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WikiLeaks Cable: Iranian Missiles Can Strike Israel in 12 Minutes

JERUSALEM -- Israel would have only 10 to 12 minutes to prepare for an Iranian missile attack, according to a new cable written by the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and released by WikiLeaks. The cable was published in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten and quotes Israel's outgoing chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi,...

Olmert's Revenge Lifts Israeli Security Veil

JERUSALEM (Sept. 21) -- A raucous feud between two former Israeli prime ministers has apparently exposed a closely guarded state security secret, embarrassed the sitting defense minister and left the country's military censor flailing. Ehud Olmert, the disgraced former premier currently on trial on charges of corruption...

Saudi, Syrian Leaders Try to Avert Civil War in Lebanon

(July 30) -- Five years after Syrian troops were forced out of Lebanon in the wake of the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad returned to Beirut today as the country's potential savior, accompanied by his erstwhile rival, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. It was Assad's...

Gabi Ashkenazi News From the Web

05/06/12 Israeli Defense Minister Accuses Former Chief of Staff... Source: Antiwar.com efense Minister Ehud Barak accused former IDF chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi of giving and receiving bribes in a letter sent to Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein on Sunday.
05/04/12 Comptroller: Probe Barak bureau over Herpaz affair Source: Ynetnews - Israel Micha Lindenstrauss asks attorney general to launch criminal investigation against Defense Minister's bureau over missing tapes.
05/01/12 Sparks fly at âJerusalem Post' Conference Source: Vietnam Tribune NEW YORK - On the El Al flight from Ben-Gurion Airport to JFK, as Ehud Olmert walked past and Gabi Ashkenazi posed for a photo with a flight attendant, a woman across the aisle from me asked her friend, "Why are there so many VIPs on this flight?"
04/29/12 Olmert, Ashkenazi caution against Israeli strike on... Source: St. Louis Jewish News - St. Louis MO Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and ex-military chief Gabi Ashkenazi advocated against an Israeli military strike on Iran. Olmert and Ashkenazi, the former Israel Defense Forces chief of staff, made their remarks during speeches at The Jerusalem Post Conference in New York on Sunday, according to the host newspaper.
04/29/12 Ashkenazi: Military strike not needed tomorrow against... Source: Jerusalem Post - Israel A military strike against Iran is "not needed tomorrow morning" but Israel does need to present a credible military threat alongside sanctions and diplomatic action against the Islamic regime, former IDF chief of staff Lt.-Gen. (res.) Gabi Ashkenazi said on Sunday.

Background on Gabi Ashkenazi

Gavriel "Gabi" Ashkenazi (, born February 25, 1954), was the Chief of General Staff (Hebrew: רמטכ"ל Ramatkal) of the Israel Defence Forces from 2007 to 2011.

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