Dan Williams
By Dan Williams
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Fast Forward U.S. Spies Hacked Israeli Air Force – New Snowden Revelations
JERUSALEM – The United States and Britain have monitored secret sorties and communications by Israel’s air force in a hacking operation dating back to 1998, according to documents attributed to leaks by former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden. Israel voiced disappointment at the disclosures, which were published on Friday in three media outlets and…
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Fast Forward Will ISIS Setbacks Lead to Attacks on Israel?
TEL AVIV — Islamic State’s battleground setbacks in Syria have increased the chance of an attack by the insurgents or their allies on Israel and Jordan, Israel’s military chief said on Monday. While focused on shoring up its Syrian and Iraqi fiefdoms, Islamic State has in recent months stepped up attacks abroad and issued public…
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Fast Forward Israel Licks Wounds as Iran Sanctions End, Looks to Future U.S. Aid
Israel bristled on Sunday at the lifting of international sanctions on Iran and vowed to flag up any violations of its arch-foe’s nuclear restrictions while drawing on U.S. defense aid to prepare for a possible military face-off in the future. The International Atomic Energy Agency on Saturday ruled Iran had abided by last July’s deal…
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Fast Forward Israel Defense Chief Says Palestinian Attacks Waning
Israeli troops killed two knife-wielding Palestinian assailants in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the army said, the latest in a months-long spate of street violence that Israel’s defense minister described as declining. Almost daily stabbings, car-rammings and shootings by Palestinians targeting Israelis have been fueled in part by frustration at failed statehood talks and…
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Fast Forward Israeli Police Kill Suspected Tel Aviv New Year’s Gunman Outside Mosque
Israeli police killed in a shootout on Friday an Arab citizen wanted for a Jan. 1 gun rampage in Tel Aviv, the security services said, ending a week-long manhunt but not the public mystery over what motivated his attack. Israeli media showed pictures of Nashat Melhem’s body, with a submachine gun next to it, outside…
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Fast Forward Shadowy Jewish Extremists Fume Over Firebombing Probe in West Bank
YISHUV HADAAT, West Bank – The caves around this windy settler outpost, whose name is Hebrew for “Of Sound Mind,” have served as places of meditation and prayer – and, according to Israel – staging ground for the worst Jewish militant attack on Palestinians in years. It was from Yishuv Hadaat, prosecutors say, that 21-year-old…
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Fast Forward 2 Extremist Jews Charged in Firebomb Murder of Palestinian Family
Israeli prosecutors filed murder charges on Sunday against a man and a minor for an arson attack in the occupied West Bank that killed three members of a Palestinian family and helped fuel the fiercest eruption of street violence in years. The attack on July 31 killed 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh and his parents Saad and…
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Fast Forward Israel’s U.S.-Backed David’s Sling Missile Shield To Be Deployed in 2016
JERUSALEM – Israel plans to deploy its new medium-range missile interceptor David’s Sling by mid-2016 after the U.S.-backed system passed final trials, defense officials said on Monday. David’s Sling is designed to shoot down rockets held by Israeli antagonists such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah guerrillas with ranges of 100 to 200 km (63-125 miles), as well…
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