Israel’s decision to attack Syria earlier this month came after Israel shared intelligence with President George Bush indicating that North Korean nuclear personnel were in Syria, according to US Government sources. Unlike Israel’s destruction of an Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981, Israel made no announcement of the recent raid and imposed strict censorship on reporting by the Israeli media.
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6 September: Israel air-raid on Syria, hit Syrian facility, near Turkish border; joint operation with US on unknown target?
Posted by electricityweek on October 3, 2007
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Israel declares Gaza an “enemy entity” and said it would cut off power and fuel supplies to the coastal strip of Gaza
Posted by electricityweek on September 27, 2007
In Jerusalem, Israel’s Security Cabinet declared the Gaza Strip an “enemy entity” last night and said it would cut off power and fuel supplies to the coastal strip. The move threatens to cloud U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s visit to the region on a peacemaking mission. The group of top Israeli political and defence ministers did not set a date for a cut-off. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s office said Israel did not intend to provoke a humanitarian crisis.The Advertiser, 20/9/2007, p. 31
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Rocket attack prompts Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister to threaten to cut off water and power supplies to besieged Gaza Strip
Posted by electricityweek on September 20, 2007
Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister had threatened to cut off water and power supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip after three Palestinian missiles exploded in the Israeli town of Sderot, reported The Age (5/9/2007, p. 12). Read the rest of this entry »
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