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1. THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
Ditulis oleh John J. Mearsheimer (Department of Political Science University of Chicago) dan
Stephen M. Walt (John F. Kennedy School of Government)

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2. A Debate: AIPAC and US Foreign Policy
Satu debat antara James Petras (former Professor of Sociology at Binghamton University, New York) dengan Norman G. Finkelstein (teaches political theory at DePaul University in Chicago) yang dimediasi oleh Hagit Borer (Professor of Linguistics at University of Southern California College).

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(Dari CSM/Christian Science Monitor)

The Bush administration has spent most of its $84 million in aid to Palestinians to train an elite corps of Fatah-loyal fighters.

Cairo and Tel Aviv – Senior US officials in Washington on Wednesday promised ongoing military support for secular Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas amid his power struggle with Islamist Hamas as part of an $84 million aid package largely aimed at improving the fighting ability of an elite corps of loyalists from his Fatah Party.

Israel, too, is making overtures to Mr. Abbas, reported the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Wednesday, allowing light arms to flow to members of his Presidential Guard and saying that it would allow some of the US training of his forces to take place in the West Bank.

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(Tulisan ini ditujukan guna menambah wawasan. “Memahami musuh,” kata Sun Tzu. Tulisam ini bisa dilihat di http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/israel/nuke/farr.htm)

THE THIRD TEMPLE’S HOLY OF HOLIES:
ISRAEL’S NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Warner D. Farr, LTC, U.S. Army

The Counterproliferation Papers

Future Warfare Series No. 2

USAF Counterproliferation Center

Air War College

Air University

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

September 1999

The Counterproliferation Papers Series was established by the USAF Counterproliferation Center to provide information and analysis to U.S. national security policy-makers and USAF officers to assist them in countering the threat posed by adversaries equipped with weapons of mass destruction. Copies of papers in this series are available from the USAF Counterproliferation Center, 325 Chennault Circle, Maxwell AFB AL 36112-6427. The fax number is (334) 953-7538; phone (334) 953-7538.

Counterproliferation Paper No. 2
USAF Counterproliferation Center
Air War College

Air University
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 36112-6427

The internet address for the USAF Counterproliferation Center is:
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-cps.htm

Contents:

Page

Disclaimer i

The Author ii

Acknowledgments iii

Abstract iv

I. Introduction 1

II. 1948-1962: With French Cooperation 3

III. 1963-1973: Seeing the Project Through to Completion 9

IV. 1974-1999: Bringing the Bomb Up the Basement Stairs 15

Appendix: Estimates of the Israeli Nuclear Arsenal 23

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Israel’s Secret Nuclear Weapons. Sunday Times journalist Peter Hounam heard rumours in 1986 that an Israeli whistleblower was offering proof of what the world had long suspected. His revelations confirmed that Israel was building advanced nuclear weapons. After the Sunday Times published this scoop, Vanunu was kidnapped in London

Dead In The Water – The Sinking of the USS Liberty. During the Six-Day War, Israel attacked and nearly sank the USS Liberty belonging to its closest ally, the USA. Thirty-four American … alle » servicemen were killed in the two-hour assault by Israeli warplanes and torpedo boats. Israel claimed that the whole affair had been a tragic accident base

http://www.ichblog.eu/index.php?option=com_seyret&task=videodirectlink&id=55947

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Exclusive interview with Fatah al-Islam leader. Al Jazeera’s report on the latest news from the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

Exclusive footage of Nahr al-Bared camp in northern Lebanon. Al Jazeera was the first international channel to broadcast exclusive footage from inside the Exclusive footage from the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon as fighting continues between fatah al-Islam and the Lebanese army.

Inside Sadr city. A clip from BBC news: A clip from BBC “Inside Sadr city” shows how the Americans are firing on civilians hospital.

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By AMY TEIBEL, Associated Press Writer Wed May 23, 1:46 PM ET

JERUSALEM – Israeli troops killed more than 650 Palestinians last year — half of them unarmed civilians including some 120 children — a threefold increase from 2005, a leading human rights group said Wednesday.

