According to Al Jazeera, the Arab League called for written guarantees from the United States before giving the green light to the negotiations. Amr Moussa, the Arab League secretary-general, noted that the issue of Israeli settlements was a particular point of interest regarding the guarantees. US President Barack Obama reportedly already sent a letter with
Continue Reading »The move comes a few months after Israel’s National Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau announced that 10 percent of Israel’s energy needs will come from renewable sources such as wind and solar power by 2020. To meet the goal, Israel must install enough renewable energy infrastructure to produce over 4,000 megawatts hours of power. “We decided
Continue Reading »The army has also finished gathering the scattered pieces of the helicopter that crashed, and will apparently not require another visit to the site. IAF [Israel Air Force] Chief of Staff Ido Nehushtan said earlier he believes the reason behind the crash would be discovered without using the black box which is believed to have
Continue Reading »However, Cameron also urged Turkey not to allow the incident to wreck its relationship with Israel. On the flotilla raid, the UK prime minister—who heads a coalition government with the center-left Liberal Democrats—declared: “I have told Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu we will expect the Israeli inquiry to be swift, transparent and rigorous.'” Cameron expressed hope
Continue Reading »Spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters last Friday [July 23] of the new arrangement for the mission: “They requested it, we evaluated it, and we recognized its importance to them, and we granted it. Just to clarify, there has been no change in the status of the Palestinian mission here in Washington,” said Crowley. “It operates
Continue Reading »Israel has been calling for sanctions on Iran’s gas and oil industries for a while. Said Regev on the new EU sanctions that target those sectors, “These sanctions are good sanctions, they are ratcheting up the pressure on the Iranian regime to abandon its nuclear program. I think if Iran continues to thumb its nose
Continue Reading »The ministry also raised the possibility of holding indirect negotiations with the relevant countries as a means of establishing compensation. According to the plan, which was initiated by Deputy Minister Lea Nass, a department will be formed within the ministry to handle the claims. The Yedioth article was widely run in a number of newspapers
Continue Reading »Regional leaders are moving to head-off instability in Lebanon. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad, and Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani are all due to visit Beirut beginning with King Abdullah on Friday [July 30].
Continue Reading »In addition to the latest round of UN sanctions, the European measures come following recent American sanctions on Iran. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement posted on the FCO Web site following the sanctions decision, “I welcome the decision taken by the EU today to put in place an unprecedented package of
Continue Reading »Barack also commented on the Iranian nuclear program, and said that Jerusalem and Washington share the same “diagnosis” that Iran is “determined to reach nuclear military capability.” But he acknowledged “there are differences about what could be done about it, how it should be done, and what (is) the timeframe within which certain steps could
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