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Former Iranian fighter pilot: 'Ahmadinejad incites war'
By JPOST.COM STAFF
11/16/2010 21:53
Lieutenant Bahazad Masawi, a defected Iranian air force pilot who is hiding in Paris, talks about how he believes that the people of Iran don’t hate the Israeli people. He thinks that it is just the Dictator, Ahmadinejad that is the world’s biggest supporter of terrorism, and also a huge threat to both Israel and the world. IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi is visiting America and Canada to talk about imposing higher energy and bank sanctions on Iran in hope of stopping their uranium enrichment program. He is also going to talk to America about their decision to sell 84 F-15 fighter jets and JDAM smart bombs to Saudi Arabia, Ashkenazi is primarily concerned with America selling Saudi Arabia the JDAM smart bombs.

Israeli high tech adjusts to Asian challenge
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
11/16/2010 19:35
For being a country of only 7.6 million Israel has been very impressive in the field of technology. It has the most technology-focused Nasdaq companies besides North America, and has been a hot spot for scientific innovation. But now people are worried that Asian giants like China and India will start to compete with Israel because each of those countries’ populations surpass 1 billion people. “At some point, quantity becomes quality," says Zeev Holtzman, chairman of Giza Venture Capital in Tel Aviv. Israel is expected to make 500 million this year from the Technology market, double last year, and is still a big player in the technology market.