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Iranian paper calls for retaliation against Israel

NASSER KARIMI AP 01/12/2012

A hard-line Iranian newspaper called Thursday for retaliation against Israel, a day after the mysterious killing of a nuclear scientist in Tehran with a magnetic bomb attached to his car. Iran's top leader blamed Israel and the U.S.

Israeli parliament debate turns ugly as politician throws water over colleague The Guardian 01/09/2012	Israel preparing for nuclear Iran Breitbart.com 01/09/2012
An ultranationalist Israeli parliament member faced possible suspension from the Knesset on Monday for hurling a cup of water at an Arab colleague when he told her to "shut up" during exchanges over school students attending human rights rally.	Israel is preparing for Iran to become a nuclear power and has accepted it may happen within a year, the London Times reported on Monday citing an Israeli security report.
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Iranian, Venezuelan leaders rebuff U.S., joke about bomb Andrew Cawthorne and Brian Ellsworth Reuters 01/09/2012	Religious Jews still try to segregate Israel buses AMY TEIBEL AP 12/18/2011
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez lavished each other with praise on Monday, mocked U.S. disapproval and joked about having an atomic bomb at their disposal.	Israel's political leaders and chief rabbis on Sunday condemned persistent efforts by ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to shunt Israeli women to the back of public buses, a year after the country's Supreme Court outlawed the practice.
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Israeli Leader Shuns New York Times Op-Ed Offer ABC News 12/16/2011	Israeli officials say Syria’s Bashar al-Assad is doomed Joel Greenberg The Washington Post 12/14/2011
A senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the leader has refused an offer to write an opinion piece for the New York Times, accusing the paper's opinion pages of anti-Israel bias.	In a shift, Israeli officials are welcoming the prospect that Syria’s embattled president, Bashar al-Assad, will be overthrown, an event Defense Minister Ehud Barak says could be weeks away.
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Iran to exploit power vacuum as US quits Iraq: analysts Patrick Markey Breitbart.com 12/14/2011	Iranian protesters storm British diplomatic compounds Robin Pomeroy Reuters 11/29/2011
The US withdrawal from Iraq will leave a power vacuum in the Gulf, analysts say, paving the way for Iran to increase its influence in this economic and politically strategic region, a concern echoed by America's Gulf allies.	Iranian protesters stormed two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran on Tuesday, smashing windows, torching a car and burning the British flag in protest against new sanctions imposed by London.
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