In its annual 2007 global report, Amnesty International also criticized

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(Harian Kompas mengeluarkan berita di kolom internasional hari ini berdasarkan tulisan di bawah ini. So, daripada melihat derivasi berita, lebih baik melihat langsung ke sumber acuannya. Apakah sumber ini dapat dipercaya? Saya tidak tahu. Tulisan ini dimuat untuk menambah wawasan kita.)

Fatah Troops Enter Gaza With Israeli Assent
Hundreds Were Trained in Egypt Under U.S.-Backed Program to Counter Hamas

By Scott Wilson
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, May 18, 2007; A01

JERUSALEM, May 17 — Israel this week allowed the Palestinian party Fatah to bring into the Gaza Strip as many as 500 fresh troops trained under a U.S.-coordinated program to counter Hamas, the radical Islamic movement that won Palestinian parliamentary elections last year. Fighting between Hamas and Fatah has left about 45 Palestinians dead since Sunday.

The forces belong to units loyal to the elected Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, a moderate Fatah leader whom the Bush administration and Israel have sought to strengthen militarily and politically. A spokeswoman for the European Union Border Assistance Mission at Rafah, where the fighters crossed into Gaza from Egypt, said their entry Tuesday was approved by Israel.

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Al Jazeera interview with Alastair Crooke, January 24, 2007

“…to say that this person is moderate and therefore they are legitimate and other people therefore are extremists and can be isolated, and that we do not have to listen them and they can be excluded from the political process. This is the recipe for instability and I believe we may face a year ahead of enormous instability in the region because of these policies that we have seen.” Alastair Crooke

Ahmed Mansour, Al Jazeera: Hello, welcome to you, live on air from London.

The aggravated conflict between the two movements of Fatah and Hamas during the past few weeks opens many files. The most important of which is what Mr Alastair Crooke, the ex-EU Security Advisor for the Middle East and the currently Director of Conflicts Forum in London, and his American colleague Mark Perry, have uncovered a plan prepared by Elliot Abrams, Assistant Advisor to the US National Security Council revealing the aim of igniting or starting a civil war between Hamas and Fatah, which will lead in turn to a coup against Hamas after it reached office through parliamentary elections held in January last year in 2006.

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The Ongoing Iraq Intel Fraud
By Robert Parry
Consortium News

Saturday 05 May 2007

Almost five years and perhaps half a million deaths too late, it’s finally the accepted wisdom in Washington that the intelligence that George W. Bush used to justify invading Iraq was garbage. But the pattern of twisting the truth about Iraq continues unabated and the President is still rarely called on it.

Bush has never stopped making statements about the Iraq War that are untrue, illogical or irrelevant. Yet, the Washington press corps remains almost as lax today about holding Bush accountable as it was in 2002 and 2003.

So, when Bush mocks Democratic “politicians in Washington” who supposedly seek to substitute their judgments for those of experienced commanders on the ground, the national news media stays silent on Bush’s hypocrisy. It’s almost never mentioned that he was the Washington politician in December who overruled the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the two top generals in Iraq on the escalation of the war.

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(Satu koran terkemuka di AS telah bersuara lain)

Bring Them Home
Los Angeles Times | Editorial

Sunday 06 May 2007

Iraqis need political reconciliation, not occupation; and US troops shouldn’t referee a civil war.

Whatever the future holds, the United States has not “lost” and cannot “lose” Iraq. It was never ours in the first place. And however history will judge the war, some key U.S. goals have been accomplished: Saddam Hussein has been ousted, tried and executed; Iraqis have held three elections, adopted a constitution and established a rudimentary democracy.

But what now? After four years of war, more than $350 billion spent and 3,363 U.S. soldiers killed and 24,310 wounded, it seems increasingly obvious that an Iraqi political settlement cannot be achieved in the shadow of an indefinite foreign occupation. The U.S. military presence – opposed by more than three-quarters of Iraqis – inflames terrorism and delays what should be the primary and most pressing goal: meaningful reconciliation among the Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds.

