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Back to homepageIsrael halts ‘dialogue’ with UK over war crimes law 0
Post Views: 5 Israel is postponing “strategic dialogue” with Britain over defence and security issues, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman has said. The move is a protest over attempts to use British law to prosecute visiting Israeli officials, the spokesman
Read MoreArab League urges US to call halt on Israeli settlements 0
Post Views: 12 Committee has backed the decision of Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, to suspend peace talks with IsraelIan Black, Middle East editor Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas (left) listens to Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani during a
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A Nobel Peace Prize laureate in prison
Post Views: 6 A Nobel Peace Prize laureate in prison If the court indeed deports Mairead Corrigan-Maguire we’ll know that our court system is also tainted to the teeth By Gideon Levy The photograph was recently distributed by the IDF’s
Read MoreNetanyahu humiliates Obama again 0
Post Views: 8 Netanyahu humiliates Obama again The Obama administration must understand that the Israeli prime minister is essentially a right-wing RepublicanMJ RosenbergThe Obama administration’s attempts at seducing Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, are getting embarrassing. Netanyahu has made it
Read MorePalestinians ‘will not resume talks without new freeze on settlements’ 0
Post Views: 6 Palestinians ‘will not resume talks without new freeze on settlements’Israeli refusal to extend a freeze on new construction frustrates America’s efforts to keep talks alive Harriet Sherwood Jewish settlers put up plywood walls to a home as
Read MorePressure mounts on Israel, accused of suppressing footage 0
Post Views: 9 Pressure mounts on Israel, accused of suppressing footage International pressure on Israel is likely to grow as an expert panel investigating Israel’s boarding of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla four months ago has said Israel is suppressing
Read MoreThe US says it is “disappointed” by Israel’s decision not to extend a ban on West Bank settlement building. 0
Post Views: 4 Jeremy Bowen BBC Middle East editor The US says it is “disappointed” by Israel’s decision not to extend a ban on West Bank settlement building. US Middle East envoy George Mitchell has been sent to the region
Read MoreBarak says West Bank settlement deal has ’50-50′ chance 0
Post Views: 7 Barak says West Bank settlement deal has ’50-50′ chance Ehud Barak was Israeli prime minister when President Bill Clinton sought to make Middle East peaceIsraeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has told the BBC there is a “50-50”
Read MoreObama warns Middle East leaders ‘chance may not come again soon’ 0
Post Views: 14 Obama warns Middle East leaders ‘chance may not come again soon’ Direct dialogue begins between leaders in Washington as Barack Obama heralds ‘moment of opportunity’ to clear way for two-state solution Chris McGreal in Washington Egyptian President
Read MoreIsrael and the anti-Muslim blow-up 0
Post Views: 19 Post-9/11 Islamophobia continues to grow within Jewish communities in the US [Gallo/Getty] I don’t know why I am at all surprised that the American Right – including the Republican Party – has decided that scapegoating Muslims is the ticket to
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