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“We were told from this new administration they will not allow a Netanyahu government to hurt their efforts of rehabilitating U.S. relations with the Arab and Islamic world, which is a high priority of Obama,” the official said, speaking during a visit to Cairo. Read the full story… JERUSALEM — Israel insisted Thursday that it wanted to reach an understanding with the United States on construction in West Bank settlements, despite a blunt call by the Obama administration to completely freeze all work. Full Story… On the eve of the Palestinian president’s Oval Office visit, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the administration meant zero growth, period. Full Story… A whole group of people was created overnight. “Show me a history book of the Palestinians,” retorted Miriam Levinger to this novice student journalist over two decades ago in Kiryat Arba, in Judea, otherwise known as the southern half of the West Bank. The US State Department said Sunday that the future status of Jerusalem would be determined through peace negotiations, after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s declaration Thursday that the capital would “never again be partitioned and divided.” […] Iran’s former Revolutionary Guards chief Mohsen Rezai warned on Sunday he could stop Israel with “one strike” and said it would not dare to threaten the Islamic republic if he is elected president. Full Story… JERUSALEM, May 24 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rebuffed U.S. calls to impose a freeze on all settlement activity in the occupied West Bank, setting the stage for friction with President Barack Obama. Full Story… JERUSALEM — Israel’s air force held a large-scale exercise simulating war on several fronts with enemies that include Iran, Israeli defense officials said Friday. Full Story… DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad cast doubt on Saturday on reaching Middle East peace under what he termed as an “extreme” Israeli government but did not rule out resuming talks with the Jewish state. Full Story… Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Thursday that all of Jerusalem would always remain under Israeli sovereignty, in comments likely to spark consternation among Palestinians who hope to make the city the capital of a future state. Full Story… |
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