Israel
6/21/2010 | Israel
Aluf Benn / Turkey can take credit for ending Israel's blockade of Gaza
Haaretz
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan can claim a big check mark for himself, despite the Turkish flotilla not having reached Gaza and nine activists aboard the Mavi Marmara ship having been killed during the raid in May. Erdogan achieved his goal: He collapsed the Israeli siege on "Hamastan." The cabinet announcement on Sunday put an end to the three-year-old civilian blockade on Gaza, initiated when Hamas took power.
The second person to take credit for Israel easing the siege on Gaza is U.S. President Barack Obama. The White House made an announcement praising Israel's new policy toward Gaza, stressing that Israel responded "to the calls of many in the international community" – or, in less diplomatic language, Israel succumbed to the unbearable pressure and preferred to open the crossings and allow the transfer of civilian goods and building materials rather than absorb additional condemnation or worse.
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Barack Obama to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas
BBC News
US President Barack Obama is meeting Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Washington to discuss how to revive the Middle East peace process.
The White House visit was scheduled before the deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last week.
Correspondents say Mr Obama will try to use the meeting to contain some of the fallout from the Israeli operation.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard Ready to Escort Gaza-Bound Ships
CNS News
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is ready to provide military escorts to ships attempting to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, a senior official said Sunday. Leading Islamic countries, meanwhile, are suggesting a range of responses to last week’s deadly maritime clash between Israeli troops and pro-Palestinian activists.
“The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy is ready to escort the peace and freedom convoys that carry humanitarian assistance for the defenseless and oppressed people of Gaza with all its strength,” Ali Shirazi, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s representative to the IRGC, told the Mehr news agency.
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Isolated Israel Begins to Deport Activists, But Stands Firm on Need for Blockade
CNS News
As its isolation at the United Nations deepened, Israel’s government on Tuesday ordered the speedy deportation of all foreign activists who were on ships trying to break the Gaza Strip blockade, and trucked the ships’ cargoes to the Hamas-ruled territory.
At the same time, the Israeli Navy was mulling its response to yet another ship of activists attempting to reach Gaza, days after a six-vessel flotilla was boarded in international waters. On one of the ships, nine people were killed Monday after soldiers were confronted by what Israel describes as a waiting “lynch mob.”
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Armed Activists Attacked Our Troops, Says Israel Amid World Outrage
CNS News
Facing the world’s wrath over the deadly clash at sea between its troops and pro-Palestinian activists, the Israeli Defense Forces released video footage Monday showing groups of activists using what appear to be clubs or bars to attack Israeli soldiers the moment they landed on deck.
The footage, along with an array of weapons found onboard the Turkish-flagged ship Mavi Marmara – now docked in the Israeli port of Ashdod – presents a picture at odds with accounts given by pro-Palestinian groups of a massive, disproportionate assault on peaceful civilians.
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Jewish alliance rallies for Israel
One News Now
A pro-Israel grassroots alliance is concerned about the Obama administration's increasing hostility toward Israel, so the group recently showed public support for the Jewish state.
Thousands of pro-Israel supporters recently gathered in front of the Israeli consulate in Manhattan to show support for Israel in the face of the growing tension between the Jewish state and the Obama administration. The rally was organized by the Jewish Action Alliance.
Alliance spokesman Rabbi Aryeh Spero explains the rally was in response to the humiliating treatment the president gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when the Israeli leader visited Washington recently.
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Clinton, Speaking to Jewish Audience, Warns Iran and Syria on Threats to Israel
Associated Press
The Obama administration Thursday warned Iran and Syria that America's commitment to Israel's security is unshakable and that they should understand the consequences of threats to the Jewish state.
In a speech, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Syrian transfers of increasingly sophisticated weaponry including rockets to militants in southern Lebanon and Gaza could spark new conflict in the Middle East. And she said a nuclear-armed Iran would profoundly destabilize the region.
