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US swimmer Gunnar Bentz releases statement apologizing for incident in Rio, says he was 'never a suspect in the case from the beginning' and 'never made a false statement to anyone at any time'
US swimmer Gunnar Bentz details what he says happened at Rio gas station, says group was 'frightened and confused;' says he is 'confident' some video angles have not been shown that would further substantiate his account
I will give them in My house and in My walls a place and a name, better than sons and daughters; an everlasting name I will give him, which will not be discontinued.
Isaiah 56:5 (The Israel Bible™)
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Today's Israel Inspiration
Alexander, originally a Greek name, is one of the few names that has origins outside the Jewish faith, but has been made an official Hebrew name and widely adopted by many Jews on account of a fascinating story that occurred over two thousand years ago. During his conquest of the region, Alexander the Great met the High Priest of the Temple in Jerusalem, dismounted from his horse and bowed to the ground. Alexander explained that he had seen the High Priest in a dream who had assured him victory and prosperity. In appreciation to the Jews, Alexander peacefully absorbed the Land of Israel into his growing empire and the Jewish community responded by naming all baby boys born that year Alexander.
IS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION GOING TO TAKE OVER THE POLLS TO INSURE THAT HILLARY CLINTON WINS?
US polling stations may be designated 'strategic assets' to block cyberattacks
The head of the US Department of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, has warned of a possible cyberattack on polling stations in November's presidential election and said he is considering designating the country's electronic voting system as a "strategic asset" similar to power stations and nuclear facilities. In a video conference call earlier this week with those responsible for the voting in all 50 states, he said there is concern of a cyberattack on voting machines or on the systems for transferring the voting results or for calculating the national vote. Johnson also offered technological assistance, inspections to secure voting systems, and advance warning of any intention by individuals or organizations to carry out a cyberattack. All US polling stations are electronic under a 2002 law although each of the 50 states has chosen its own electronic voting system. The recent hacking of the e-mail server of Democratic National Committee has increased concerns that a cyberattack could affect the result of the election.
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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION THREATENS TO TAKE OVER THE POLLS IN THE USA
(AND THROW THE ELECTION TO HILLARY CLINTON?)
US polling stations may be designated 'strategic assets' to block cyberattacks
The head of the US Department of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, has warned of a possible cyberattack on polling stations in November's presidential election and said he is considering designating the country's electronic voting system as a "strategic asset" similar to power stations and nuclear facilities. In a video conference call earlier this week with those responsible for the voting in all 50 states, he said there is concern of a cyberattack on voting machines or on the systems for transferring the voting results or for calculating the national vote. Johnson also offered technological assistance, inspections to secure voting systems, and advance warning of any intention by individuals or organizations to carry out a cyberattack. All US polling stations are electronic under a 2002 law although each of the 50 states has chosen its own electronic voting system. The recent hacking of the e-mail server of Democratic National Committee has increased concerns that a cyberattack could affect the result of the election.
N. Korea refuses to halt nuke testing, admits restarting plutonium production
A spokesman for North Korea's Atomic Energy Institute has said that his country's reactor in the city of Yongbyon is continuing to produce plutonium and enriched uranium for nuclear tests. "Under conditions that the United States constantly threatens us with nuclear weapons, we will not discontinue nuclear tests," the spokesman said in an interview with Japan's Kyodo news agency published Wednesday
DEBKAfile's intelligence and military sources disclose that the aerial bombardment Wednesday of the pro-US Kurdish enclave Hassake and Kurdish positions in Asayish in northeastern Syria was conducted by Russian jets. Many casualties were reported by the Kurdish Arab militia which is armed and trained by the US. The Russian attack came on the heels of word that the United States has begun evacuating its nuclear arsenal from the Turkish air base of Incirlik, as DEBKAfile reported earlier.
Rushed evacuation of US nukes from Incirlik,TURKEY
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
In an earthshaking Middle East development, the United States has begun secretly evacuating the tactical nuclear weapons it had stockpiled at the southern Turkish air base of Incirlik and is transporting them to US bases in Romania. The Obama administration has thus taken another step towards folding its tents in the Middle East. In contrast, Moscow is rapidly expanding its air force footprint in the region with a new base in Iran following its facility in Syria. Advanced bombers and fighters are stepping up operations in both countries, while Russian warships carrying Kalibr cruise missiles gather in the Mediterranean and Caspian Seas. DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources report that Washington decided to remove the nuclear arsenal to safety after talks between American and Turkish talks on releasing 1,500 US airmen serving at the base from the siege clamped down a month ago broke down. The airmen were running the US air campaign against ISIS in in Syria just 112km away.
