Ban Ki-moon urgently looking for other countries to take Austria's place; J'lem official: ''If at a time when a few bullets are fired, these forces run away form where they are needed to keep the peace, then what is it worth.''
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has called on the European Union to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization without drawing a distinction between the group’s terrorist arm and its political activities.
The annual Salute to Israel Parade, which took place Sunday in Manhattan, drew over a million spectators and around 35,000 participants from 200 different organizations and delegations, including New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Several EU countries reportedly raised questions over the evidence linking Hezbollah to the bombing of a bus of Israeli tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria, last year, at a closed-doors meeting Tuesday in Brussels to discuss a British formal request for the EU to blacklist the military wing of Hezbollah.
A series of ceremonial events took place last week in Vishneyeva, Belarus, the hometown of Israeli President Shimon Peres, as a kick-off in celebrating his 90th birthday on August 2.
EU’s Catherine Ashton moved to condemn unrest in Istanbul as continued rioting entered its fourth day on Monday, with the foreign policy chief expressing “concern” over the “disproportionate use of force by members of the Turkish police”.
