Category Archives: NEWS and VIEWS

Israel Under Fire – ISRAEL SENDS TROOPS INTO GAZA

Posted on July 18, 2014 by RKNEWS

Israel has invaded the Gaza Strip after Hamas refused both the Egyptian proposed ceasefire and to honor the humanitarian ceasefire Israel agreed to today.  Israel had hoped to be able to stop the rocket fire without a ground invasion.  In … Continue reading →

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Israel Under Fire: Ceasefire? Israel, Yes. Hamas, No!

Posted on July 15, 2014 by RKNEWS

Let the [political] Games Begin… Will Israel allow local and international political considerations to determine the outcome of this long-running war.  Note some of the latest headlines: Monday night:   Israel accepts Egyptian formulation of ceasefire, including demand for removal of Hamas … Continue reading →

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HAMAS – PROFILE OF INTENT: GENOCIDE

Posted on July 12, 2014 by RKNEWS

FreedomOutpost.Com writer Michael Snyder makes the valid argument that Hamas,  in aiming its missiles directly at Israel’s nuclear reactor is guilty of attempting to create nuclear holocaust in Israel and the Middle East — in violation of the Geneva Convention, … Continue reading →

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ISRAEL UNDER ATTACK

Posted on July 11, 2014 by RKNEWS

ALL ISRAEL IS THE FRONT   There are the days and there are the nights: During the days, rockets rain almost constantly and  unpredictably over most of the country — on the homes, schools, shopping areas, roads. In and around … Continue reading →

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Against Bombing Chemical Weapon Sites in Syria

Posted on August 31, 2013 by RKNEWS

Over the past six months, with shifting front lines and sketchy satellite and human intelligence coming out of Syria, the U.S. intelligence community has lost track of who controls some of the government’s chemical weapons supplies, according to one senior U.S. intelligence official and three other U.S. officials briefed on the information presented by the White House as reason to strike Syria’s military complex. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the briefings publicly. Continue reading →

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Growing Evidence Supports Syrian Rebels Launched Chemical Attack

Posted on August 28, 2013 by RKNEWS

UPDATED:  The Other Side: Assad Set-up so that Obama would have a Reason to Bomb Syria? There is as yet independently unsubstantiated evidence for the involvement of the Jabhat al-Nusrah al-Qaeda offshoot in the chemical weapons attack in Syria, at least as … Continue reading →

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Regional Implications of a U.S. Strike on Syria

Posted on August 28, 2013 by RKNEWS

Yaakov Lappin, the author of this article, based his analysis on the premise that it was Assad’s troops who launched the chemical attack. Yet we now know that at least 4 Hezbollah fighters are being treated for exposure to the … Continue reading →

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Rockets from Lebanon Strike the Western Galilee

Posted on August 23, 2013 by RKNEWS

Rocket strikes ‘Be’it El*’, an inn for Holocaust survivors in Shavei Tsion The sirens sounded and residents of the Beit El  Holocaust survivors inn in Shavei Tsion scurried to the nearby bomb shelter from the dining room where they were enjoying their … Continue reading →

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French Justice? Media Distortion?

Posted on June 27, 2013 by RKNEWS

    FRANCE –  The Paris Court of Appeals, which had overturned Karsenty’s libel conviction in 2008, convicted Karsenty on Wednesday and fined him about $9,000 in his long-running case against the France 2 station.  Karsenty called the verdict “outrageous,” … Continue reading →

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Israeli Medical Care and Medical Training for Palestinians

Posted on May 23, 2013 by RKNEWS

In an amazing and rare admission, the Palestinian Press confirms Israel’s huge investment in medical care for Palestinian (children, in this case).  In addition, the article praises the up-to-date medical training provided for Palestinian doctors at Hadassah Hospital.  The Hadassah … Continue reading →

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