Browsing Posts published on January 20, 2009

Haaretz reports today on the disclosure of footage from the al-Arabiyya satellite network, in which one of its reporters talks about what it felt when Hamas launched a Grad missile from right under her window.  The video below (in Arabic) shows her reaction.  Apparently, she didn’t realize the camera was rolling.

Haaretz reports:

Footage of a presenter on the Arabic language television station Al-Arabiya apparently confirms that Hamas fired at least one rocket from close to a building used by journalists during the 22-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The Jerusalem Report has an overview of investigative reporter Ronen Bergman’s book about the West’s intelligence war with Iran.  We bring you an excerpt from JPost:

“The Secret War with Iran” is an expanded and updated version of Bergman’s Hebrew language “Point of No Return,” which became an Israeli bestseller. It is written in a compelling, lucid style, packed full of facts and anecdotes that often leave the reader open-mouthed at both the incredible failures and the audacious successes. It is obvious that Bergman was given access to loads of classified documents….Indeed, one of the most repeated phrases in the book is “disclosed here for the first time.”

A good example of this is the revelation that Israel came close to assassinating al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden…. “This is the closest any intelligence service has ever come to the world’s public enemy No.1,” Bergman writes.