US military advisers in Cyrenaica. Qaddafi's loses his air force -(DEBKAfile)
Will Libya’s $1000 an hour U.S. and British lobbyists stop their heinous work? - Tom Gross (Tom Gross Mideast Mideast Analysis)
China goes all out to halt Jasmine Revolution - Ching Cheong (The Straits Times)
Report: Hizbullah Aiding Iran in Stifling Anti-Government Protests (Ha'aretz)
Could the Kingdom of Bahrain Become an Iranian Pearl Harbor? - Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)
Media Watch: The Lara Logan Cover-up - Jonathan Mark (Jewish Week)
excerpts: Logan stated that she was not caught in the middle of a pro- and anti-Mubarak street fight but that she was “covering the jubilation” when she was attacked "amidst the celebration.”The idea that this jubilation and celebration included a mob of 200 men screaming their hatred of Jews while they sexually assaulted Logan “doesn’t fit the narrative” that the crowd in Tahrir Square was almost invariably characterized as friendly and out for nothing but democracy.
excerpts: Logan stated that she was not caught in the middle of a pro- and anti-Mubarak street fight but that she was “covering the jubilation” when she was attacked "amidst the celebration.”The idea that this jubilation and celebration included a mob of 200 men screaming their hatred of Jews while they sexually assaulted Logan “doesn’t fit the narrative” that the crowd in Tahrir Square was almost invariably characterized as friendly and out for nothing but democracy.
Egypt's Revolution: The More They Reassure Us the More We Worry - Barry Rubin (RubinReports)
Norway Demands Relocation of Israel Embassy - Itamar Eichner (Ynet News)
Israel to Let 300 Palestinians Return to West Bank from Libya - Barak Ravid (Ha'aretz)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday: "Because of the current violence in Libya I received a personal request from [PA] President Abbas...that Israel allow a number of Palestinians to leave Libya and to enter the West Bank...so Israel will enable 300 Palestinians to enter the West Bank" as a humanitarian gesture. He said the move was "a mark of our desire for good neighborliness and...peace."
Norway Demands Relocation of Israel Embassy - Itamar Eichner (Ynet News)
Israel to Let 300 Palestinians Return to West Bank from Libya - Barak Ravid (Ha'aretz)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday: "Because of the current violence in Libya I received a personal request from [PA] President Abbas...that Israel allow a number of Palestinians to leave Libya and to enter the West Bank...so Israel will enable 300 Palestinians to enter the West Bank" as a humanitarian gesture. He said the move was "a mark of our desire for good neighborliness and...peace."
