Friday, May 11, 2018

Let's Go Fly a Kite: Palestinians Champion Eco-Terrorism



Israel Weighs Responses to Palestinian Arson Kites

With the number of Palestinian arson kite attacks now reaching as many as 15 per day, the IDF is considering dramatically escalating its response after Israeli towns near Gaza experienced a large number of blazes. The army is determined to end the phenomenon before it sparks a fire that turns deadly in a populated area within Israel. Weather conditions in the area are dry, windy, and hot - ideal for fires to spread. 
(Times of Israel)


IDF Arabic spokesman Avichay Adraee tweeted to his 171,000 followers in Arabic that the Israel Defense Forces would not tolerate the burning kites which have destroyed acres of fields and crops in Israel. "The arson phenomenon is not hidden from our eyes, and we are taking it very seriously. Attack kites are not a kids game and we don't see it that way....I advise you to stop working for Hamas and start working for yourselves to solve your own problems."  

Incendiary helium balloons released from Gaza caused fires in seven locations in Israel. One balloon set a wheat field ablaze near Kibbutz Mefalsim. Another caused a fire in the Be'eri Forest. Farmers estimate the damage to their fields that caught fire near harvest time at hundreds of thousands of shekels. 
(Ynet News)
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EXTRA: for those with more time: 


A short documentary "Behind The Smoke Screen" exposes Hamas' strategy



UPDATE:  

- Judah Ari Gross

After weeks of setting fires in Israel using "incendiary kites," Palestinians are now using a new arson tactic: helium balloons.
    
In total, 4,300 acres, or nearly seven square miles of land, have been burned in more than 250 fires over the past two months, more than half of it in nature reserves.
    
The blazes have wreaked havoc on local wildlife, ecologists say. And there are more fires every day.
    
A pilot program using drones to take down incoming kites and balloons did not succeed in blocking the attacks, Israel's Kan TV reported. 
(Times of Israel)
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VideoBite: New Film by Clarion


A new film is to be released shortly by Clarion Project.  Judging by their prior releases, this is bound to be a gem.  

Wednesday, May 02, 2018

Israeli Mossad's Home Run





Exposing Iran's Nuclear Archive: A Fantastic Intelligence Feat 
- Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror

The Israeli intelligence community has once again proved it has extraordinary capabilities.

Reaching the secret Iranian nuclear archives, stored in an ordinary building so as not to attract attention, entering the facility and transferring the contents to Israel are all abilities that will remain important in future efforts to identify any Iranian attempt to deviate from the framework of the nuclear accord
    

The Iranians should internalize that they have been penetrated, that Israel has the ability to reach the most sensitive places in Tehran and that they should think twice before they act.
The writer is former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel and former Head of Israel's National Security Council.

(Israel Hayom)
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Iranian Regime "Humiliated" by Daring Mossad Operation
- Yonah Jeremy Bob 
    

Dr. Harold Rhode, who served for 28 years as an advisor on the Islamic world in the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense, said Israel "humiliated the Iranian government by capturing all of this material," and many Iranians were laughing at the Islamic regime on social media.
(Jerusalem Post)
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UPDATE

Mossad Snuck Nuclear Files Out of Iran with Authorities "on Their Tails"      

Agents of Israel's spy agency Mossad smuggled hundreds of kilograms of files on Iran's clandestine nuclear weapons program out of Iran with Iranian agents "on their tails," Israel's Hadashot TV reported Tuesday.
    

The operation required an expansive operational infrastructure within Iranian territory.
    

The secret archives had been moved by Iranian authorities several times in a bid to keep them secret.
    

In January, Mossad agents received information pointing them to certain safes in a specific container inside a warehouse maintained by the Revolutionary Guard's Intelligence Organization in an industrial area of southern Tehran.
    

The team then broke in, removed the files and transferred them to a secondary location.
    

Iranian officials realized that information had been taken before the files were out of the country.
(Times of Israel)
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