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Insider Report: Jews Wary of Pelosi Special From NewsMax's Most Informed Sources
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1. Israel Has Six Months to Hit Iran Iran is accelerating its uranium enrichment efforts and Israel could have only six months to destroy Tehran's nuclear capabilities or risk an Iranian nuclear attack, according to influential Israeli columnist Caroline Glick. "Just as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has dropped nearly all pretenses about his intentions to achieve nuclear weapons, so too he makes it clear daily that he intends to use such weapons to annihilate Israel," Glick writes in the Jerusalem Post. "With Iran speeding up its program, Israel may have as little as six months to launch a strike on its nuclear facilities before they can start churning out atomic bombs."
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But other developments may constrict Israel's ability to act, Glick warns. To the north in Lebanon, French-commanded U.N. forces are turning a blind eye to the weapons being smuggled to Hezbollah terrorist forces from Syria. What's more, France's Defense Minister has called Israeli Air Force flights over Lebanon "extremely dangerous" and said France's forces there could fire on the Israeli flights. The U.N. forces "are making it clear that they view the IDF [Israeli Defense Force], not Hezbollah, as their enemy," Glick reports. "Were Israel to attempt to take action against Hezbollah or Syria to prevent them from attacking in anticipation of an Israeli strike on Iran, there can be little doubt how [the U.N.] forces would respond." To the south, Egypt is increasing its military presence along its border with the Gaza Strip and "assiduously preparing its military for war against Israel," according to Glick. The Egyptian government, she notes, is "colluding" with smugglers bringing increasingly sophisticated weapons to Palestinian terrorists in Gaza. Glick, who has been sharply critical of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his government's tepid responses to the growing threats, added: "As if having hostile Europeans guarding genocidal Iranian proxies in the north, and hostile Egyptians guarding and arming genocidal Palestinians in the south weren't enough, it was reported that the Olmert government is considering allowing thousands of armed PLO terrorists from the Badr Brigade in Jordan to relocate to Gaza. "It doesn't have to be this way." Editor's Note: 2. Rep. Kingston: End Nicaraguan Remittances Rep. Jack Kingston has added his voice to those threatening to end remittances sent home to a Daniel Ortega-led Nicaragua. Ortega, a Sandinista and former president of the Central American nation, led two other major candidates in polls leading up to the November 5 election. Rep. Kingston — a Georgia Republican and Vice Chairman of the House Republican Conference — wrote a letter to Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff citing the previous Ortega regime's "practice of issuing Nicaraguan passports to international terrorists to facilitate their movement across borders." He also noted that the Sandinista party (known as the FSLA) "is strongly backed by the world's most virulently anti-American regimes — including, notably, those of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran and Fidel Castro in Cuba." Regarding the estimated $2.5 billion in remittances Kingston said have been sent to Nicaragua from Nicaraguans in the U.S. over the last five years, he concluded: "It is incumbent on your department, in coordination with such other agencies as are appropriate, to ready the measures required to block further remittances from being sent to Nicaragua in the event that the FSLN enters government." The letter echoed the sentiments of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., who in late October also sent a letter to Chertoff urging him to prepare plans to block remittances to an Ortega-led Nicaragua. Reps. Pete Hoekstra, R-Calif., and Ed Royce, R-Mich., co-signed a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calling for a review of American policy allowing Nicaraguans living in the U.S. to send remittances home to their native country. And Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., wrote a letter to Nicaraguan Ambassador Stadthagen Icaza warning: "If the FSLN controls the government of Nicaragua . . . it could mean a radical change in United States policy as it pertains to the essentially free flow of remittances from Nicaraguans living in the United States to Nicaragua." Editor's Note: 3. Dubai Ports World Eyes Canadian Venture Dubai Ports World is back in the news, six months after it scrapped plans to buy six port facilities in the U.S. This time their target is almost as close to home — Canada. Canadian Senator Wilfred Moore recently visited Dubai and held two meetings with company executives, who expressed interest in investing in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada's third-largest port after Vancouver and Montreal. "They mentioned that they would like to come to Halifax," Moore told the Globe and Mail in Canada. One obvious means of entering Halifax would be by taking over Halifax-based Halterm Income Fund, which operates one of two container terminals in the harbor, according to the Globe and Mail. In February, Dubai Ports World — which is owned by the government of the United Arab Emirates — agreed to buy London-based port operator Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., but troubles arose because P&O owned operations in six U.S. ports. U.S. officials opposed the foreign company owning American port operations due to security concerns, and Dubai Ports closed the P&O deal only after it agreed to divest the American operations. Editor's Note: 4. Some Jews Wary of Pelosi on Israel House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has been one of Israel's staunchest supporters in Congress — but some fear that could change if she becomes Speaker of the House following a Democratic victory in the midterm elections. Pelosi has visited Israel, reportedly has a perfect record of support for the U.S.