Terrorist chief vows to continue resistance.
Rare public speech defiant of patron Assad regime's demise.
Barak: Israel concerned about weapons transfers.  

Hezbollah, which already has an estimated 40,000 rockets and missiles aimed at Israel, is boosting its weapons stockpiles even more, the head of the Lebanon-based terrorist group, said in a rare public appearance in Beirut Tuesday.

The rise of Islamic parties in the Egyptian parliamentary elections constitutes the "new mood" in the Middle East, Hamas' senior political adviser in the Gaza Strip said today in a radio interview.

"This is the new mood in the Middle East – that the people now count on the Islamists to help to fix the situation in the Middle East after all these decades of corruption," stated Ahmed Yousef, chief political adviser to Hamas' de facto prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh.

‘Mysterious explosion rocks Iranian city of Isfahan’ - The Jerusalem Post, November 28, 2011, 19:30

For weeks Israelis have been greeted – almost every day – with headlines sounding the ticking clock that is measuring the minutes toward war.

Other things – for us, relative trivia, but indicative of growing global chaos – have dominated the news in the west: Occupy Wall Street; the imminent collapse of the Euro; the quest for a Republican candidate for 2012; the guilty verdict for Michael Jackson’s doctor; allegations of misconduct against Herman Cain…

In a surprise step that could precipitate a future U.S.-NATO military campaign, the Arab League today suspended Syria and called on its army to stop killing civilians.

The League announced it will impose economic and political sanctions on Syria's government and has appealed to member states to withdraw their ambassadors.

Arab League diplomats, speaking to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said that if Syria does not adhere to its demands for immediate reform, the organization will work to unify Syrian opposition groups into a coalition similar to that of Libya's National Transitional Council.