Mar 23, 2010 6 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Financial Times: Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, on Monday warned Israel that its survival could be in jeopardy unless it reached a peace deal with the Palestinians. Her warning came in an address to the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington, and followed days of tension between the US and the ...
Continue ReadingMar 16, 2010 5 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Jerusalem Post: Hamas on Tuesday called on Palestinians to launch an intifada to prevent the "Zionist plot" to take over Jerusalem. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Musa Abu Marzouk, deputy chairman of the Hamas political bureau, urged the Palestinians to join forces against Israel's "intentions" to drive out Muslims and Christians fromJerusalem. "What happens in Jerusalem will ...
Continue ReadingMar 15, 2010 12 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Israel remains a strategic ally of the United States, the US State Department felt compelled to reaffirm Monday. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration's fierce denunciation of Israel last week has ignited a firestorm in Congress and among powerful pro-Israel interest groups who say the criticism of America's top Mideast ally was misplaced. Since the controversy erupted, ...
Continue ReadingMar 15, 2010 8 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Times Online: The White House is refusing to back down today in a bitter dispute with Israel over settlements in Jerusalem that has stalled peace talks, split Jewish lobbyists in Washington and which the Pentagon believes is threatening the lives of American soldiers in the broader Middle East. As Palestinians threatened to boycott future talks, the depth ...
Continue ReadingFeb 27, 2010 7 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Jerusalem Post: WASHINGTON – Defense Minister Ehud Barak stressed the need for tough sanctions against Iran as he wrapped up meetings with senior American officials, even as the two allies have disagreed on the severity of punitive measures in recent days. “What is really needed is significant sanctions, effective ones, within a time limit,†he said during ...
Continue ReadingFeb 16, 2010 22 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Israel mulling a spring or summer war: Ahmadinejad Agencie France Presse: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that Iran's arch-foe Israel was mulling starting a war "next spring or summer" but has yet to make a final decision. Without specifying whom would be targeted, Ahmadinejad said: "According to information we have they (Israel) are seeking to start ...
Continue ReadingJan 18, 2010 4 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran vowed Monday to take revenge on Israel and the United States for the slaying last week of a physics professor in a mysterious bomb attack, the official news agency reported. Iranian officials have blamed the bombing on an exiled opposition group known as the People's Mujahedeen, accusing it of acting on ...
Continue ReadingDec 28, 2009 12 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Israeli Ministry Of Foreign Affairs: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Liberman, will host a conference next week (27-31 December) for Israeli Heads of Missions. At the conference, Israel’s ambassadors and consuls general serving throughout the world will discuss broad diplomatic and strategic issues. This is the ...
Continue ReadingDec 25, 2009 4 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
GAZA (Reuters) - As an Israeli drone flew overhead, a masked Hamas spokesman said the Islamist group would not shirk from battle with Israel, which carried out a powerful Gaza offensive a year ago. "We do not wish for war. We wish for calm and peace for our people," Abu Ubaida, spokesman for Hamas's armed ...
Continue ReadingNov 30, 2009 11 Comments ›› Erik Wong
The Wall Street Journal: 'He talks too much," a Saudi academic in Jeddah, who had once been smitten with Barack Obama, recently observed to me of America's 44th president. He has wearied of Mr. Obama and now does not bother with the Obama oratory. He is hardly alone, this academic. In the endless chatter of this region, ...
Continue ReadingNov 11, 2009 10 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Jerusalem Post: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the US to choose between Israel and Iran on Tuesday night, according to Iranian state media. Ahmadinejad said that for a real change in relations to take place, a choice must be made. Speaking in Istanbul at the 25th Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation ...
Continue ReadingNov 4, 2009 5 Comments ›› Erik Wong
WND: TEL AVIV – A ship seized by the Israeli navy near Cyprus today had been carrying enough weapons and munitions for the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group to fight Israel for at least one month, announced Rani Ben-Yehuda, the deputy commander of Israel's navy. The cargo ship originated in Iran and was headed for Syria, the Israeli ...
Continue ReadingNov 4, 2009 2 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Bloomberg: The Islamic Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip can now launch rockets capable of reaching the Israeli metropolitan area of Tel Aviv, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said at a Jerusalem briefing. “We know they have tried to, and have obtained missiles that reach 60 kilometers (37 miles),†Ayalon said today. “Tel Aviv and its vicinity ...
Continue ReadingNov 4, 2009 4 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
JERUSALEM — Israeli naval commandos seized an arms ship Wednesday near Cyprus that was carrying missiles and anti-tank weapons from Iran to Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, defense officials said. The pre-dawn seizure highlighted Israel's accusations that Iran is arming its enemies. Israel offered no evidence to back up its claim that the weapons were ...
Continue ReadingOct 29, 2009 1 Comment ›› Pat Dollard
Once again, we all have the opportunity to be just absolutely blown away by the amazing successes of this new era of Obama foreign policy, all the change, all the hope, all the huge difference his "genius" new approach has made... Jerusalem Post: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday his country would not give up "one ...
Continue ReadingOct 22, 2009 4 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Haaretz: The defense establishment confirmed that in recent weeks West Bank settlers have been making a noticeable effort to expedite construction, in an attempt to maximize the "facts on the ground" before the United States and Israel reach an agreement on a settlement freeze. A senior security source said this week that the defense establishment's view on ...
Continue ReadingOct 22, 2009 No Comments ›› Erik Wong
Jerusalem Post: Defense Minister Ehud Barak broke Israel's official silence on a draft plan to ship one load of Iranian uranium abroad for enrichment, saying Thursday night there was a need to halt all uranium enrichment on Iranian soil. "This agreement, if it is signed, will set Iran's accumulation of enriched material back by about a ...
Continue ReadingOct 16, 2009 10 Comments ›› Erik Wong
World Net Daily: JERUSALEM – U.S. officials in recent days expressed to the Palestinian Authority that President Obama's administration is "disgusted" with Israel, a top aide to PA President Mahmoud Abbas told WND in an interview. Nimr Hamad said the White House was disgusted that Israel is refusing to halt all settlement activity as a precondition for ...
Continue ReadingOct 15, 2009 1 Comment ›› Erik Wong
JERUSALEM, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A Turkish television drama which depicts an Israeli soldier shooting dead a Palestinian baby has strained already tense relations between Israel and Turkey, its strategic Muslim ally. Once-close ties between the Jewish state and Turkey, a secular state with a Muslim population, have deteriorated since Israel's offensive earlier this year in ...
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