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Data per 6 Mei 2007. AS sudah menghabiskan dana perang sebesar $423.347.751.989 di Irak (www.nationalpriorities.org). Sebanyak 3368 AS serdadu tewas (www.icasualties.org/oif/). Jumlah penduduk Irak yang meninggal? Tidak ada data pasti.

Eramuslim.com – Di depan ribuan umat Islam seusai salat Jumat di Masjid istiqlal Jakarta, Jumat (12/1), ulama dunia asal Mesir, Syaikh Dr. Yusuf Qaradhawi meminta Indonesia menjadi mediator untuk mengatasi konflik di Timur Tengah. Ia yakin Indonesia mampu menjadi mediator tersebut, karena dalam sejarahnya, Indonesia sebagai negara Muslim terbesar banyak berperan aktif untuk perdamaian di dunia.

“Indonesia dengan umat muslim terbesar di dunia dan kokoh ukhuwah Islamiyahnya dan kebangsaannya, kami yakin Indonesia mampu menjadi mediasi untuk perdamaian di Timur Tengah, ” ujar Qaradhawi yang disambut dengan pekikan takbir.

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Jakarta-HARIAN BANGSA Pemerintah Indonesia mengecam aksi militer Amerika Serikat (AS) ke Somalia awal pekan ini yang merenggut korban jiwa puluhan orang.

“RI mengencam serangan AS tersebut, dalih yang digunakan AS yaitu untuk memburu teroris tidak dapat membenarkan sikap AS untuk menjadi polisi dunia,” kata Jurubicara Departemen Luar Negeri (Deplu-RI) Yohanes Kristiarto Soeryo Legowo, di Jakarta, Kamis (11/1).

Menurut Jubir Deplu-RI tersebut, dengan melakukan tindakan itu maka AS telah melanggar harkat dan martabat suatu negara dan mempengaruhi keamanan di kawasan. “RI memandang perlu untuk mengingatkan kembali bahwa perang melawan terorisme dapat dilakukan melalui kerjasama di kawasan tersebut,” katanya.
Liga Arab mengatakan aksi militer AS di Somalia telah menewaskan “banyak warga sipil yang tak bersalah” dan minta agar Washington menghentikan serangan itu. (Rol)

Jakarta-HARIAN BANGSA Pemerintah Indonesia mengecam aksi militer Amerika Serikat (AS) ke Somalia awal pekan ini yang merenggut korban jiwa puluhan orang.

“RI mengencam serangan AS tersebut, dalih yang digunakan AS yaitu untuk memburu teroris tidak dapat membenarkan sikap AS untuk menjadi polisi dunia,” kata Jurubicara Departemen Luar Negeri (Deplu-RI) Yohanes Kristiarto Soeryo Legowo, di Jakarta, Kamis (11/1).

Menurut Jubir Deplu-RI tersebut, dengan melakukan tindakan itu maka AS telah melanggar harkat dan martabat suatu negara dan mempengaruhi keamanan di kawasan. “RI memandang perlu untuk mengingatkan kembali bahwa perang melawan terorisme dapat dilakukan melalui kerjasama di kawasan tersebut,” katanya.
Liga Arab mengatakan aksi militer AS di Somalia telah menewaskan “banyak warga sipil yang tak bersalah” dan minta agar Washington menghentikan serangan itu. (Rol)

Eramuslim.com – Di depan ribuan umat Islam seusai salat Jumat di Masjid istiqlal Jakarta, Jumat (12/1), ulama dunia asal Mesir, Syaikh Dr. Yusuf Qaradhawi meminta Indonesia menjadi mediator untuk mengatasi konflik di Timur Tengah. Ia yakin Indonesia mampu menjadi mediator tersebut, karena dalam sejarahnya, Indonesia sebagai negara Muslim terbesar banyak berperan aktif untuk perdamaian di dunia.

