At Union for Reform Judaism conference near Washington, Defense Minister says supports formation of viable, democratic Palestinian state through direct peace talks with Israel.
Further economic sanctions against Iran’s nuclear program will only delay this country in its efforts to build a nuclear bomb but it will not stop it, Avi Dichter, a member of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, said Tuesday.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met Tuesday evening with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris after symbolically hoisting the Palestinian flag at the headquarters of UNESCO, at a ceremony marking Palestine’s admission to the UN cultural and education body.
In press conference with Iraqi PM, U.S. President says: We have asked for it back. We'll see how the Iranians respond; Tehran cites capture as Iranian victory.
Holland will ''thoroughly review'' its policy on the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA), Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal told the parliament in The Hague.
The United States said that its Middle East peace envoy would head back to the region next week in the latest bid to restart long-stalled talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
Tunisia's moderate Islamist Ennahda party said in a statement Saturday that Jews living in the north African country were citizens with ''all their rights and duties''.
