Settlements, regional peace on Israel-U.S. agenda The Star | JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Defence Minister Ehud Barak said he would discuss with a U.S. envoy on Monday a compromise over a peace plan calling for an Israeli settlement freeze and seek ways to promote regional peace. Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak talks during a news conference following his mee...
Amnesty defends report on Israel's destruction of Gaza Daily Star Lebanon | By Dalila Mahdawi | Daily Star staff | Saturday, July 04, 2009 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Israel carried out "wanton" and "deliberate" destruction of the besieged Gaza Strip during a 22-day offensive in December and January, a leading human-rights group said Friday. Unveiling their latest report, "O...
Biden: US will not stand in Israel's way on Iran The Wichita Eagle WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden says the U.S. will not stand in Israel's way if Israel believes military action is needed to eliminate Iran's nuclear threat. | Biden says the U.S. "cannot dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and ca...
Biden: US will not stand in Israel's way on Iran The Boston Globe | WASHINGTON—Vice President Joe Biden says the U.S. will not stand in Israel's way if Israel believes military action is needed to eliminate Iran's nuclear threat. | ...
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Amnesty accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza The Guardian | AMY TEIBEL | Associated Press Writer= JERUSALEM (AP) â Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of Gaza Strip homes in attacks that am...
Amnesty: Israel killed hundreds of Gaza civilians CNN | (CNN) -- Israeli troops killed hundreds of unarmed civilian adults and children, broke laws and committed war crimes during their winter offensive in Gaza, Amnesty International ...
ISRAEL: Refugees, asylum-seekers and protection - analysis IRINnews web | Photo: Shabtai Gold/IRIN TEL AVIV, 2 July 2009 (IRIN) - The Israeli Interior Ministry is taking over the process of Refugee Status Determination (RSD) from the UN refugee age...
Israel's Barak seeks peace 'understanding' with US The Boston Globe | JERUSALEM—Israel's defense minister said Sunday he hopes to reach a "wider understanding" on regional peace when he meets Washington's Mideast envoy this week, but gave no indication the sides have resolved a dispute over settlement construct...
Israel's Barak seeks peace 'understanding' with US The State | JERUSALEM -- Israel's defense minister said Sunday he hopes to reach a "wider understanding" on regional peace when he meets Washington's Mideast envoy this week, but gave no indication the sides have resolved a dispute over settlement construction...
World leaders laud Lebanese democracy, Israel calls for disarming Hizbullah Daily Star Lebanon | By Dalila Mahdawi | Daily Star staff | Tuesday, June 09, 2009 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: The international community welcomed Monday the results of Lebanon's Sunday parliamentary polls, in which the previously ruling March 14 majority defeated the Hizbullah-led March 8 opposition. The elections were keenly observed by neighboring countries like Isr...
Amnesty accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza The Guardian | AMY TEIBEL | Associated Press Writer= JERUSALEM (AP) â Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of Gaza Strip homes in attacks that amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International charged Thursday, in the first in-depth human rights group report on the recent war in Gaza. | Amnesty called on Israel to pub...
Egypt sees Israel - not Iran - as main concern Middle East Online CAIRO - A solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is more important to Egypt than confronting Iran's nuclear programme, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's spokesman Suleiman Awad said on Sunday. | The government hopes US President Barack Obama will address in his speech from Cairo on Thursday the "essence of the Islamic world's relations with ...