-Israel relationship, and recently criticized former President Jimmy Carter after reading excerpts from his upcoming book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," which is critical of Israeli policy. But the executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Matthew Brooks, predicted that as a lawmaker representing one of the country's most pro-Palestinian districts, the congresswoman from San Francisco would be under constant pressure to back away from her earlier support for Israel if she becomes House Speaker. "She will constantly have to look over her left shoulder," Brooks told the Jewish publication Forward. Brooks criticized Pelosi's actions regarding a pro-Israel resolution during Israel's conflict in Lebanon last summer. She originally agreed to co-sponsor a resolution expressing support for Israel. But when the House International Relations Committee spurned Pelosi's efforts to add language calling for both sides to refrain from harming civilians, she refused to co-sponsor the resolution, although she did support it. Brooks said Pelosi "blinked" in a crucial moment for Israel. "She literally stripped her name off a resolution supporting Israel because she thought it was not evenhanded enough and too pro-Israel." Editor's Note: 5. Soros Warns Finland: Beware of Russia Bush-bashing American billionaire George Soros said the combination of a weak America and a strengthening Russia posed a danger to neighboring Finland. Speaking to the Finnish business daily Kauppalehti, Soros asserted that the U.S. has lost influence on world politics because of the Iraq war and President Bush's war on terror. Russia has benefited from that development, Soros said, and is seeking to regain its superpower status by extending its influence beyond its borders. "Politically the new setup is not good" for Finland, Soros said. "On the contrary, it is a downright dangerous one." The Soviet Union attacked Finland in November 1939, three months after the start of World War II, a move that got the U.S.S.R. expelled from the League of Nations. A peace treaty in 1940 gave the Soviets about 10 percent of Finnish territory.
Further hostilities broke out in June 1941 and ended in September 1944. Editor's Note: 6. We Heard . . . THAT police in Arkansas have arrested a man for attempting to pass a phony $100 "Bill" — a C-note with former President Bill Clinton's name on it. The man — whom police did not identify — was arrested after handing over the bill to buy cigarettes at a gas station in Batesville, Ark., according to a report from All Headlines News. "The bill was unmistakably fake," said Deputy Nathan Stephens, "due to the fact that the ink was running on the bill, the president's face was missing and for the president's name, it had the name Clinton on it." THAT Mel Gibson is doing "brilliant" following his high-profile drunk driving arrest in July, according to Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ." The actor said he has contacted Gibson to express his support as Mel battles the bottle and the repercussions of his anti-Semitic remarks during his bust, according to the Web site contactmusic.com. "Mel Gibson is doing brilliant," Caviezel said. "Everyone knows he's a brilliant director, but I don't agree or support his views. "I would say that my experience working with him is such that I hope things come back around." THAT Caroline Kennedy, JFK's daughter and Ted Kennedy's niece, is among the contributors to the campaign of Democrat Ned Lamont, who is battling Joe Lieberman in Connecticut's race for the U.S. Senate. FEC records also show Caroline has been maxing out in donations to Hillary Rodham Clinton. Other luminaries who have made donations to Lamont include newscaster Sander Vanocur, designer Donna Karan and actor Christopher Lloyd. Lamont has collected about $14 million, most of it his own money, according to the Hartford Courant. Lieberman, who is running as an independent, has raised $17.4 million from more than 34,000 contributors.
THAT an amusing new Web site instructs Florida voters on how to vote for Republican congressional candidate Joe Negron, who replaced disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley on the ballot. The name of the site says it all: punchfoleyfornegron. Because of the late change, Foley's name remains on the ballot and voters wishing to cast their ballot for Negron must vote for Foley. The Web site features an animation showing a boxing glove punching and bruising Foley's face, and urges: "Punch Foley for Negron." But it warns: "Just try not to break the voting machine." THAT "The Boy of Steel," a charming children's book previewed by NewsMax.com in August, has now made it to the New York Times bestseller list. The book by Yankee sports executive Ray Negron stands at No. 9 on the most recent list of children's picture books. "The Boy of Steel: A Baseball Dream Come True" earlier made it to the top of the children's book category on Amazon.com. The richly illustrated book tells the story of 6-year-old Michael Steel, who loves to watch the Yankees on TV — from his hospital bed, where he's fighting brain cancer. When Yankee infielder Robinson Cano visits Michael in the hospital, the boy embarks on a wonderful journey that leads him to become a Yankee batboy for a day — his baseball dream come true. And with a little help from Yankee great Lou Gehrig, Michael gets to meet Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle — baseball legends who all died from cancer. But when Michael's illness weakens him on the field, he must struggle to fulfill his batboy duties. He earns the nickname Boy of Steel and learns an important lesson: never stop fighting. THAT Hillary Clinton's book "It Takes a Village" is being reissued in December — with a new foreword by the senator and potential presidential candidate in 2008. Released 10 years ago when Clinton was first lady, the book was seen by many as an attempt to soften her image after her failed effort to change the country's health care system. The book's title became a popular catch phrase, and was disputed by Republican Sen. Rick Santorum in his 2005 book "It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good." About the new foreword, Clinton's literary representative Robert Barnett said only that it would run "several pages." Editor's Notes:
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