Monday 15 March 2010

Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza on alert against Palestinian threats
DEBKAfile Special Report March 15, 2010, 10:22 PM (GMT+02:00)
Tags: intifada Jerusalem Palestinians

Jerusalem on high alert for Palestinian violence

Fatah leaders have organized a Day of Rage Tuesday, March 16, for West Bank Palestinians and Israeli Arabs - to be the onset of the next uprising (intifada) against Israel. In the Gaza Strip, Hamas' Halil al Haya called for "rivers of blood to flow."

Vocal Palestinian elements are banking on Washington's ongoing campaign against Israel as their big chance to launch a conflagration for which Israel will be held responsible.

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Nouri al-Maliki

Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki was injured in an attempt on his life last Thursday, March 11,DEBKAfile discloses. His armored convoy came under an RPG-automatic fire attack after a bomb hit his car. US and Iraqi authorities have blacked out the incident, but our sources learn he is being treated at the American military hospital for moderate-to-serious injuries, lifting the chances of his main rival Iyad Allawi to become Iraq's next prime minister.

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Netanyahu bows to US demand for Jerusalem building freeze
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
March 14, 2010, 10:29 PM (GMT+02:00)

Tags: Hillary Clinton Jewish housing in E. Jerusalem Netanyahu

Binyamin Netanyahu

DEBKAfile's exclusive sources report that already Friday, March 12, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu gave in to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's peremptory demand for a moratorium
on construction in East Jerusalem for the duration of talks with the Palestinians in the indirect and direct stages. He issued the relevant instructions Sunday.

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US will raise the heat until Israel toes the line on Iran
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis
March 14, 2010, 10:39 PM (GMT+02:00)

Tags: Israel Saudi Arabia US-Iran

Barack Obama twists Israeli arms

While exploiting Israel's ill-timed announcement of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem for concessions to the Palestinians,DEBKAfile's Washington sources report Washington will keep twisting the Netanyahu government's arm until it toes the line on Iran. Obama's acceptance of Iran's nuclear program is spurned not only by Israel but also by Saudi Arabia and the moderate Arab regimes. But the president is pushing for endorsement before campaigning for US midterm elections to Congress.

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