Clinton sets up transition team headed by Ken Salazar
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's transition team was announced Tuesday, to be headed by Ken Salazar, former secretary of the interior and senator from Colorado, with Neera Tanden and Maggie Williams, both confidants since she was first lady, chosen as co-chairs. Former National Security Adviser Tom Donilon and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who also leads a pro-Clinton super PAC, will also serve as co-chairs. The Republican candidate Donald Trump's campaign named New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as chairman of his transition team in May. Transition teams bridge the gap between campaigns and the incoming president's early days in the White House when decisions must be made and jobs need to be filled.
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Israel busts Palestinian terror nets run by Hizballah via Facebook
Nine Palestinians have been rounded up in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip suspected of membership in a number of terror cells run from Lebanon by the pro-Iranian Hizballah. They were picked up after a joint investigation by the IDF, Shin Bet and police. The Palestinians were recruited and received instructions and training from afar by means of encrypted Facebook messages posted by Hizballah. The detainees are accused of plotting shooting and suicide attacks against Israeli civilian targets and soldiers and fundraising for their operations. Under questioning, they revealed efforts to recruit Arab Israelis by means of social media too.
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Russia posts 22 jets in Iran for Syria, plans to use cruise missiles
Russian warplanes have been deployed to the Hamedan Air Base in western Iran and some of the 22 strategic TU-22M3 bombers have already carried out sorties against ISIS targets in Syria, Iran's Al-Masdar News reports. Their deployment to Hamedan reduces by 60 pc the 2,150km flight distance from Russia's Modzok airfield to Palmyra, Syria to just 900km. Russia's Khmeimim Airbase in Syria is not adapted to serve the massive Tupelev, one of the largest bombers in the world. On Tuesday morning, Russia also requested Iraq and Iran for permission to use their airspace for transporting cruise missiles into Syria.
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Iran arrests British-Iranian as suspected spy
Iran has arrested a British-Iranian on suspicion of links to the UK intelligence service, the Tehran prosecutor, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, told Iranian media on Tuesday. The accused was "active in the field of the Iranian economy and linked to the British espionage service," he said. He did not disclose the name of gender of the detainee. Three other dual-nationals arrested over the past year - American, British and Canadian - are currently awaiting trial. Last week, UK PM Theresa May called Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to complain about the targeting of British citizens in Iran and the denial of British consular access to arrested persons.
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The US, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Israel have warned the octogenarian Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas against holding the Oct. 8 municipal elections he has called for the Palestinian-ruled West Bank towns and locales and the Gaza Strip. He was told he would be exposing his Fatah party to the same defeat as it experienced in the last parliamentary elections the Palestinians held 10 years ago, when Hamas swept to a majority. Hamas does not need to scoop up all 400 Palestinian local authorities on the West Bank and Gaza Strip this time. The campaign alone will give the Islamist party the chance to restore its wrecked political infrastructure in Judea and Samaria. Dismantling its networks took three years of hard work by US, Israeli and Palestinian intelligence and security agencies. This the election would turn to scrap. No one doubts that Hamas will ride in on its campaign apparatus and voter support to re-establish its terror networks the day after the vote.
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Trump lays out policy for defeating ISIS
In a hard-hitting, scripted speech on foreign policy in Youngstown, Ohio on Tuesday, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump laid out his strategy for defeating ISIS, which centered on the following points: The era of foreign nation-building is over. His administration would collaborate with any foreign partners who seek to extinguish radical Islam, "whether Jordan's Abdullah, Egypt's Sisi or our greatest ally, Israel" and be a friend to moderate Muslim regimes. He retracted his criticism of NATO since it established an intelligence division against terror, adding his administration would be willing to cooperate with Russia in the war on radical terror. Trump went on to say that the Internet cannot be allowed to be used "as a propaganda and recruiting tool by our enemy. We must shut down this form of communications immediately." After sideswipes at Barack Obama for refusing to name the threat, Trump declared, "Just as we won the cold war by exposing the evils of communism and the virtues of our society, we must take on the ideology of radical Islam."
