The White House issued an unusual rebuke of Israel Friday, expressing regret at the Israeli government’s announcement that it would expand settlements in Palestinian areas.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told the Israeli people not to support their government, which he described as "genocidal" on Friday, the second day of his trip to Syria. Chavez is on an 11-day trip to Libya, Algeria, Syria, Iran, Belarus, Russia and Spain in what he is describing as a bid to build a […] The White House on Friday said it "regretted" reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu planned to approve of the construction of hundreds of new housing units in West Bank settlements. "We regret the reports of Israel’s plans to approve additional settlement construction," the White House statement said. "Continued settlement activity is inconsistent with Israel’s […] Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Thursday that Iran would not bend to deadlines, but confirmed that a new package of proposals had been given to the West in the nuclear standoff. Full Story… Israeli researchers said Thursday they are developing a computer program that will make ancient documents more legible and easily indexed, which could eventually lead to a searchable catalog of archived historical texts. The program, which is being developed by a team of computer scientists and historians at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, would make […] JERUSALAM, ISRAEL (Worthy News) – Israel’s discovery of the one of the world’s largest natural gas field is much larger than previously estimated, according to a new report obtained by Worthy News. Full Story… Washington will announce the renewal of talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority through a trilateral summit of U.S. President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Full story… JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Air Force bombed a Palestinian tunnel leading from Gaza into Israel. The early Sunday morning attack was in response to a Kassam rocket fired from Gaza into Israel on Saturday morning, according to the IDF spokesman’s office.
Full Story… JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Foreign Ministry accused the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog of hiding information about Iran’s military nuclear program. The accusation was made Sunday in response to a report about the agency’s investigation of Iran submitted Friday by the International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Mohammed ElBaradei.
Full Story… Former U.S. vice president Dick Cheney told Fox News Sunday that while he advocated taking military action against Iran’s nuclear program, ultimately, it was not his choice to make. Full Story… |
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