Bruno Demystifies the Middle East conflict

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Isn't pita bread the real enemy?

BRUNO Interviews AYMAN ABU AITA terrorist with the Al Asqa Martyrs Brigade

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18th Maccabiah Jewish Games Photos

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The games have just begun so I only found a few photos so far.

Delegates from the USA

Ill try for more tomorrow.

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Elan Bielski has completed Paratrooper Advaced Training

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Slide show of training highlights of Elan Bielski's Advanced Paratrooper Training


Elan Bielski is the Grandson of Holocaust Partisan Leader Zus Bielski who together with his brothers, Asael Bielski, and Tuvia Bielsky saved over 1200 Jews.

Congratulations to Elan and all of the 202!

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18th International Jewish Games have begun

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It's called the Maccabiah (after the Maccabi family, high priests turned warriors and heroes of the Hannukka story)

The first Maccabiah boasted 390 Athletes in Delegations from 18 countries back in 1932.

The 18th Maccabiah Games begin Monday, July 13th and continue through July 24th.

The Maccabiah Games are played here in Israel every 4 years. This year over 3000 Jewish athletes from all around the globe compete in the following events.

Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Bridge
Chess
Cricket
Cycling
Fencing
Field Hockey
Football (Soccer) Golf
Golf
Gymnastics
Half Marathon
Judo
Judo
Karate
Lawn Bowls
Netball
Rowing
Rugby
Softball
Squash
Swimming
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Ten Pin Bowling
Track & Field
Triathlon
Volleyball

18th Maccabiah Games trailer


Let me know which sports you are interested in and I'll try and post some highlights.

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Jerusalem Terrorist Attack First Hand

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It was seven years ago. On 9 of the Fourth Month (Tammuz)/June 19, at around 7:00 pm, a Yishma'eli (Arab) blew himself up at the trempiada (Bus Stop). Seven Jews were murdered as a result. Many Jews were injured. I was one of them.

Read the rest here

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T-shirt funnies

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Hat tip Theo Spark

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Israeli Arabs with Guns

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Former CIA director James Woolsey at the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Ideas Festival, which included a day of panels on different aspects of the current state of the Middle East, said there are a million Arabs in Israel, accounting for one-sixth of the Israeli population, and that “generally they enjoy the guarantees that Americans look for in the Bill of Rights.”

If he only knew...

It's what we call a Democracy. Yes, it's important for us to maintain our identity as the only Jewish country, but we are still a democracy.

Arabs citizens of Israel have the same rights as Jews.

Street signs and official documentation are in Arabic and Hebrew.

David Ben Gurion Blvd, in Hebrew, Arabic and English

Israeli ID Card, in Hebrew and Arabic

Israeli License Plate badge in English, Hebrew and Arabic

Israeli License Plate

Arabs vote in municipal, regional and national elections. Basically all of the same rights that Jews have...

Arabs also have the right to bear arms. Yup. Just like every other Israeli citizen, irregardless of race, religion, etc.

Arab Cab drivers, bank guards, EMS crew, shooting instructors, hunters, anyone that passes Israel's stringent licensing process is issued a carry permit.

In addition Arabs serve in the Israeli Parliament, IDF, Police, and Border guard.

IDF Arab Seviceman made the ultimate sacrifice for Israel

Hat tip Aussie Dave

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IDF Women

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IDF Famous Quotes

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".Courage is a special kind of knowledge; the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared"

David Ben-Gurion 1st prime minister of Israel ,
Source: Quotation #9984 from Poor Man's College

".We looked death straight in the face, and it lowered its eyes before us"

('Shmuel Gonen ('Gorodishcommander of the IDF 7th Brigade in the 6-Day War ,
Source: "Attribution: speech - "My Glorious Brothers, Deserving of Fame

".If you can't face death you can run.
But remember, if you run, you can't run just a mile.
You must run a thousand miles"

Attributed to Haganah officers addressing recruits - from Israel there's nowhere to retreat to
Source: Larry Collins and Dominique LaPierre, "Is Jerusalem Burning", Touchstone, 1988; p. 323

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IDF Command history

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) came into being with a proclamation by the Provisional Government of Israel, on 28 May 1948, in which it established the creation of land, air and sea forces. The proclamation was published on 31 May, and general officers were sworn into the IDF on 28 June.

