Posts Tagged ‘Palestine’
Posted by smeddum on May 5, 2009
In Massive Switch, Lieberman Suddenly Open to Peace
Israeli FM Backs Off Previous Claims Peace Talks Were Dead
by Jason Ditz, May 04, 2009
Antiwar.com
Less than a month after Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman publicly declared all peace talks with the Palestinians were dead, the controversial Yisraeli Beiteinu head used a visit to Rome to insist that the government was dedicated to producing a peace deal with the Palestinians, and said he was confident that the Netanyahu government would “reach a secure and definitive peace” with not just the Palestinians, but all the Arab nations as well. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on March 1, 2009
PressTV
1st March, 2009
Iran and Syria vow to support the rights of Palestinian people by bringing Israeli leaders to justice for their recent war crimes in Gaza.
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Posted by smeddum on February 10, 2009
Global research
7/2/09
by John Pilger
Growing up in an Antipodean society proud of its rich variety of expletives, I never heard the word bollocks. It was only on arrival in England that I understood its majesterial power. All classes used it. Judges grunted it; an editor of the Daily Mirror used it as noun, adjective and verb. Certainly, the resonance of a double vowel saw off its closest American contender. It had authority. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on February 8, 2009
Middle-East Online
6th February, 2009
ANKARA – A Turkish prosecutor has launched an investigation into whether Israel committed genocide and crimes against humanity in its offensive in Gaza, his office said Friday.
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Posted by alfied on February 4, 2009
By M K Bhadrakumar – Asia Times
There are different ways of looking at the Justice and Democratic Party, or AKP, which rules Turkey. Militant secularists and Kemalists allege it is a Trojan horse of Salafists whose members masquerade as democrats. Others say the AKP is so extremely moderate that it might get ostracized as infidel if it were transplanted to Iran or Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on February 1, 2009
PressTV
1st February, 2009
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for recognition of Hamas which won a landslide victory in Palestinian elections.
In an interview with The Washington Post published Saturday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said isolating Hamas is the reason for the ongoing tensions in the region.
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Posted by seumasach on January 29, 2009
antiwar.com
28th January, 2009
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Israel stymies French push to lift European boycott of Hamas
The French Foreign Ministry summoned Israeli ambassador Daniel Shek today over an incident in which a convoy of French diplomats, including the nation’s consul general were blocked from crossing the Gaza border for over six hours and shot at by Israeli troops.
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Posted by seumasach on January 28, 2009
effedieffe.com
28th January, 2009
Using intense diplomatic pressure over the past two days, Israeli officials blocked a French attempt to weaken Jerusalem’s stance with Hamas at the pre-written closing statement of the meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels last night.
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Posted by seumasach on January 28, 2009
Public asked for information on travel plans, whereabouts of top Israeli leaders suspected of committing ‘war crimes’ in Gaza.
Middle-East Online
27th January, 2009
LONDON – An international non-governmental organization has submitted evidence to the International Criminal Court for the arrest of top Israeli leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, and has called for information about the travel plans and whereabouts outside Israel of the suspects.
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Posted by seumasach on January 27, 2009
PressTV
26th January, 2009
The Iranian cabinet introduces a bill to take action on individuals accused of war crimes amid a seeming ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
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Posted by seumasach on January 26, 2009
BBC Headquarters Occupied in Scotland
Written by Stop the War Admin
Sunday, 25 January 2009
Over 100 supporters of Scottish Stop the War Coalition and Palestinian groups occupied the BBC headquarters in Glasgow today demanding that the BBC reverse its decision not to broadcast an emergency aid appeal for Gaza.
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