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Friday
Dec252009

Happy Holidays from Enduring America

The Boss joins us in wishing you wonder and peace this holiday season with your friends and families. And to each and every EA reader, thank you --- we believe:

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Friday
Dec252009

Iran Top-Secret: The President's Gmail Account

For the holidays, a bonus flashback --- we first posted this on 30 September:

Don't ask how Enduring America's super-spies got access to this (OK, OK, we met Mahmoud in a Starbucks in New York last week --- he was a bit down because Jennifer Aniston wouldn't have dinner with him, so we bought him a large vanilla latte and things proceeded from there). We think it shows that the little man isn't just a megalomaniac with a dubious line on the Holocaust, but a fella with interests (who can resist E-Bay?) like you and me.

Warning: some of Mahmoud's e-mail can be Adults Only in its language. And you might need a big screen to make out all the traffic.

MAHMOUD G-MAIL
Friday
Dec252009

Latest Iran Video: Montazeri's Farewell Speech (November 2009)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J81-lmXeZ0I[/youtube]
Friday
Dec252009

Israel: The Political Collapse of Opposition Leader Livni?

tzipi-livni-460_951119cIsraeli politics is in the midst of a political shift which could doom opposition leader Tzipi Livni.

Amidst Livni's accusation that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been trying to split her Kadima Party and the reaction of Netanyahu's associates that it was "actually Livni herself trying to ditch [Netanyahu's] Likud [Party]," at least six Kadima members of the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, signed a document for Netanyahu's adviser Yitzhak Molho last week, committing themselves to leave Kadima.

The legislators that leave Kadima are expected to form a new faction.. As soon as they number seven, which is the minimum legal requirement to split off from the party, each of those who then move to Likud will become a minister, deputy minister, or Knesset committee chairman.

Livni has been in a very difficult position because of her inability to unite her party against the bill for a referendum on the Golan Heights, taken from Syria in the 1967 war. The recent British arrest warrant for Livni was seen as a stroke of luck for her. However, it now appears that the "secret transfer war" between Kadima and Likud will be a victory for Netyanahu and possibly the political downfall of Livni.

The Prime Minister is playing the internal game well. His strong criticisms of the Goldstone Report on the Gaza War, harsh discourse on Iran, warnings to the Lebanese government, and, most importantly, his "one-time and temporary" emphasis on the settlement freeze --- standing up to a US Government which sees this as an "inconvenience" --- have met the demands of his center-right constituency. Livni, on the other hand, now looks a politician without a base.
Friday
Dec252009

Middle East Inside Line: Palestinians Start Their Own "Economic Sanctions"

west-bank-israeli-_1000389cPalestinian officials are confiscating merchandise produced in West Bank settlements. Sources in the National Economy Ministry said that NIS 651,982 ($171,619) worth of goods were confiscated in the second week of December alone.

National Economy Minister Hassan Abu Libdeh said that the Palestinian Authority is not taking steps against Israeli-made goods, only against products made in the settlements. He pointed to the wider political significance of the move, however, noting that Israelis are violating the Oslo accords and an "economic peace" policy by making it almost impossible to market Palestinian merchandise in Israel and Gaza.

Israel: The Political Collapse of Opposition Leader Livni?