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Generational Dynamics Web Log for 21-Aug-2011
21-Aug-11 World View -- Israel apologizes to save relationship with Egypt

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21-Aug-11 World View -- Israel apologizes to save relationship with Egypt

Libya's rebels claim that victory over Gaddafi is near

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Libya's rebels claim that victory over Gaddafi is near

A rebel fighter destroys a Gaddafi poster (Reuters)

A rebel fighter destroys a Gaddafi poster (Reuters)

Rebel commanders have indicated that the final attack on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's main stronghold in Tripoli is beginning. Gun battles and rounds of mortar shelling were heard clearly at the hotel where foreign correspondents stay in Tripoli. Explosions were heard also in the area as Nato aircraft carried out heavy bombing runs after nightfall. Tunisia, which had been neutral until now, officially recognized on Saturday the rebel National Transitional Council as the sole legitimate government of the Libyan people. Independent

To prove that he was still alive, Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi broadcast a live radio address on Sunday morning. He congratulated his supporters for repelling an attack by rebel "rats" in the capital Tripoli, and accused French President Nicolas Sarkozy of trying to steal the country's oil. He added that the rebels were "bent on the destruction of the Libyan people." However, he announced that the rebel fighters in Tripoli have been eliminated. Reuters

Israel mobilizes for Gaza attack, as Egypt recalls its ambassador

Israel’s government was considering on Saturday night the possibility of escalating its military response to the continued rocket fire from Gaza. At least one man was killed and dozens of others were wounded by the more than 80 rockets that pounded southern Israel over the weekend. The options vary: they could include an expansion in airstrikes, possibly to hundreds of targets throughout the Gaza strip; there could be a ground offensive inside Gaza, with small and isolated operations; or there could be targeted assassinations against leaders of terrorist organizations in Gaza. The objective will be to exact a price for the rockets without triggering a new war like Operation Cast Lead, the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza early in 2009. Jerusalem Post

Arab League will meet on Sunday to discuss Gaza

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has requested an emergency meeting of the Arab League on Sunday to protest the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) air strikes over the past three days. The air strikes followed a deadly terror attack in southern Israel on Thursday. Abbas has also called for an emergency United Nations Security Council session to discuss the IDF air strikes. Haaretz

Israel apologizes to save relationship with Egypt

Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak issued a public statement on Saturday expressing regret for the deaths of Egyptian policemen in the course of retaliating for Thursday's terrorist attack on the Israel-Egypt border, in the hope of convincing Egypt to rescind its decision to recall its ambassador to Israel. Barak issued the statement after he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conferred with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who said that an immediate apology was necessary. By Saturday evening, Egypt had not responded to the apology, and had not altered its decision to recall the ambassador. The decision is caught up in the politics of Egypt's coming election. Protesters at the Israeli embassy in Cairo have been demanding the Israeli ambassador's expulsion. Debka

Egypt beefs up its forces along Israel border in Sinai

Thursday's terrorist attack in southern Israel is serving as a wake-up call to both Israel and Egypt that something has to be done about the lawlessness of the Sinai desert near Israel's border. The "Camp David peace accords" that Israel and Egypt signed in 1979 restricts the amount of military force that Egypt is permitted to send into Sinai, and it's now generally recognized by both countries that this restriction has to be modified to prevent terrorist attacks in the future. Jerusalem Post

Obama administration instructs colleges to presume male guilt in rape accusations

The Obama administration has issued a directive to colleges that they should assume that males are automatically guilty of any rape allegations, and threatens the colleges with losing federal aid if males are given due process. False allegations of rape and domestic violence are a major technique used by feminist organizations to raise money. Wall Street Journal (Access)

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