“Indonesia dengan umat muslim terbesar di dunia dan kokoh ukhuwah Islamiyahnya dan kebangsaannya, kami yakin Indonesia mampu menjadi mediasi untuk perdamaian di Timur Tengah, ” ujar Qaradhawi yang disambut dengan pekikan takbir.

Menurutnya, dalam menyampaikan Islam tidak boleh ada pertumpahan darah di mana dan kapan pun. Jika umat Islam meneladani kepemimpinan Nabi Muhammad SAW. Sebutlah perang Uhud, Khandaq, Badar, dan lain-lain meski Muhammad ketika itu mampu membunuh seluruh musuh-musuhnya, tapi beliau justru memberikan maaf bahwa tidak boleh ada pertumpahan darah sedikitpun.

Yusuf Qaradhawi sangat prihatin dengan pertumpahan darah yang terjadi di Irak di mana kaum muslim Syiah dan Sunni saling menyerang dan membunuh. Demikian pula di Palestina antara Hamas dan Fatah, keduanya saling membunuh dan menembak.

“Itu sesuatu yang seharusnya tidak terjadi. Mengapa mereka tidak sadar jika yang terbunuh itu saudaranya sendiri dan bangsanya sendiri. Bukankah yang lebih penting itu adalah kekompakan dan persatuan umat Islam untuk menghadapi musuh-musuh dari luar?” kata Yusuf dengan meneteskan air mata.
Hadir dalam kesempatan tersebut Menteri Agama RI. HM. Maftuh Basyuni, Dirjen Bimas Islam Dr. Nasaruddin Umar, Ketua MPR RI Hidayat Nur Wahid, anggota DPD RI asal Jatim KH. A. Mujib Imron, KH. Thontowi Anwar Musaddad, dll. (dina)

Mensikapi perkembangan terakhir di Palestina, yaitu tewasnya puluhan wanita dan anak-anak dalam serangan membabibuta Israel hari Rabu 8 Nov 2006, maka DPP PK Sejahtera-Bidang Kewanitaan menyampaikan hal-hal sebagai berikut :

1. Mengutuk keras tindakan Israel yang membantai warga muslim Palestina termasuk wanita dan anak-anak. Karena tindakan pembantaian tersebut melanggar deklarasi HAM yang seharusnya melindungi wanita dan anak-anak dari target penembakan, apalagi pembantaian dalam serangan militer di wilayah manapun di seluruh dunia. (more…)

Eramuslim.com, Jumat, 3 Nov 06
Setelah menunggu sekian lama, warga Muslim di Thailand Selatan akhirnya mendengar kata maaf dari pemerintah Thailand atas pengabaian dan penindasan yang mereka alami selama bertahun-tahun. Pernyataan maaf pemerintah Thailand pada warga Muslim di wilayah itu disampaikan langsung oleh Perdana Menteri yang baru, Surayud Chulanont, Kamis (2/11) dihadapan 1.000 pemuka Islam di Pattani, salah satu provinsi di Thailand Selatan.

Sejak Januari 2004 kerap terjadi kerusuhan antara warga dan aparat keamanan di tiga propinsi paling selatan di Thailand, hingga PM lama Thaksin Shinawatra menerapkan situasi darurat di wilayah itu, yang dikritik oleh banyak pihak. Dengan penerapan situasi darurat, aparat keamanan Thailand diberi imunitas untuk melakukan tindakan apapun, bahkan yang oleh kelompok pemantau hak asasi manusia disebut sebagai pembunuhan ekstra judisial dan penyiksaan. Sejak Januari 2004, hampir 1.500 orang terbunuh dalam berbagai bentrokan antara warga Muslim dan aparat.

Harian berbahasa Ibrani, Haaretz, terbitan Israel menyebutkan adanya koalisi Israel dan sejumlah pimpinan Fatah, berikut pimpinan sayap keamanan Palestina di bawah kordinator Abu Mazen. Koalisi inilah, menurut laporan Haaretz, yang berada di balik aksi serangan terhadap sejumlah tokoh Hamas dan gedung-gedung pemerintahan Palestina yang dikuasai Hamas. (more…)