From The Jewish Press:
The Obama administration stopped shipping to Israel all defense items – and not just Hellfire missiles as previously reported – for a short time in the middle of the war against Hamas, reported Israel Defense’s Amir Rappaport, the well-informed and highly credibly editor of the website.
Makor Rishon added to that report that the US actually cut off all communications with Israel’s Ministry of Defense purchasing offices in the US for days.
The Defense Ministry, now realizing it cannot always depend on the Obama administration in a time of crisis, already has decided under a “veil of secrecy,” according to Israel Defense, to manufacture a highly sensitive weapon in Israel instead of buying it from the United States.
The change in policy is a major step that would wean Israel away from dependence on the United States and which also would be a significant change in the policy of buying American-made weapons with most financial assistance from the United States. American aid to countries, including Israel, usually is conditioned on a majority of the money being poured back into the American military-industrial complex.
“The Israeli defense establishment will reduce the production of weapon systems in the USA in the context of joint Israeli-American projects, and will rely more heavily on Israeli-made products” as a result of the punitive action taken by President Barack Obama, Rappaport wrote.
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KTUU2CBS: URGENT-Ebola cruise ship passenger
(CNN) -- A cruise ship passenger who is employed at a Dallas, Texas, hospital where Ebola patients were treated, poses no public health threat, a health authority said on Sunday in a statement. "The public health assessment is based on the fact the person was confirmed to have remained asymptomatic and reassurance provided by Department of State Health Services lab testing."
*****-note: CDC flew in helicopter to obtain blood sample of isolated passenger yesterday. If passengers are permitted to disembark, then blood sample likely tested negative. If positive for Ebola, then the remaining 4k crew and passengers will begin phase 2 of their nightmare - if the pattern of the 800+passengers of Frontier now on travel bans sets as the standard. Reports all confirm Carnival Magic is docked in Galveston now.
UKDailyMail:
Another EIGHTY FOUR people under observation for Ebola in Ohio as officials track those who encountered stricken nurse as she roamed Cleveland 10/19/2014
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DeutscheWelle: Media: Germany 'working to build Ebola transport plane' A German newspaper has reported that the government is developing a special aircraft designed to transport Ebola patients. At present, only the US has planes equipped for the task.
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Guardian: Ebola: Liberia deaths 'far higher than reported' as officials downplay epidemic Film-maker Sorious Samura, recently returned from Liberia, says Ebola is still not under control, with cultural practices and data problems masking the true extent of the epidemic
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graphic: Flights from West Africa to US Commercial non-stop flights from West Africa to airports outside of the African continent available for booking Jan. 2-8, 2015
a total of 358 direct flights available for booking that week. Of these, only 37 were to the U.S. They include the following six routes:
United Airlines flies daily from Dakar, Senegal, to Washington Dulles.
South African Airways flies daily from Dakar to New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport.
Delta Airlines flies daily from Accra, Ghana, to JFK.
Delta flies daily from Lagos, Nigeria, to Atlanta.
United flies six days a week from Lagos to Houston.
Arik Air, a Nigerian carrier, flies three days a week from Lagos to JFK.
By contrast, there are hundreds of flights per week to Western Europe from these countries.
blog 538: Why an ebola flight ban wouldn't work (posted for references which may prove useful)
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W.H.O.: definition of "Disease Outbreaks"
"A disease outbreak is the occurrence of cases of disease in excess of what would normally be expected in a defined community, geographical area or season. An outbreak may occur in a restricted geographical area, or may extend over several countries. It may last for a few days or weeks, or for several years.
A single case of a communicable disease long absent from a population, or caused by an agent (e.g. bacterium or virus) not previously recognized in that community or area, or the emergence of a previously unknown disease, may also constitute an outbreak and should be reported and investigated."
YahooNews: update on cruise disembarkation in Galveston The unidentified woman who is being monitored disembarked the Carnival Magic with her husband shortly after the ship returned to Galveston, Texas about 6AM and the couple drvoe themselve home.
Officials said the woman poses no risk because she has shown no signs ofillness for 19 days and has voluntarily self-quarantined on the cruise ship.
There have been no restrictions placed on other passengers aboard the ship, officials said.
The best thing that ever happened to South Africa in the apartheid era was a complete ban of oil from Opec. South Africa responded by building the world's biggest gas from coal plant making the entire country self-reliant. TODAY IT STILL PRODUCES MOST OF SOUTH AFRICA'S GASOLINE.
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