EU releases statement slamming Israel for choosing ''this delicate moment'' to make announcement, says it won't recognize ''any changes to pre-1967 borders.''
''Our role in the EU is to ensure that the peace process is not taken hostage by extremist attitudes, such as those of Hamas,’’ said Gianni Pittella, president of the Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament in comments made during a two-day mission to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
Ahmet Davutoglu offered no suggestion of any change of emphasize in policies pursued with greater or lesser vigor over the last 11 years by Tayyip Erdogan.
Around one thousand people rallied against growing anti-Semitism in Stockholm on Sunday, including several members of the Swedish government and leaders of opposition parties.
French President Francois Hollande has urged Europe to play a bigger role to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and said it could no longer just play the role of a ''bank window'' for reconstruction after each war.
Rebel factions in Syria, including an al Qaeda affiliate, captured a border crossing between Syria and Israel, Israel's military and Syrian opposition activists said, the second major loss of a strategic site to extremist groups within days
''We will not restrict our dreams or make compromises to our demands,'' leader says at a news conference in Qatar, adding that reconstructing Gaza is the duty of the Palestinian national consensus government and of the free world.
‘’Simply returning to the situation before the latest conflict is not an option. Hamas and other militant groups must stop all threats to Israel,’’ the European Union said in a first reaction to the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza conflict.
