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⋯ Video of the iron dome intercepting a rocket
🪤 Bush ordered the CIA to find replacement for Arafat
US President George W Bush, after his inauguration in 2001, ordered the CIA to search for a replacement for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat—the BBC said, quoted by Al-Jazeera today.
The reason was the failure of the July 2000 Camp David Summit between Arafat & Israeli PM Ehud Barak, and the start in Sept 2000 of the Second Intifada—due to Ariel Sharon's illegal incursion in Al-Aqsa. During a lengthy phone call, British PM Tony Blair told Bush that Arafat “no longer has anything to offer”. Bush replied that he had asked the CIA; it searched “thoroughly” but concluded that “there is no successor available”.
⚛ Arafat died in 2004 from cerebral hemorrhage induced by polonium. He acknowledged “Israel's right to exist” & received the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the 1993 Oslo Accords.
US President George W Bush, after his inauguration in 2001, ordered the CIA to search for a replacement for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat—the BBC said, quoted by Al-Jazeera today.
The reason was the failure of the July 2000 Camp David Summit between Arafat & Israeli PM Ehud Barak, and the start in Sept 2000 of the Second Intifada—due to Ariel Sharon's illegal incursion in Al-Aqsa. During a lengthy phone call, British PM Tony Blair told Bush that Arafat “no longer has anything to offer”. Bush replied that he had asked the CIA; it searched “thoroughly” but concluded that “there is no successor available”.
⚛ Arafat died in 2004 from cerebral hemorrhage induced by polonium. He acknowledged “Israel's right to exist” & received the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the 1993 Oslo Accords.
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Lebanese News and Updates
⋯ Video of the iron dome intercepting a rocket
Shrapnel from the rocket landed and Sderot, causing minor material damage. No injuries reported besides a female settler in her 50s falling on her way to the bomb shelter.
The rocket was an Iranian-made 107mm rocket made in 2008 and most likely smuggled into Gaza during Morsi's presidency.
The rocket was an Iranian-made 107mm rocket made in 2008 and most likely smuggled into Gaza during Morsi's presidency.
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🗓 On this day, 1 Feb 1979, after 14 years of exile, Imam Ruhollah Khomeini returned to his Iranian homeland, and changed the face of West Asia forever.
After Egypt's surrender to Israel, this scholar from Qom vowed to fight injustice at home and abroad, with emphasis on oppressed peoples such as the Palestinians.
After Egypt's surrender to Israel, this scholar from Qom vowed to fight injustice at home and abroad, with emphasis on oppressed peoples such as the Palestinians.
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Lebanese News and Updates
⋯ The Minister of Public Works & Transport, Ali Hamieh, made a tour of some snow-shoveling centers, including that in Dahr al-Baydar, to examine their readiness to face the effects the storm and give them a morale boost. “Our duty as a state is to secure…
The storm's strong winds and hail resulted in damage to crops & orchards, greenhouses, support walls, and some houses' roofs (pictured) in the south. Roadside shops were also severely damaged in the town of Deir Qanoun, and a wall gave way in the town of Qennarit (pictured).
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⋯ The moment a roadside wall collapsed on some cars on the Bakhaoun-Danniyeh highway.
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⋯ Meanwhile eastern Lebanese districts and villages saw minor to heavy snowfall which blocked several roads.
Photos of the snow in Baalbek, Beqaa Valley this morning courtesy of Nidal Solh.
Photos of the snow in Baalbek, Beqaa Valley this morning courtesy of Nidal Solh.
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Many Lebanese manufacturers have resorted to cheating customers for more profits amid the failing economy. Director General of the Ministry of Economy and Trade, Mohamad Abou Haidar, revealed a few of their immoral tactics.
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⋯ Some dairy manufacturers have taken to adding starch to labneh, causing it to weight up to 50% more. Others are using cheap vegetable oils which are hazardous to health. Meanwhile, some butchers are cheating customers by selling imported Indian meat as fresh local meat.
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⋯ Besides food, detergents being made using cheaper methods have become highly saline, enough to damage washing machines.
The Ministry of Economy has been reporting offenders to the judiciary, and such products are removed from markets for the sake of food safety.
The Ministry of Economy has been reporting offenders to the judiciary, and such products are removed from markets for the sake of food safety.
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Palestine:
3 Israelis stormed the Church of the Flagellation in Jerusalem destroying many items while also trying to set it on fire.
3 Israelis stormed the Church of the Flagellation in Jerusalem destroying many items while also trying to set it on fire.
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