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Shayetet 13

Type: Organization

Name: Shayetet 13

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 Documents

Yoav Galant

Israeli government approves new army chief

JERUSALEM, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Southern Command Chief, Maj.- Gen. Yoav Galant as the next chief of staff. 'Gallant has proven himself in 32 years of service in the front line of the IDF ... [Published 15 hours ago by Xinhua News Agency]

Entities: Yoav Galant, Israel Defense Forces, Gaby Ashkenazi

First Reported Aug 23 2010 - Updated Aug 23 2010 - 1 Documents

Galant to be next Israeli army chief

Israel's defense minister says he has selected a new military commander. The new chief of staff will be Major General Yoav Galant, who led the Gaza offensive last year as head of the military's Southern Command.Yoav Galant will replace the current chief, ... [Published Aug 23 2010 by CNTV]

Entities: Yoav Galant, Military/Armed Forces, Shayetet 13

First Reported Aug 21 2010 - Updated Aug 21 2010 - 1 Documents

Israelis conducting covert maritime operations in Persian Gulf

Chinese and Japanese intelligence agencies, which closely monitor events in the Persian Gulf due to the dependence of both countries on oil from the region, report that Israeli Navy commandos have recently been active in creating maritime incidents in ... [Published Aug 21 2010 by Online Journal]

Entities: Persian Gulf, Covert, Iran, Syria, Israeli Navy

First Reported Aug 18 2010 - Updated Aug 18 2010 - 1 Documents

IDF Reserve Commandos Speak Out

When Capt. John D., an Israeli university student and champion swimmer, was called up as a reserves commando of Shayetet 13 — Israel’s equivalent of the U.S. Navy SEALs — to train for the operation to stop the “Gaza Freedom Flotilla,” he says he expressed ... [Published Aug 18 2010 by Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]

Entities: Shayetet 13, US Navy SEALs, Freedom Flotilla

First Reported Aug 16 2010 - Updated Aug 17 2010 - 1 Documents

Turkey denies rift with U.S. over divergent Middle Eastern policies

ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Turkey is denying recent media reports that Washington is pressuring Ankara over Turkey's positions on Israel and Iran imperiling its chances of obtaining U.S. weaponry.An article published Monday by Anadolu Ajansi was ... [Published Aug 16 2010 by UPI]

Entities: Turkey, United States, Iran

First Reported Aug 12 2010 - Updated Aug 12 2010 - 1 Documents

Peace Now

Goliath and his paintball gun

Military planners of flotilla raid given a mission impossible; stop ship from reaching Gaza in way that would look OK on CNN.Talkbacks (15)How could we have screwed up so badly? This is what no one understands about the navy commandos’ May 31 raid on ... [Published Aug 12 2010 by Jerusalem Post]

Entities: Israel, Peace Now, Military/Armed Forces, Shayetet 13

First Reported Jun 07 2010 - Updated Jun 07 2010 - 1 Documents

Helen Thomas

Flotsam and Jetsam

When you want clarity on the flotilla, watch Liz Cheney . When you want moral sanity on Helen Thomas, follow Sarah Palin on Twitter : “Helen Thomas press pals condone racist rant? Heaven forbid ‘esteemed’ press corps represent society’s enlightened ... [Published Jun 07 2010 by Commentary]

Entities: Israel, Helen Thomas, Peter Beinart

First Reported Jun 05 2010 - Updated Jun 05 2010 - 1 Documents

Raided by IDF's death squad

The elite of the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) carried out the raid on the flotilla on Sunday night.The Shayetet 13 force, literally meaning Flotilla 13, specialises in assassinations, counter-terrorism, sabotage and intelligence-gathering.The group, also ... [Published Jun 05 2010 by Socialist Worker]

Entities: Shayetet 13, Sabotage, Counter-Terrorism, Assassination

First Reported Jun 02 2010 - Updated Jun 02 2010 - 1 Documents

Barak: "We need to always remember that we aren't North America or Western Europe, we live in the Middle East, in a place where there is no mercy for the weak and there aren't second chances for those who don't defend themselves"

People who live far from the front lines may not know what it means to have to fight for one's life. "Barak: In the Middle East, there is no mercy for the weak," from Haaretz, June 2: Defense Minister Ehud Barak visited the Shayetet 13 base in Atlit on ... [Published Jun 02 2010 by Jihad Watch]

Entities: Ehud Barak, Shayetet 13

First Reported Jun 02 2010 - Updated Jun 02 2010 - 1 Documents

Flotilla Raid: Who Were the Israeli Commandos?

by DAVID AXE On Sunday, a flotilla of “humanitarians” challenged the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza . Israeli warships intercepted and boarded the civilian vessels. When the crew of one ship attacked Israeli commandos rappelling down from a helicopter, ... [Published Jun 02 2010 by War Is Boring]

