On thursday, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that the relationship between Turkey and Israel might be a permanent problem, because Turkish civilians were killed during Israel’s raid on the Mavi Marmara… Continue reading
“Whoever offered the idea to freeze settlements as a main goal and priority didn’t see the real goal of the negotiations, which is to define borders,” Ahmed Aboul Gheit told the London-based Arab newspaper al-Hayat in an interview… Continue reading
Tehran is bent on military action to settle scores with Israel and the United States whom it suspects of planting the malignant Stuxnet cyber worm in the computer systems of its nuclear, military and strategic infrastructure. Iran secretly appealed to a number of computer security experts in West and East Europe with… Continue reading
Contents of a White House letter have been published saying what the Obama Administration will offer Israel if it extends the moratorium on building inside West Bank settlements for two months. The specific proposals reveal again how the White House doesn’t seem to understand the situation, or perhaps is… Continue reading
European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, rushed to the region for talks with Abbas and Netanyahu on Thursday and Friday, underscoring the sense of urgency. A U.S. emissary is also racing against the clock to salvage Mideast peace negotiations facing collapse because of a spat over Israeli settlements. The EU is part of the Middle East Quartet, which… Continue reading
Iran admitted Monday, Sept. 27 it was under full-scale cyber terror attack. The official IRNA news agency quoted Hamid Alipour, deputy head of Iran’s government Information Technology Company, as saying that the Stuxnet computer worm “is mutating and wreaking further havoc on computerized industrial equipment… Continue reading
Western pro-Palestinian activist who participated in the fighting aboard the Mavi Marmara, claimed in an interview in Haaretz that it was clear that the resistance aboard the ship would not be passive and that if Israelis boarded the ship the confrontation would end in disaster… Continue reading
This past week the convoy organized by Viva Palestina and headed by George Galloway continued on its way to the Gaza Strip. It passed through France and Italy and is currently in Greece… Continue reading
During the resumed direct Palestinian-Israeli talks the parties must demonstrate political will and do their utmost for their success. In this connection, the decision by the Israeli authorities not to extend the moratorium on Israeli settlement activities raises serious concern. A way out should be found from the resulting situation to make sure that the negotiations continue… Continue reading
Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas claims that he can’t negotiate with Israel if Israel once again begins to construct buildings on existing settlements after a nine-month freeze on construction. Let’s evaluate this statement… Continue reading
The United Arab Emirates believes that achievement of peace in the Middle East and resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict are central and vital to the
achievement of peace and security in the entire region. And this cannot be realized without ending the Israeli occupation of the Occupied Palestinian and other Arab Territories and its withdrawal to the line of 4 June 1967, including East Jerusalem, the Syrian Golan Heights and the remaining occupied territories in Southern Lebanon, in order to… Continue reading
We have the will to make реаcе and we аrе the masters of оur decision, which is unwavering. The Occupied Syrian Golan is not negotiable nor is it а bargaining chip. Recognition of the fact that it must bе returned fully is the basis оn which реаcе making arrangements should bе made… Continue reading
Tijdens zijn toespraak voor de 65ste vergadering van de Verenigde Naties heeft Minister-President Abbas El Fassi van Marokko gezegd dat Jeruzalem de hoofdstad moet worden van een onafhankelijke Palestijnse staat. Hij beschuldigde Israël ervan Jeruzalem te judaïseren… Continue reading
We are ready for a fair solution and we are ready to cooperate with the international community. However, we are not ready to compromise our national security or the vital interests of the State of Israel… Continue reading
The Palestinian Authority has preconditioned further peace talks on a halt to all Jewish building in the disputed territories. Israel, on the other hand, seeks to reach a negotiated peace settlement with its Palestinian neighbors as soon as possible… Continue reading
Israel’s peace partner reaffirmed on Sunday that Palestinians convicted of selling land to Jews would face the death penalty for “high treason.” PA officials claim the death penalty deters Arabs from selling land to Jews living in Judea and Samaria, which they envision free of Jewish residents in a future Palestinian state… Continue reading
Conspicuous among the passengers and organizations aboard the Mavi Marmara were Turkish and Arab Islamic extremists led by IHH. They were joined by extremist European left activists and volunteers who answered the call to help the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and were not partners in IHH’s violent plans… Continue reading
Israel’s failure to freeze the settlement construction in the Occupied Palestinian Territory would cause the current direct negotiations to collapse. Such a freeze would be a major factor in determining Israel’s intention and level of commitment. Egypt also supported direct negotiations on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks… Continue reading
We seek to establish better relations with Arab and Islamic countries, and are committed to the resolutions of the Arab League and the Organization of the Islamic Conference. In this spirit, we support the Palestinian people’s struggle for the adoption of their Inalienable Rights, including the establishment of a Palestinian State on the land of Palestine… Continue reading
An aid convoy organized by Viva Palestina left for the Gaza Strip. It is currently in France and from expects go to Italy, Turkey, Greece and Syria. From the Syrian port of Latakia it expects to sail to the port of El Arish. It expects to be joined by convoys from Middle East countries. The convoy will… Continue reading
With direct negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis, а door opens to а final, two-state settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict … And the establishment of an independent, viable and sovereign Palestinian state, living side bу side with Israel, will раvе the way for а comprehensive regional реасе… Continue reading
Permanent реасе in the Middle East holds the key to а peaceful and stable future in the world. Unfortunately, the absence of реасе there has had serious and adverse strategic consequences for the rest of the world… Continue reading
During the past years, Lebanon strived to maintain its internal stability through dialogue, by completing the implementation of the Taef Accord, by resorting to legal institutions to resolve any dispute, and by its commitment to the resolutions of the Security Council… Continue reading
After about one hundred years of domination, the system of Capitalism and the existing world order has proved to be unable to provide appropriate solution to the problems of societies, thus coming to an end. I shall try to examine the two main causes of this failure and picture some features of the ideal future order… Continue reading
President Barack Obama’s speech to the UN, September 23, 2010, is revealing on several levels. Indeed, I learned something very important about his foreign policy. But that’s at the end. He began by discussing terrorism as if it is carried out by… Continue reading
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