The Jerusalem Post reports: Lamenting the divisions in the Arab world, Lebanon’s prime minister on Thursday urged Arab nations to follow Europe’s lead and band together in a common market to face future challenges, such as unemployment. In an opening speech to the 10th Arab Investment and Capital Markets conference in Beirut, Prime Minister Rafik [...]
I fully support Israel building the security fence around Ariel. The aim of the fence is to minimize the number of terrorist infiltrations into Israel. And while Ariel is beyond the “Green Line”, it should be afforded this protection. Israel has always stated that she will not retreat to the 1967 “Green Line”, but rather [...]
Saddam Hussein’s lawyer has accused US soldiers of abusing his client, drawing comparisons between his treatment and the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. A lawyer for Saddam Hussein has accused the former Iraqi dictator’s American captors of abusing him, citing a “capture card” that described his condition as “slightly wounded.” A senior Pentagon official in [...]
“Liar!”: Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Wednesday rejected former US president Bill Clinton’s assertion, made in his new book, that he had been prepared to give up the Golan Heights. Netanyahu responded that Clinton’s version of events is incorrect, and that the Americans were never involved in any stage of the secret contacts between him and [...]
Some good news from the US. The U.S. House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to “strongly endorse” President George W. Bush’s April 14 declaration, which effectively rejected key Palestinian demands for an Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 war borders and a right of return for Palestinian refugees. The resolution, passed 407-9 with three lawmakers voting [...]
