IAEA inspectors will be in Tehran on Tuesday.

IAEA inspectors will be in Tehran on Tuesday. (Inra).

A nuclear official announced here Saturday that the inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are to visit Iran on September 15.

IAEA inspectors in Tehran on Tuesday Talking to Iran, Deputy Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Ali-Asghar Zarean made the remark.

A Visit to military sites is not on the inspectors' agenda, said the official.

The visit is taking place in line with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), said he.

On July 14, Iran and world's six major powers known as the Group 5+1 (the US, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China) concluded their over a decade-long negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear activities which led to the signing of the JCPOA.

According to the text of the document, the anti-Iran sanctions will be removed in exchange for some limitations on the country’s nuclear energy program and Iran will be recognized by the United Nations as a nuclear power and will continue its uranium enrichment program. Iran has repeatedly announced that its nuclear activities aim at peaceful purposes.

Pres. Hussein Obama implies to Jews: that imposing Palestinian state is expression of commitment to Israel's security.

Pres. Hussein Obama implies to Jews: that imposing Palestinian state is expression of commitment to Israel's security. (IMRA).

Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: Here's the concern:
When someone says that they are committed to Israel's security AND that the most important thing for Israel's security is cutting a deal with the Palestinians then the very real concern is raised that they think that they can express that commitment by forcing the Jewish State into doing things "for its own good".

This is nothing new. All the people who have had it wrong for the last two decades are still confident that they know better than us. They still embrace a childish notion that somehow everything will be fantastic if we just retreat before or after signing some papers on the White House Lawn.] Hmmm.....The only reason he wants to see Netanyahu is to rub in his 'Victory' on the US Congress, and bully Israel some more. Read the full story here.

Video - Hamas Leader: We Accept Palestinian State, ’67 Borders, Right to Return

Hamas Leader: We Accept Palestinian State, ’67 Borders, Right to Return.HT: Breitbart.The Jerusalem Post: Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal declared a position on Palestinian statehood that is nearly identical to that of his Fatah rival, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in an interview with CNN aired Wednesday. “I accept a Palestinian state according [to] the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as the capital, with the right to return,” the Hamas leader told Christine Amanpour in Cairo. Pushed about his party’s refusal to recognize Israel, Mashaal said such a declaration could only be made once a Palestinian state has been created. “After this state is established, it decides its standing toward Israel,” the Hamas leader said.Read the full story here.

Soldiers spell out critique of Netanyahu as a ‘loser’ for not using ground forces in Gaza.

Soldiers spell out critique of Netanyahu as a ‘loser’ for not using ground forces in Gaza.(TOI).The IDF Spokesman’s office said Thursday it was looking into a photograph circulating widely on Facebook in which 16 IDF soldiers arranged their uniformed bodies on the sand, to spell out the Hebrew words “Bibi loser” — in a deft physical critique of Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu’s failure to send ground troops into Gaza during the just-ended Operation Pillar of Defense.
Netanyahu warned throughout the operation that a wider military assault on Hamas might be about to unfold. The IDF called up tens of thousands of reservists and deployed large troop contingents close to the Gaza border, and some troops were reportedly ordered more than once to gear up for an incursion, only to be ordered to stand down at the last moment.
“We were twice ordered to gear up and told that we are going in, and then we were called back to Israel,” one soldier said Thursday; others said they had even opened border gates before being told to return.
The photograph’s source was not clear at time of writing. It had been posted and reposted on numerous Facebook pages, receiving more than 3,000 “Likes” and 400 “shares” in one Facebook group alone within three hours of appearing.
Many commenters on the photo said that the soldiers should be court-martialed; many others empathized with the soldiers’ evident sense of frustration at having been wound up for battle and then wound down, calling Netanyahu a coward and criticizing the prime minister for preventing the IDF from “getting the job done” and “giving it to Hamas.”
The IDF’s spokesperson desk said it was looking into the matter.
The soldiers did not wear identifying insignia; their red boots indicated that they were from infantry units.Hmmmm..........What will be the price Obama charges for stopping Iran?Read the full story here.

Netanyahu: Ground Campaign Might be Necessary After All.

