The Middle East in Focus
This week, for all the headlines cited below, please join us in proclaiming THIS DECREE:
"These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up." (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
1. Syria deploys thousands of rockets on Israel border: sources - AFP
Syria has positioned on its border with Israel thousands of medium and long-range rockets capable of striking major towns across northern Israel, military and government sources told AFP. This deployment, coupled with other recent reports of Syrian troop mobilisation, is seen in Israel as an indication that Damascus may be preparing for future "low intensity warfare," they said.
2. Terror group says has improved rockets - Ynet News
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have manufactured improved rockets that can travel deeper into the Jewish state, placing hundreds of thousands more Israelis within firing range, a leader and spokesman of the Islamic Jihad terror group claimed to WND.
3. EU: New PA gov't must clearly state recognition of Israel - Ha'aretz
The new Palestinian unity government must clearly state that it recognizes Israel, the European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Thursday.
4. Netanyahu: Time to hold new elections - Jerusalem Post
Opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu launched fresh attacks against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday, saying the government had failed and calling for new elections.
