Epstein Secrets

d Patrikarakos 4 Nov 2012 -- On the 24 September at Israel's National Institute of Security Studies, an obdurately dull building off a main road in Tel Aviv, three dozen men and women drawn from the top echelons of Israel's EFTA00700300 political and military elite met to play a war-game, the outcome

a politician's touch, but a tin ear: when Osama bin Laden was killed, he lamented the fall of "a Muslim an

ic speeches meant to carry weighty threats of war to each camp. That is why it was so difficult for Ronny Edry, an Israeli graphic designer based in Tel Aviv, to get his message across to the people of Iran." Ronny Edry of Israel accidentally created an online movement for peace in the Middle East when he

thing down." — Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) 2. "Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive." — Vice Pre

the Egyptian public and prompted thousands to protest outside the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. Amid rumors that Egypt might recall its ambassador from Tel Aviv, the Egyptian government also brushed off a rare Israeli statement of regret as "not in keeping with the magnitude of the incident and the state of

. troops had finally killed Osama bin Laden. Nevertheless, these triumphs have come at demonstrable cost. There was perhaps no reliable way to kill bin Laden without grievously offending Pakistan's government and people, though a senior administration official has admitted that the United States "underes

the Egyptian public and prompted thousands to protest outside the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. Amid rumors that Egypt might recall its ambassador from Tel Aviv, the Egyptian government also brushed off a rare Israeli statement of regret as "not in keeping with the magnitude of the incident and the state of

. troops had finally killed Osama bin Laden. Nevertheless, these triumphs have come at demonstrable cost. There was perhaps no reliable way to kill bin Laden without grievously offending Pakistan's government and people, though a senior administration official has admitted that the United States "underes

west of the Jordan River: Israel. The madmen of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria don't only kill Muslims; they would gladly also drop a bomb on Tel Aviv. The United States may now find itself on the side of Iran — a majority Shiite nation much like Iraq. What could be more preposterous? What could b

ismantle the jihadi state within a state of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda. This is not a terrific denouement t

st the occupation." He rules out the possibility of attacks in Israel, pointedly telling his Iranian interviewer "there must not be bus bombings in Tel Aviv." The warning is only that — Rajoub says a decision to return to arms would be a collective one — but Rajoub is a fitting choice for delivering it.

. might have rid itself of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden much earlier than it did, and would have accompl

considerable concern to the US and Israel. Although Egypt's new regime needs to drum up support from Washington, it is willing to exert pressure on Tel Aviv through diplomatic maneuvers and by taking advantage of its diplomatic relations with other countries on bad terms with Israel. In addition, Egypt'

ar lots from Charlotte about the killing of Osama bin Laden and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Th

to the Israeli mission in Cologne in a sedan car and handed an object wrapped in a coat to a Mossad liaison officer, saying it was "for the boys in Tel Aviv." It was a new model of an armor-piercing grenade. Arms cooperation was a delicate issue under every chancellor. During the Cold War, Bonn feared

eed be brought down without the cataclysms Osama bin Laden and the like called for. The persistence of secu

e and I were off to Israel, where I received the Begin Prize” for my “contributions to the Jewish people,” and gave several lectures in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. During my visit to Israel, I flew to Paris for a talk and to the Hague on a human rights matter. Then back to Israel for a conference and meetings w

hes of Hizbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah or Osama Bin Laden. There was also constant, casual antisemitism ar

ral, applicable equally to right and left. Free speech for me but not for thee is the beginning of the road to tyranny. Following my talk a group of Tel Aviv professors accused me of McCarthyism and of advocating censorship. The Chronicle of Higher Education “reported” that I was pressuring the University

nal Hebrew name dating back to the Bible.) He has blamed Sept. 11 on the U.S., claiming that we “deserve the problem on our hands because some things Bin Laden says are true.”) He says that most alleged Holocaust survivors — including Elie Wiesel — have fabricated their past. Like other anti-Semites, Mr. Fi