Talking to Ynet, police sources said they believed there was a likelihood of clashes with security forces at the Kalandia checkpoint [at Ramallah] following Friday morning prayers. Thousands of policemen, Border Guard officers, and police special forces will deploy around the Temple Mount and the Jerusalem region in order to maintain order when Friday prayers
Continue Reading »“Instead of assigning a fact-finding team (to investigate the 9/11 attacks), they killed the main perpetrator and threw his body into the sea,” Ahmadinejad said, referring to the raid in May that killed bin Laden in his hideout in Pakistan. Ahmadinejad said the United States should have brought him to trial so that the truth
Continue Reading »He then noted that “the bonds between the US and Israel are unbreakable, and the commitment of the security of Israel is ironclad. Since coming into office, I haven’t just talked the talk, we’ve walked the walk.” Obama also spoke about the recent events in Egypt and the Middle East uprisings and noted that the
Continue Reading »The Nigerian announcement was made following a meeting between Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, who visited Israel back in 2007. Barak also met with Nigeria’s oil minister. At this time, five Security Council members are certain not to endorse the Palestinian statehood bid: The US, Germany [a non-permanent member], France, Britain
Continue Reading »The PA has claimed for many years that all its terror, including murder of civilians by suicide bombings, is justified by UN resolution 3236, which “recognizes the right of the Palestinian people to regain its rights by all means in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.” According to
Continue Reading »The Palestinian leader met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and reviewed the procedure to be followed in coming days. On Friday [September 23] following his speech to the General Assembly, Abbas will formally present his request for membership to Ban, who will deliver it to the Security Council for a vote. The US continues
Continue Reading »For example, on September 18, the official PA daily published on pages 1–16 approximately 75 news articles out of which 43 were about the UN bid, many of them documenting expressions of support from the region and around the world. The PA campaign logo along with the words appearing in English “UN—Palestine state 194” and
Continue Reading »The feature goes on to detail Washington’s frustration and fury over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s personal behavior towards Obama, as well as with his obstinacy vis-à-vis the American president’s Mideast vision. The frustration, the article said, was shared by Vice president Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and former
Continue Reading »“Jewish News 1” will broadcast news from Israel and the world 24/7. The network has already set up studios in Tel Aviv, Brussels and Kiev, and additional studios will be opened in Washington, Paris and London in the coming months. The network has 12 correspondents, all foreigners, who are currently deployed in six countries. The
Continue Reading »In a transcript of Netanyahu’s comments in the Sunday [September 18] cabinet meeting provided by the Prime Minister’s Office, the Israeli leader said, “I am convinced that the activity of the US, which is deeply cooperating with us, as well as the activity of other governments with which we are also cooperating, will result in
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