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Russia is not planning to strike Ukraine over Crimea
Russian military commanders have no plans to strike Ukrainian territory in response to the terrorist attacks allegedly plotted by Kiev that were thwarted in Crimea, a Russian business daily reported, quoting a source close to the Defense Ministry. Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) reported that it had successfully prevented several terrorist attacks in Crimea in early August, which it says had been planned by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's intelligence agency. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday that Moscow had proof of this and would present this evidence to Western powers if the latter were interested in taking steps to prevent such attacks in the future.
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Russia to team up with US for Aleppo, meet Syrian opposition Tuesday
Russia and the US are close to starting joint military action against militants in Syria's Aleppo, Russian news agencies on Monday cited Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as saying. DEBKAfile this week reported that Russia was lined up with Turkey and Iran against the US in the Syrian conflict. However, the pro-Assad army and its Iranian and Hizballah allies have failed to make headway against rebel forces in the battle for Aleppo because of the absence of Russian air support. According to Shoigu's statement, Moscow is seeking to broaden its options. "We are now in a very active phase of negotiations with our American colleagues," the RIA news agency cited Shoigu as saying. "We are moving step by step closer to a plan - and I'm only talking about Aleppo here - that would really allow us to start fighting together to bring peace so that people can return to their homes in this troubled land." Shoigu said about 700,000 people were still living in Aleppo and that those living in the eastern part of the city were "hostages of armed groups".
IDF razes home of Palestinian who murdered sleeping child Halel Ariel
Israeli army and border guard troops razed the Bani Naim home of the Palestinian terrorist who stabbed 13-year old Halel Yafa Ariel to death in her sleep in Kiryat Arba, Hebron six weeks ago. Villagers clashed with the troops.
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Italy warned about Milan-based ISIS cell, deports imam
Interior Minister Angelino Alfano has ordered the deportation of Hosni Hachemi Ben Hassem, a Tunisian imam based in a mosque at Andria in Puglia, after Italy was warned about an ISIS cell based in the Milan area. Its existence was revealed by documents seized by Libyan government forces after they took over ISIS headquarters in the Libyan port town of Sirte earlier last week, raising fears that fleeting jihadists would cross the Mediterranean in migrant boats. The cleric is the ninth imam to be thrown out of Italy since the start of 2015 under a 'zero tolerance' policy for Islamist extremism, which Alfano says has reduced the risk of a terror attack on Italian soil.
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Putin-Erdogan deal deadlocks Aleppo, Manjib frays
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
Hizballah committed its elite Radwan Force to save the Syrian-Iranian Aleppo front from folding against rebel assault after Moscow decided to withhold air cover in line with the new Putin-Erdogan deal in St. Petersburg. Putin also bowed to Erdogan's demand on the Manjib front. The Radwan Force was called in as the only military capable of saving the day for Syrian President Assad and his allies. This step had been carefully avoided by Nasrallah in view of the heavy losses his organization had already suffered for backing the Syrian army - some 1,500 dead in three years - and intense fallout at home. He has now been forced to sacrifice his last remaining military asset to fight in one of the bloodiest battles ever fought in recent times in the Middle East, even though it promises a swelling procession of HIzballah coffins returning to Lebanon. There is no hope of an early resolution in Aleppo because stalemate between the combatants is exceptionally complicated and thankless. This hopeless standoff is the result of Moscow's refusal to provide the Syrian army and its allies with enough air support to pull ahead.
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Man stabs 7 people, sets fire on Swiss train
Seven people were injured Saturday night when a man stabbed them aboard a train passing through St. Gallen in eastern Switzerland and then set fire to the carriage. The 27-year old assailant was detained for questioning after being injured and found to have two knives and a can of inflammable fluid in his possession.
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Russian S-400 anti-missile batteries posted in Crimea
Amid rising tension around the Crimean Peninsula, the Russian Defense Minister Friday announced the deployment of anti-missile weapons there, including S-400 air defense batteries, the most advanced interception systems of their kind. On Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin vowed to take steps against clashes between Russian security forces and what he called Ukrainian bandits in North Crimea. Kiev denied any Ukrainian state forces were involved in military activity in the peninsula.
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