A prominent Jewish organization and rival politicians reacted angrily Thursday after Germany's top opposition leader appeared to link Israel's policy towards Palestinians with apartheid.
In interview to NBC's Brian Williams, British Prime Minister says Iran could maintain a civilian nuclear project if it did away with the military aspects of that program.
Emails said to have been intercepted by Syria opposition and released by the Guardian show advisers indicated Syrian President should verbally attack Israel, center on Palestinian cause in a planned speech.
Liberman tells South Korean FM that if Iran gets nuclear weapons it will pose a similar threat to Israel as North Korea poses to South Korea. He also said Iran is using Gaza to distract the world from events in Syria.
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations condemned “in the strongest terms” the continuing rocket fire from Gaza against the civilian populations of southern Israel.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that France would be intransigent when it comes to protecting the security of Israel, but he said that France would demand with ''equal force'' a state for the Palestinian people.
''We are working with the tools of diplomacy. But if that does not work, all options are on the table. We are ruling nothing out. Iran will not know what we are planning. Uncertainty, that is what needs to feel the Iranian regime,'' said Yaakov Hadas-Handelsman, Israel’s new Ambassador to Germany in his first interview with Bild daily newspaper.
