for peace in Arab-Israeli conflict
The prospect of greater Chinese involvement in the Arab-Israeli issue was indicated by the recent action taken by Beijing when it invited both the Israeli and the Palestinian leaders in mid-2013 for separate meetings to discuss the resumption of the Arab-Israeli peace process
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Israeli Settlers Campaign Against Peace Deal
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As talks struggle, Israel and Palestinians assess price of failure
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Abbas proposes three-year Israeli pullout from West Bank
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Abbas: Israel can withdraw within 3-year period
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Abbas agrees to temporary Israeli military presence after peace
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Livni: ‘Negotiations Not to Expose Faults of Other Side’
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Bennett: Jews living in Palestinian state is “U-turn for Zionism”
Ya’alon pans Iran deal, peace process ‘fairy tale’
Israel’s defense minister on Tuesday decried the interim deal reached by world powers with Iran in November and rejected the linkage between Iran’s quest for a nuclear weapon and Israel’s ongoing conflict with the Palestinians
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Slow Down Palestinian Peace Effort, Israeli Defense Chief Says
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Ya’alon: Palestinians see destruction of Jews as realistic possibility
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America Serving Israel Plate of Worms, Not Fruit
Netanyahu declares Beersheba Cyber Security hub
“Beersheba will not only be the cyber capital of Israel but one of the most important places in the cybersecurity field in the world,” he said at the first international cybersecurity conference in Tel Aviv.
Turkey calls for UN meeting over Israel Gaza ship attack
Turkey said on Monday it had called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council after Israeli commandos stormed Gaza-bound aid ships, killing up to 16 activists on board, a Turkish foreign ministry official said.
WAR & PEACE
US and Israeli buffer zones under Syrian rebel control designed to contain al Qaeda advances
The Obama administration announced Tuesday, Jan. 28, the supply to selected Syrian rebel militias of American light weapons including anti-tank – but not anti-air – rockets. And Friday, Jan. 24, an IDF intelligence officer revealed Israel was “rethinking” its Syria neutrality policy in view of the 30,000 al Qaeda fighters massed on its Syrian border. DEBKAfile: These disclosures amount to a shift in US and Israeli non-intervention policies in Syria. The upshot: a plan for two security buffers in southern Syria to block Al Qaeda’s path to Israel and Jordan
Syria opposition says no progress made at peace talks
The Syrian National Coalition (SNC) spokesperson, Louay Safi, said that the Syrian regime has sent only junior members of its delegation to participate in Monday’s talks, indicating that it is not taking progression towards a political solution seriously.
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Syria peace talks hit more trouble as rebel city ‘starves’
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US ship headed to Mediterranean to dispose Syrian chemicals
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…Increasingly brutal Syrian conflict is dividing along Sunni-Shia sectarian lines
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Syrian Kurds declare autonomy in Kobani
FSA Kills Top ISIL Commander in Syria
A senior commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), an Al-Qaeda-linked group, was killed by the rival rebel group, the Free Syrian Army (FSA).
Talks on Iran nuclear deal expected in NY in February: U.S.
A senior Western diplomat told Reuters that the six powers were looking at the early part of the week of February 16, though the talks were unlikely to begin before February 18 due to a U.S. holiday.
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Iran Warns ‘U.S. military bases will be turned into a slaughterhouse’
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Erdogan Leads Turkey-Iran Trade Mission as U.S. Cautions
Egypt military council mandates Sisi to run for president
The decision came during a meeting of SCAF to discuss “popular demands” for al-Sisi to content the upcoming presidential elections.
US & WORLD ECONOMY
Global Economic Collapse Continues
Russian Bank Halts All Cash Withdrawals
It would appear the fears of a global bank run are spreading. From HSBC’s limiting large cash withdrawals (for your own good) to Lloyds ATMs going down, Bloomberg reports that ‘My Bank’ – one of Russia’s top 200 lenders by assets – has introduced a complete ban on cash withdrawals until next week. While the Ruble has been losing ground rapidly recently, we suspect few have been expecting bank runs in Russia. Russia sovereign CDS had recently weakned to 4-month wides at 192bps.
