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* Five arms export licenses revoked * UK denies move constitutes embargo JERUSALEM, July 13 (Reuters) – Britain has scrapped the sale of some military components to Israel as part of an export review prompted by the war in the Gaza Strip, officials said on Monday. Full Story… WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama told Jewish leaders Monday that eight years of U.S.-Israeli unison in demanding Palestinian concessions has produced no results and asked leaders to give him time to try his tactics for a Middle East peace. Full Story… U.S. President Barack Obama met yesterday for the first time with 15 American Jewish leaders at the White House, for talks aimed at clearing the air following allegations that his administration was taking a tough line with Israel over settlement activity. Full Story… Three Israelis were wounded Monday night, one of them seriously, when they were attacked by Palestinians in the West Bank town of Kif el-Hares. According to an initial IDF investigation, the three and another Israeli entered the Samaria town in order to pray at the gravesite of Joshua. Full Story… Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the Quartet’s Middle East envoy Tony Blair on Monday to discuss ways to improve the Palestinian economy. Netanyahu told Blair that the Palestinian residents of the West Bank could reach greater achievements if only they were to increase their cooperation with Israel. Full Story… Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu phoned Israel Tennis Association CEO Moshe Haviv on Saturday night to congratulate him on the Israeli Davis Cup team’s historic achievement in reaching the semi-final of the competition with a win over Russia. Full Story… The United States has given Israel a six-month deadline to accede to its demand to freeze all construction in West Bank settlements, France’s foreign minister told his Lebanese interlocutors during an official visit to Beirut. So France is saying what? Why is it France would even think it has some kind of say over […] Israel has warned Iran of catastrophic consequences if it attacks the Jewish state with weapons of mass destruction. Israel’s national security advisor says Iran will be destroyed if it dares to launch a nuclear attack on the Jewish state. In an interview published Friday in the Hebrew daily Ha’aretz, Uzi Arad said Israel must have […] Both the US and Israel believe Iran has the technical capacity to build one nuclear bomb within a year if it decides to do so, but both countries also believe the chances that Teheran will indeed make that decision are slim, according to assessments made known to The Jerusalem Post. Full Story… The European Commission on Thursday backtracked on its unusually harsh criticism of Israeli settlements, declaring that a statement released earlier this week did not reflect the commission’s position. Full Story… |
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