Netanyahu: Ground Campaign Might be Necessary After All.(INN).On Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced that Israel was accepting the U.S.-Egypt brokered cease-fire with Hamas, saying that it would “provide an opportunity for the situation to stabilize and become calmer.” But on his Facebook page Wednesday night, Netanyahu wrote that despite the cease-fire, “it may be necessary for us to conduct a major and harsh military campaign” against Hamas – and if such a campaign would become necessary, Israel would follow through. Netanyahu was responding to thousands of Facebook commenters who slammed him, along with Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, for failing to fully rout Hamas and engage in a ground campaign to destroy the terror group for once and for all. Netanyahu wrote that he understood the commenters' feelings, but that Israel needed to “take this opportunity to achieve a long-term cease-fire. “As Prime Minister I have the ultimate responsibility to take the proper steps to ensure our security. That is what I have done in the past, and that is what I will continue to do.” While Netanyahu was updating his Facebook page after the announcement of the cease-fire, Gaza Arab terrorists continued their rocket fire on Israel unabated.Read the full story here.

Israel Announces Ceasefire, Hamas Keeps Firing.

Israel Announces Ceasefire, Hamas Keeps Firing.(INN).U.S. President Barack Obama spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Wednesday evening and asked him to agree to abide by a ceasefire with Hamas. Netanyahu gave his consent.
The terms of the ceasefire are not yet known in full but a partial text has been published.
Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman held a joint news conference Wednesday evening announcing the ceasefire. However, Hamas kept on firing rockets, and a siren sounded at 9:15 p.m. in Ashkelon and other locations.
Netanyahu said: "Eight days ago, Israel launched Operation Pillar of Defense, after attacks from Gaza that were carried out at a growing rate the last few months.
"The terror organizations assumed that we would abstain from an aggressive action, but they were wrong. We hit senior leaders, we destroyed thousands of rockets that were aimed at the South, and most of the rockets that were aimed at the center of Israel. We hit Hamas's control mechanisms.
Netanyahu said that Israel and the U.S. agreed to work together against smuggling of weapons that originate in Iran into Gaza.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that while terrorists are to stop their rocket fire, he expects there to be a "small tail," like in previous ceasefires. By this he means that there will be some more rocket fire for a while before the attacks stop.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, speaking at a joint news conference in Cairo with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, said the cessation of hostilities would begin at 9:00 p.m., local time (1900 GMT).
"The United States welcomes the agreement today for a ceasefire. In the days ahead, the United States will work with partners in the region to consolidate this progress," Clinton said.
Prime Minister Netanyahu's office confirmed the news earlier Wednesday evening, but its statement leaves room for the use of greater force if Hamas fails to abide by the terms of the ceasefire.
Demonstrators in Israel's South called on Netanyahu not to agree to a ceasefire, but to restore deterrence and security. A Channel 2 political analyst noted that the demonstrators are largely Likud voters and said Netanyahu will have a problem with these voters if he agrees to a ceasefire at present.Read the full story here, more here.

Obama's end game: IDF to do Obama's and Abu Mazen's dirty work.

Obama's end game: IDF to do Obama's and Abu Mazen's dirty work. HT: IsraelMatzav.This very brief, unsourced piece in Hebrew perhaps explains everything that's going on. It explains why Hillary Clinton is suddenly here. It explains why Israel is sitting at the edge of Gaza without going in. It explains why there have been less bombing missions today (Wednesday) than any other day.
The piece claims that President Obama has agreed in principle for the IDF to conquer Gaza and throw Hamas out. (Link in Hebrew only).
But... and it's a huge but. He wants Gaza turned over to 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud AbbasAbu Mazen and, so that this can be portrayed as Abu Mazen 'saving' the 'Palestinians' and to strengthen Abu Mazen's position, he wants Israel to immediately declare a 'Palestinian state' in wide swaths of Judea and Samaria, which would of course also be turned over to Abu Mazen.
As a bonus (not mentioned in the article), Abu Mazen would presumably then drop his appeal to the United Nations.
The Israeli government is said to be furious because if Israel does not agree, Obama will not back a ground operation, effectively a veto.
Although this has no sourcing, it makes too much sense. It explains why the Israeli government has not agreed to it. We're being asked to choose our poison.Hmmm.....I wonder what he will 'charge' for stopping Iran?Read the full story here.