Mexico Economy Unexpectedly Stalls as Industry Output Contracts
The stagnation adds to signs the economy failed to rebound toward the end of last year and follows a report that showed industrial production shrank 1.4 percent in November, four times more than analysts forecast. Growth will accelerate to 3.42 percent this year from 1.28 percent in 2013 as government spending increases and U.S. demand grows, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey.
WASHINGTON
Obama to address US wealth gap, healthcare in State of the Union speech
Obama is trying to turn attention back toward his priorities in 2014 and away from last year’s rough start to his second term. As he prepares to deliver his State of the Union address at 9 pm Tuesday (2 am Wednesday GMT), Obama has already declared this a “year of action” – after failing to achieve progress in 2013 on issues from gun control to immigration reform. Vee mhust rrredistribute yourrr vealth – NOT oursss – YOURSSSS!
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Obama to double-down on executive orders
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Obama’s ‘Warmed Up’ to Executive Action; Will Use It for ‘Climate Change and Energy Transformation Agenda’
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Democrats scramble to block ‘New World Order’
FEMA Preparing For “Motor Coach Evacuation of the General Population”
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is soliciting companies to provide operational support for a “motor coach evacuation of the general population” of the United States in response to a declared emergency or a natural disaster.
NWO GLOBAL GOVERNMENT, ISLAM & SHARIA
Muslims Gang Rape Elderly American Woman In Colorado
The victim was an elderly woman who was invited by the Iraqis for what she believed to be lemonade; and what occurred afterwards, the woman cannot even remember.
North Dakota Cow Thief Is First American Arrested, Jailed With Drone’s Help
That’s right: Rodney Brossart, a farmer from North Dakota, was located by Predator drone and arrested, Forbes reports. Sentenced yesterday, he is the first American to be sent off to prison thanks to drone assistance.
NATURAL & MANMADE DISASTERS
Asteroid shaves Earth, more on the way
An asteroid dashed close by the Earth on Sunday, but experts were watching it to ensure that it stayed on the predicted course.
How Many Will Die in the New Madrid Earthquake?
…This whole area of the Midwest is not only active, but quakes here can have potentially catastrophic results.
Beijing air pollution reaches crisis levels; can China survive its toxic environment?
China is the world’s worst industrial polluter, spewing tons of toxins derived from man-made production into the air, soil and water at a steady rate. It has refused to comply with the same standards adopted by other leading nations of the world.
Western residents face threat of water rationing as feds reduce water flow
This year, for the first time in history, lower flows in the Colorado River have prompted the federal government to reduce the amount of water flowing into Lake Mead reservoir outside Las Vegas. Bureau of Reclamation officials say if the river’s level doesn’t increase soon, there’s a 50 percent chance that by next year, residents in Arizona, southern Nevada and California will have to start rationing water.
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
South Korea on alert after avian flu outbreak
”Testing showed it was confirmed as H5N1 avian flu,” Kwong Jae-Hwan, a senior ministry official, told reporters on Saturday. Ducks were found on Friday to have been infected with a highly pathogenic form of avian influenza and a tight sanitary cordon has been established around the farm.
Scientists find DNA of first-ever bubonic plague, warn of new outbreaks
New sophisticated strains of the disease that killed millions of Europeans in the Middle Ages could break out in future, they warn.
DAYS OF NOAH
The Disney Channel debuts its first ever same sex couple on the penultimate episode of Good Luck Charlie
In the groundbreaking episode, parents Amy and Bob Duncan, played by Leigh-Allyn Baker and Eric Allan Kramer, set up a playdate for preschooler Charlie (Mia Talerico) and one of her new friends, who, it turns out, has two mothers.
