France and Britain are obviously incensed by Israel’s behavior, which is widely viewed as Netanyahu’s tit-for-tat response to Palestine’s recent victory in the United Nations. It’s not just the settlement decision but also how it came about. As the Haaretz report explains, the two countries ” are reportedly angry because they view Israel as having responded ungratefully to the support the two countries gave it during the recent Gaza operation.” They [...]
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This week at the United Nations, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has promised to ask for recognition of a Palestinian state. If he does, the United States will veto. Why? Largely because of something we’ll call Christian Zionism, an American theological movement that preaches a Christian obligation to help Jews reclaim the biblical Promised Land. I travel constantly, speaking about the Middle East to evangelical Christians across [...] UNITED NATIONS — [...] From FT: The showdown at the UN corral has been averted, for now. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will deliver a letter seeking statehood to the UN Security Council, but has made clear that he does not expect an immediate vote, thereby at least delaying, the need for a US veto. But no one should be breathing a sigh of relief, because without swift action, the Middle East is [...] NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There were frantic efforts at the United Nations on Tuesday to avoid a Friday face-off over Palestinian statehood. With the clock ticking toward a showdown, Israel floated the possibility of an “interim solution” to allow the Palestinians to establish a state within existing borders in Gaza and the West Bank and deal with all the tough stuff later, reports CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer. “This is one possible solution [...] NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There were frantic efforts at the United Nations on Tuesday to avoid a Friday face-off over Palestinian statehood. With the clock ticking toward a showdown, Israel floated the possibility of an “interim solution” to allow the Palestinians to establish a state within existing borders in Gaza and the West Bank and deal with all the tough stuff later, reports CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer. “This [...] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday at a Likud party conference that he is aware he will come under heavy pressure as he prepared to leave for New York. Will Netanyahu succeed in convincing the world’s nations not to support the Palestinian independence bid? Visit Haaretz.com on Facebook and share your views. Haaretz Editor-in-Chief Aluf Benn will be answering readers’ questions on [...] BY STEVEN LEE MYERS AND MARK LANDLER ABSTRACT The United States has begun a diplomatic campaign to prevent a confrontation this month over a Palestinian plan to seek recognition as a state at the United Nations. FULL TEXT The Obama administration has begun a last-ditch diplomatic campaign to avert a confrontation this month over a Palestinian plan to seek recognition as a state at the United Nations, but it may already be too late, [...] By Reuters Hosni Mubarak had harsh words for the United States and what he described as its misguided quest for democracy in the Middle East in a telephone call with an Israeli lawmaker a day before he quit as Egypt’s president. The legislator, former cabinet minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, said on TV Friday that he came away from the 20-minute conversation on Thursday with the feeling the 82-year-old [...] |
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