Israeli Defence Minister says US should halt N Korea’s nuke programme before Iran’sJERUSALEM - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has asked the US to work towards halting North Korea’s nuclear weapons program before Iran’s, as the move would have a big influence on the Islamic republic. Obama faces tough task in getting Israelis, Palestinians talking againJERUSALEM — Barack Obama will try to get Mideast peacemaking back on track this week in a meeting with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, hoping the weight of the U.S. presidency can resolve a showdown over Israeli settlement construction and get the sides talking again after months of deadlock. Israeli troops shoot dead 2 Palestinian militants on Gaza-Israel borderJERUSALEM — A Palestinian Health Ministry official says Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian militants and wounded three in an incident along the Gaza border. Obama to host tripartite meeting with Israeli PM and Palestinian PresidentJERUSALEM - In an effort to renew the peace process in the Middle East, President Barack Obama will host a tripartite meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday. Russia too blasts Ahmadinejad’s ‘Holocaust-a myth’ remarkJERUSALEM - Following the US and UK deploring Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ‘Holocaust- a myth’ remark, Russia too has called his statement “totally unacceptable.” Obama to host meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders to lay groundwork for Mideast peaceWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will host a meeting Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in an effort to lay the groundwork for renewed negotiations on Mideast peace. Obama to host meeting with Netanyahu and AbbasWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will host a meeting Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in an effort to lay the groundwork for renewed negotiations on Mideast peace. US, Britain deplore Ahmadinejad’s ‘false Holocaust’ remarkJERUSALEM - The United States and Britain have both condemned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent “hateful” speech in which he had said the Holocaust was “a false pretext to create Israel.” Israelis welcome Jewish New Year while skeptical that peace with Palestinians is nearJERUSALEM — Israelis celebrated the Jewish New Year Friday evening, grateful for the recent calm spell in the region but skeptical that the coming year would see the achievement of ever-elusive peace. Ending latest mission, US envoy fails to win agreement on restarting Israeli-Palestinian talksRAMALLAH, West Bank — The United States’ top Mideast envoy failed to bridge wide gaps between Israelis and Palestinians as he ended his most intensive attempt yet on Friday, raising questions over President Barack Obama’s efforts to revive peacemaking. Israelis welcome Jewish New Year while skeptical that elusive peace is nearJERUSALEM — Israelis were welcoming the Jewish New Year on Friday, grateful for the recent calm spell in the region but skeptical that the coming year would see the achievement of ever-elusive peace. Palestinian official: US envoy ends Mideast trip without agreement for renewed talksRAMALLAH, West Bank — President Barack Obama’s special Mideast envoy was unable Friday to bridge wide gaps between Israelis and Palestinians on the terms of renewing peace talks, the chief Palestinian negotiator said. US envoy presses on with efforts to revive Mideast peace talks, meets Israeli PMJERUSALEM — The U.S. Mideast envoy is pressing on with efforts to revive Mideast peace talks and extract Israeli concessions on settlements. Israel warns of possible attacks against Israelis in IndiaJERUSALEM - Israel’s Counter Terrorism Bureau warned Thursday night that the group of militants responsible for the Nov 26, 2008 attacks in Mumbai was planning to carry out more attacks across India, especially sites with a large concentration of Western and Israeli tourists. Israel not to halt West Bank construction fully: NetanyahuJERUSALEM - Israel will not completely freeze all construction in its West Bank settlements, as the United States and the Palestinians have demanded, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday. Israel’s Netanyahu denounces UN Gaza report, calls on world to back right of self-defenseJERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday rejected the U.N. report alleging Israeli war crimes in its Gaza war this year, warning world leaders that they and their anti-terror forces could be targets for similar charges. Israel PM appeals to world leaders to reject Goldstone findingsJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has termed the controversial Goldstone report as a “prize for terrorists” and described the commission, headed by South African Constitutional Court Judge Richard Goldstone, as a “kangaroo court” whose conclusions were drawn up before the hearings even started. Report: Israeli defense minister says Mideast not ready for nuclear arms banJERUSALEM — Israel’s defense minister said in remarks published Thursday that the Middle East is too unruly for a region-wide nuclear arms ban, arguing that the Muslim world must first “behave like Western Europe.” Goldstone rejects Israeli allegations of bias Gaza reportJERUSALEM - The head of the UN fact-finding mission into last winter’s Gaza war vehemently rejected Wednesday Israel’s allegations against the report he wrote about the three weeks of fighting. No declaration of US-Israel pact on settlement issue expectedJERUSALEM - Israeli diplomatic officials have said that Tuesday’s meeting between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and US envoy George Mitchell may not lead to any declaration of a US-Israel agreement on the settlement issue. ‘We don’t need morality lessons from Pak, Bangladesh,’ says IsraelJERUSALEM - Israel has said that it does not need lessons in morality from a committee established by Syria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Somalia. US envoy fails to wrest Israel concession on settlements, will press Israeli PM more this weekJERUSALEM — Washington’s special envoy to the Mideast on Wednesday wrapped up his second meeting this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu without reaching an agreement on curtailing Israeli settlement construction. 2nd round of US envoy-Israeli PM talks over with no progress reported, 3rd meeting on FridayJERUSALEM — Washington’s special envoy to the Mideast and Israel’s prime minister ended a second round of talks without reaching a compromise on their showdown over Israeli settlements. Israel rejects call for independent inquiry into Gaza war, says its military probes are enoughJERUSALEM — Israel on Wednesday rejected U.N. calls to open an independent inquiry into its conduct during last winter’s Gaza Strip military offensive and said it would launch a diplomatic offensive to block any attempt to bring its soldiers before an international war crimes tribunal. Israel says Goldstone Report supports terrorJERUSALEM - Israel has described the Goldstone Commission Report as biased and nauseating, and added that it has created an unjust “equivalence of a democratic state with a terror organization”. US envoy to meet with Netanyahu after failing to wrest hoped-for concessions on settlementsJERUSALEM — Washington’s special envoy to the Mideast will press Israel on Wednesday for further concessions on settlement construction, having failed a day earlier to reach an accommodation palatable to the U.S. and the Palestinians. US envoy on mission to wring Israeli concessions on settlements, revive Mideast peacemakingJERUSALEM — Washington’s special Mideast envoy pressed Israel to curtail West Bank settlement construction but announced no breakthroughs after talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday. Israeli, Palestinian experts present detailed manual for Mideast peace, say deal is possibleTEL AVIV, Israel — Jerusalem divided by a series of fences, trenches and walls. The West Bank and Gaza linked by a sunken highway. Palestinians and Israelis trading land that would require 100,000 Jewish settlers to move. Mitchell on mission to wring Israeli concessions on settlements, revive peacemakingJERUSALEM — Washington’s special Mideast envoy launched a last-ditch push Tuesday to wring an Israeli promise to curtail settlement construction and persuade the Palestinians to attend a high-profile U.S. meeting meant as a prelude to peacemaking. US envoy Mitchell to meet with Israeli, Palestinian leaders, hoping to revive peace talksJERUSALEM — The Obama administration’s special Mideast envoy will be huddling with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, hoping to wring an agreement on Jewish West Bank settlements that would get moribund peace talks back on track. |
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