The Obama administration last night announced that Israel and the PA have agreed to resume the peace process through indirect negotiations, facilitated by US special envoy for the Middle East George Mitchell, but hopes they will lead to direct negotiations. Furthermore, according to Ha’aretz, Mitchell told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and PA President Mahmoud Abbas [...]
During talks yesterday in Brussels, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband demanded full cooperation from Israel with a British inquiry into the use of bogus passports. The Serious and Organized Crime Agency (who I guess are serious and organized -ed.) or SOCA is investigating how the identities of British citizens were stolen. “He made clear that [...]
With Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu set to visit Russia, senior Russian security officials said that Moscow sees no reason to delay the sale of the powerful S-300 air-defense system to Iran. “There is a signed contract [for the S-300 missiles] which we must follow through on, but deliveries have not started yet,” Vladimir Nazarov, deputy [...]
PA President Mahmoud Abbas has stated the palestinians have no preconditions for talks with Israel. Which is interesting, considering it was yesterday reported that he said: “The PA will restart peace negotiations once Israel halts all settlement construction and recognizes the 1967 borders as the official borders of the future Palestinian state” Sounds like preconditions [...]
Question: Did a British court issue an arrest warrant against opposition chairwoman Tzipi Livni for alleged “war crimes” committed during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip last winter? Possible answers: a) Yes Senior officials in Israel confirmed reports on Monday that a British court issued an arrest warrant against opposition chairwoman Tzipi Livni for [...]
“The threat that Iran poses is very grave for the state of Israel, for peace in the Middle East and the whole world. Without any doubt, we are the first target, but not the last.” – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Updates (Israel time; most recent at top) 10:12PM: Opposition leader Tzipi Livni today blasted [...]
Click refresh to see new updates during the day The Arab League and Hamas both said that Arabs should not normalize ties with Israel as long as we don’t implement a ” settlement freeze.” “It is impossible to speak of normalization when Israel rejects any significant measure,” Arab League chief Amr Moussa said at a [...]
Click refresh to see new updates during the day Outgoing IAEA (potato) head Mohamed ElBaradei called the Iranian threat “hyped,” saying there is no proof the Islamic republic will soon have nuclear weapons. “In many ways, I think the threat has been hyped,” ElBaradei told the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in an interview released [...]
Click refresh to see new updates during the day Sweden’s Foreign Minister denied a Haaretz report that he and the Italian Foreign Minister would work to pass a resolution saying that the EU, under the Swedish Presidency, strongly condemned anti-Semitism and would work against its manifestations in Europe. Wouldn’t want anyone to get the wrong [...]
Now this is interesting. With elections looming in problematic Israel, the race seems to be down to right-wing leader Benjamin Netanyahu and center party candidate Zipi Livni. Surprisingly, many Arabs favor a win by the seemingly more hawkish Netanyahu. The considered opinion of political and business leaders in the region is that Netanyahu offers stability [...]