Entities: Israeli Navy, International Fleet Review, Littoral

First Reported Jun 01 2010 - Updated Jun 01 2010 - 1 Documents

Shayetet 13 ill-prepared for riot situation

Israels elite naval unit faced intense criticism yesterday after the botched operation against a pro-Palestinian flotilla on Monday.Shayetet 13, the Israeli equivalent of Britains Special Boat Service, is one of the most decorated units in the Israeli ... [Published Jun 01 2010 by Times Online]

Entities: Shayetet 13, Military/Armed Forces, Special Boat Service, Riot Control

First Reported Jun 01 2010 - Updated Jun 01 2010 - 1 Documents

Dozens of Rallies in Israel Support Troops

More than 30 rallies from Kiryat Shemona in the north to Eilat in the south proclaimed: we are all with Shayetet 13. ... [Published Jun 01 2010 by Arutz Sheva News]

Entities: Israel, Shayetet 13

Quotes

Ashkenazi earlier quashed recent speculation that he might step down before his term ended over the scandal, saying that whoever Barak choose would "get the best position, at the appointed time, in six months" according to the Ynet web

Israeli government approves new army chief [Xinhua News Agency - 15 hours ago]

...to simply scroll through readers' comments on the Opinions page of the Haaretz website: Among those who insult the commentators with remarks like "Go live in Gaza, you're not a Jew or a Zionist anyway" it seems to me that there are more than a few Jewish-American Haredim

Distorted Zionism [Haaretz - Aug 31 2010]

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Israeli government approves new army chief [Published 15 hours ago by Xinhua News Agency]
Distorted Zionism [Published Aug 31 2010 by Haaretz]
Gilad Atzmon: The Jewish Division [Published Aug 23 2010 by Atlantic Free Press]
Galant to be next Israeli army chief [Published Aug 23 2010 by CNTV]
1st chief of staff from Naval Commando [Published Aug 22 2010 by Ynet News]
PROFILE / Yoav Galant, 20th Chief of Staff of t... [Published Aug 22 2010 by Haaretz]
Israelis conducting covert maritime operations ... [Published Aug 21 2010 by Online Journal]
IDF Reserve Commandos Speak Out [Published Aug 18 2010 by Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]
Turkey denies rift with U.S. over divergent Mid... [Published Aug 16 2010 by UPI]
Editor's Notes: Underestimating our enemies [Published Aug 15 2010 by Jerusalem Post]
Hizbullah continues its psychological warfare. [Published Aug 15 2010 by Jerusalem Post]
Editorial: Rebutting Nasrallah [Published Aug 14 2010 by Jerusalem Post]
Goliath and his paintball gun [Published Aug 12 2010 by Jerusalem Post]
Blair: 100 percent on Israel’s side [Published Jun 09 2010 by İslâmi Davet - English News]
Israel steps up operations in Gaza [Published Jun 08 2010 by World Socialist Web Site]
Flotsam and Jetsam [Published Jun 07 2010 by Commentary]
Raided by IDF's death squad [Published Jun 05 2010 by Socialist Worker]
The Gaza Flotilla Raid: What Happened On The Sh... [Published Jun 04 2010 by TPMMuckraker]
Barak: "We need to always remember that we aren... [Published Jun 02 2010 by Jihad Watch]
Flotilla Raid: Who Were the Israeli Commandos? [Published Jun 02 2010 by War Is Boring]
Shayetet 13 ill-prepared for riot situation [Published Jun 01 2010 by Times Online]
Dozens of Rallies in Israel Support Troops [Published Jun 01 2010 by Arutz Sheva News]
The ship to Gaza events - the Fallouts [Published May 31 2010 by Infosphere AB]

Blogs

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Flotsam and Jetsam [Published Jun 07 2010 by Commentary] When you want clarity on the flotilla, watch Liz Cheney . When you want moral sanity on Helen Thomas, follow Sarah Palin on Twitter : “Helen Thomas press pals condone racist rant? Heaven forbid ‘esteemed’ press corps represent society’s enlightened ...
The Gaza Flotilla Raid: What Happened On The Sh... [Published Jun 04 2010 by TPMMuckraker] Monday's raid by Israeli naval commandos on a ship bearing medical, construction, and other supplies for the Gaza Strip resulted in the deaths of at least nine civilians. Many aspects of the episode -- the blockade, the run-up to the confrontation, ...
Barak: "We need to always remember that we aren... [Published Jun 02 2010 by Jihad Watch] People who live far from the front lines may not know what it means to have to fight for one's life. "Barak: In the Middle East, there is no mercy for the weak," from Haaretz, June 2: Defense Minister Ehud Barak visited the Shayetet 13 base in Atlit on ...
Flotilla Raid: Who Were the Israeli Commandos? [Published Jun 02 2010 by War Is Boring] by DAVID AXE On Sunday, a flotilla of “humanitarians” challenged the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza . Israeli warships intercepted and boarded the civilian vessels. When the crew of one ship attacked Israeli commandos rappelling down from a helicopter, ...