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| Wednesday, 22nd June 2011 | 20 Sivan 5771 |
News and digest on Israel and Middle East affairs compiled by FOR ZION'S SAKE MINISTRIES. |
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France is deeply concerned over Israel's authorization to expand 2,000 homes built in east Jerusalem, the French Foreign Ministry said Monday. "Our position is constant: Settlement construction is illegal in the eyes of international law, in the West Bank as well as in east Jerusalem," Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said. The Interior Ministry's planning and construction committee on Sunday approved the expansion of 2,000 homes in the neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, allowing... [More] |
Jerusalem, June 21 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel needs to relinquish parts of the West Bank to the Palestinians during this week's cabinet meeting Sunday. His pro-peace comments came after Israel's President Shimon Peres said a peace deal with the Palestinians is urgently needed. Netanyahu spoke about preserving the Jewish identity of the State of Israel, saying the idea of separating from the West Bank is a way to achieve that goal. Palestinian Authority... [More] |
The Israel Defense Forces is finding it hard to predict what will happen after the possible declaration of a Palestinian state at the United Nations in September, but in the meantime it is holding training exercises, maps are being updated and even the state of mind on Facebook is being looked into. The IDF is also preparing engineering resources, purchasing and expanding existing crowd dispersion equipment and mainly, preparing for every eventuality - from the mainstream to the extreme... [More] |
The Israel Project checking American attitudes toward the Middle East finds that 56% of voters define themselves as "Israel supporters," compared to 10% "Palestinian supporters." Data from a national survey of 800 registered American voters conducted June 5-7 by Public Opinion Strategies has been released as The Israel Project: American Attitudes toward the Middle East. Israel supporters outnumber self-described Palestinian supporters by a 5.6-to-1 ratio. 51% - less than those who said they... [More] |
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told European Union counterpart Catherine Ashton on Friday a unilateral declaration of statehood by the Palestinian Authority would nullify the Oslo Accords. The 1993 Olso Accords, which stipulate a bilateral framework and proscribe unilateral moves, serve as the basis for economic, infrastructure, and security cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. "A move like that will be a violation of all the agreements that were signed until today. Israel will... [More] |
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama spoke Monday at a fundraiser for potential Jewish donors to his 2010 presidential campaign and assured then that Jerusalem and Washington's relations were unshakable. "One inviolable principle will be that the United States and Israel will always be stalwart allies and friends, that that bond isn't breakable and that Israel's security will always be at the top tier of considerations in terms of how America manages its foreign policy - because... [More] |
The push for a Palestinian unity government between Iran-backed Hamas and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party hit a new stumbling block Sunday when a meeting set for Tuesday (June 21) was cancelled over intense dissent about naming a new prime minister. The unity effort has important implications for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process since the Israeli government cannot negotiate with a government that includes Hamas, an organization whose charter... [More] |
Ibrahim Sarsour, an Israeli-Arab Knesset Member, calls to establish Islamic Caliphate centered in Jerusalem and praises Hizbullah for defeating Israel. Israeli-Arab MKs have long been accused of spouting anti-Israel rhetoric, but it appears that Sarsour, a seemingly mild-mannered Knesset Member and leader of the Ra'am-Ta'al United Arab List party, has now gone further than most. In a recent speech - in Arabic - at Abdul Rahman's club in Israel, Sarsour actually lauded Hizbullah, a Lebanese... [More] |
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