The establishment of the IDF occurred about 7 months after the beginning of the War of Independence (unofficially begun with the United Nations resolution to partition Palestine, on 29 November 1947). The formation of a unified armed force for Israel brought together the four main armed Jewish formations of that time: the "Haganah" ('Defense' movement) - the unofficial army of the Provisional Government; the "Etzel" (or "Irgun" - National Military Organization, of Menachem Begin) Revisionist-Zionist underground force; the "Lechi" ('Freedom Fighters for Israel') underground formation; and the "Palmach" (the 'Shock Companies' formed from the Haganah to help the British during the Second World War) soldier-farmer formation aligned with the Kibbutz movement. It took about 6 more months, until the 7th of November (with the dissolution of the independent Palmach units), for the IDF to be a truly integrated military force

The first commanders of the IDF were Chief of Staff Ya'akov Dori (former commander of the 'Haganah'); Yigal Yadin, the Chief of Operations; Aharon Remez, Commander of the Airforce; Gershon Zack, Commander of the Navy; Yosef Avidar, Ordnance Commander; Moshe Zadok, Manpower Commander; Eliyahu Ben-Horin, Commander of Training; Isser Be'eri, Intelligence Commander; Shmuel Admon, Artillery Commander; Emmanuel Shakham, Commander of the Engineers; Yitzhak Almog, Signals Commander

The highest ranking officer in the IDF holds the rank of Lieutenant General ('Rav Aluf'), and is the only serving (i.e. non-reservist) officer to hold this rank; corps commanders (including the Airforce and Navy) and area commanders (North, Central and South) hold the rank of Major General ('Aluf'). Although the Border Guard ("Mishmar Ha'Gvul") fulfills a vital military and anti-terror role, it is part of the Israeli Police force and commanded by the police.

Today the military is comprised of three arms - land, air and sea; four area/district commands - North, Center, South and Rear; seven directorates - the General Staff, operations, planning, intelligence, manpower, logistics and medical, and computers (the General Staff includes also the Judge Advocate General, the Chief Military Rabbinate, the Financial Advisor to the Chief of Staff, and the Chief of Staff's advisor on Womens' Issues); nine corps - infantry, armor, artillery, engineers, ordnance, communications, logistics, medical, and education and youth.

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IDF Service In Israel

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The IDF is built on a three-tiered system based on the Swiss model, consisting of a permanent standing force of career soldiers augmented by universal conscription and backed by a large pool of trained reservists (former conscripts who are called annually for reserve duty).

Military service is a core element in the average citizen's life: compulsory service generally begins at age 18 and lasts for 3 years for males (in the 1950's it was 5 years), 2 years for females, and a minimum of 4 years for officers. Those who subsequently choose to become members of the permanent standing army become "permanent" soldiers. For the rest however, after release from compulsory service there remain years of reserve service - originally from age 21 to 55; now to 45.

For generations, the reserve service was a fixed component in the lives of most citizens: to keep the military's backbone honed for potential need eligible citizens were called back to reserve service annually to undergo training and field assignments, the period of which could last up to 30, even 60 or more days a year. Citizens would call up orders by mail informing them of their upcoming service, duration and assembly location. The IDF reserve mobilization system itself was designed to be speedy, relying on radio, newspapers, notices, posters, letters and telegrams to disseminate the information and enabling full mobilization within 48 to 72 hours. Until the '70s the IDF could even requisition private vehicles to assist with mobilization and transportation

The 1956 Sinai Campaign was the nation's first wartime call-up of reservists, but the reservists were the real cornerstone of the army's struggles in the wars of 1973, 1982 and now in recent years.

Given the omnipresent nature of IDF service in the Israeli's life, the IDF and service within it became an opportunity to integrate new immigrants into daily Israeli life; military service here has often been called the "university of life" for this reason - people from all socio-economic strata and backgrounds serve together both in initial compulsory duty and then later in annual reserve service.

The average citizen views the reservists both with nostalgia and disdain: it's a chance to see "the boys", get out of the routine of the office, take a break from the wife and kids (or as an army flier put it a few years back, to see the attractive females serving in the IDF); others worry for lost income, life and limb - and their wives and children.

Either way military service is an all-pervasive element in Israeli society: it's both a national- and a sub-culture; the object of books and movies, jokes and parodies, and songs. In time of tension or conflict half the pedestrian traffic on our streets is outfitted in olive green, light khaki or blue uniforms.

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Saudis OK Israel to Attack Iran

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According to online sources, Saudi Arabia has given the green light to Israel to use its airspace during any future raid on Iran’s nuclear sites.

The head of Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, its prime minister, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran’s nuclear sites.

Earlier this year Meir Dagan, Mossad’s director since 2002, held secret talks with Saudi officials to discuss the possibility.

The Israeli press has already carried unconfirmed reports that high-ranking officials, including Ehud Olmert, the former prime minister, held meetings with Saudi colleagues. The reports were denied by Saudi officials. “The Saudis have tacitly agreed to the Israeli air force flying through their airspace on a mission which is supposed to be in the common interests of both Israel and Saudi Arabia,” a diplomatic source said last week.

Although the countries have no formal diplomatic relations, an Israeli defense source confirmed that Mossad maintained “working relations” with the Saudis.

Recent developments have underscored concerns among moderate Sunni Arab states about the stability of the repressive Shi’ite regime in Tehran and have increased fears that it may emerge as a belligerent nuclear power.

“The Saudis are very concerned about an Iranian nuclear bomb, even more than the Israelis,” said a former head of research in Israeli intelligence.

From here

Hat tip Aussie Dave

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USA FEMA National Level Exercise 2009 coming soon

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USA National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) is scheduled for July 27 through July 31, 2009. According to FEMA's website, NLE 09 will be the first major exercise conducted by the United States government that will focus exclusively on terrorism prevention and protection, as opposed to incident response and recovery.

NLE 09 is designated as a Tier I National Level Exercise. Tier I exercises (formerly known as the Top Officials exercise series or TOPOFF) are conducted annually in accordance with the National Exercise Program (NEP), which serves as the nation's overarching exercise program for planning, organizing, conducting and evaluating national level exercises. The NEP was established to provide the U.S. government, at all levels, exercise opportunities to prepare for catastrophic crises ranging from terrorism to natural disasters.

NLE 09 is a White House directed, Congressionally- mandated exercise that includes the participation of all appropriate federal department and agency senior officials, their deputies, staff and key operational elements. In addition, broad regional participation of state, tribal, local, and private sector is anticipated. This year the United States welcomes the participation of Australia, Canada, Mexico, Israel and the United Kingdom in NLE 09.

EXERCISE FOCUS

NLE 09 will focus on intelligence and information sharing among intelligence and law enforcement communities, and between international, federal, regional, state, tribal, local and private sector participants.

The NLE 09 scenario will begin in the aftermath of a notional terrorist event outside of the United States, and exercise play will center on preventing subsequent efforts by the terrorists to enter the United States and carry out additional attacks. This scenario enables participating senior officials to focus on issues related to preventing terrorist events domestically and protecting U.S. critical infrastructure.

NLE 09 will allow terrorism prevention efforts to proceed to a logical end (successful or not), with no requirement for response or recovery activities.

NLE 09 will be an operations-based exercise to include: activities taking place at command posts, emergency operation centers, intelligence centers and potential field locations to include federal headquarters facilities in the Washington D.C. area, and in federal, regional, state, tribal, local and private sector facilities in FEMA Region VI, which includes the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

EXERCISE OBJECTIVES

Through a comprehensive evaluation process, the exercise will assess prevention and protection capabilities both nationally and regionally. Although NLE 09 is still in the planning stages, the exercise is currently designed to validate the following capabilities:

• Intelligence/Information Sharing and Dissemination
• Counter-Terrorism Investigation and Law Enforcement
• Air, Border and Maritime Security
• Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Public and Private Sector Alert/Notification and Security Advisories
• International Coordination

VALIDATING THE HOMELAND SECURITY SYSTEM

Exercises such as NLE 09 are an important component of national preparedness, helping to build an integrated federal, state, tribal, local and private sector capability to prevent terrorist attacks, and rapidly and effectively respond to, and recover from, any terrorist attack or major disaster that occurs.

The full-scale exercise offers agencies and jurisdictions a way to test their plans and skills in a real-time, realistic environment and to gain the in-depth knowledge that only experience can provide. Participants will exercise prevention and information sharing functions that are critical to preventing terrorist attacks. Lessons learned from the exercise will provide valuable insights to guide future planning for securing the nation against terrorist attacks, disasters, and other emergencies.

For more information about NLE 09, contact the FEMA News Desk: 202-646-4600

Tell them DoubleTapper sent you!

Sources: http://www.fema.gov/media/fact_sheets/nle09.shtm and http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=48950

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