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Hamas Video Shows Kidnapped Israeli Soldier Returning Home in a Coffin
CNS News
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu described as “despicable” an animated video clip released by Hamas Sunday which depicts an Israeli soldier who was abducted by the terrorist group in Gaza nearly four years ago, being returned to his father in Israel in a coffin.
The clip demonstrated “the true character of Hamas,” Netanyahu said.
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"Imposed" Mideast solution would stoke violence: Israel FM
Reuters
In a veiled warning to President Barack Obama, Israel's foreign minister said on Tuesday that any move to impose a peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians would lead to greater conflict.
"Any attempt to force a solution on the parties without establishing the foundation of mutual trust will only deepen the conflict," Avigdor Lieberman told the assembled diplomatic core celebrating Israel's Independence Day.
Though he made no reference to the United States, the remark appeared to be a response to recent speculation in Washington that Obama may consider proposing a peace settlement in the absence of a negotiated deal between the Palestinians and Israel.
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Palestinian Authority and Fatah Continue Their Longtime Practice of ‘Glorifying’ Terrorists
CNS News
Israel says the international community should condemn the naming of street in Palestinian Authority-controlled Ramallah after Hamas’ most notorious bomb-maker. Both the P.A. and its dominant Fatah faction have been honoring terrorists, whatever their affiliation, for years.
“This is an outrageous glorification of terrorism by the Palestinian Authority,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement responding to the news that Mahmoud Abbas’ P.A. will build its future presidential compound on a Ramallah street named after Yihye Ayyash.
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Vice President Biden Says Palestinians Deserve 'Viable' State
Associated Press
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk at a dinner at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool)
Ramallah, West Bank (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday the Palestinians deserve a "viable" independent state with contiguous territory, seeking to reassure them of U.S. support after Israel announced plans to expand a Jewish neighborhood in disputed east Jerusalem.
The Israeli move has overshadowed Biden's visit, meant to promote a new round of U.S.-led negotiations, and drawn Palestinian accusations that Israel is not serious about peace. Israel apologized for embarrassing Biden with the timing of its announcement, but made clear it has no intention of reversing its plan.
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EU: West Bank goods can't be considered Israeli
Associated Press
In a ruling touching on the status of the West Bank, the European Union high court said Thursday the disputed area is not part of Israel and Israeli goods made there are subject to EU import duties.
The ruling has no immediate bearing on the Mideast peace process. But for trade purposes, it argues Israel has no standing in the area where it has built settlements and where its companies make such products as cookies, pretzels, wines, cosmetics and computer equipment.
The ruling opens the door to EU import duties on Israeli goods from the West Bank rendering those products less competitive.
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Ahmadinejad Calls Israel 'Racist' in U.N. Rant
The Wall Street Journal
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel the "most cruel and repressive racist regime" at a racism conference in Geneva, giving a fresh reminder of the challenges the U.S. faces in its effort to improve relations with Tehran. European diplomats walked out of the room after the comments Monday. The U.S. and a handful of European allies had already boycotted the United Nations event out of concern it would become a platform to criticize Israel, and the Iranian president's planned attendance added fuel to those concerns. Earlier in his term, Mr. Ahmadinejad questioned whether the Holocaust happened and said Israel should be wiped off the map. Delegates from the EU walked out as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, at lectern, addressed a conference on racism at United Nations headquarters in Geneva on Monday. Israel, the U.S. and allies denounced his comments Monday. "We will not allow the Holocaust deniers to carry out another Holocaust against the Jewish people. This is the supreme duty of the state of Israel," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a ceremony marking Israel's annual memorial for the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, the Associated Press reported. ...U.S. deputy ambassador to the United Nations Alejandro Wolff denounced what he called "the Ahmadinejad spectacle." He told reporters in New York that "we call on the Iranian leadership to show much more measured, moderate, honest and constructive rhetoric when dealing with issues in the region, and not this type of vile, hateful, inciteful speech that we all saw." Mr. Ahmadinejad, in his rambling speech Monday, castigated the U.S. and Europe for acting after World War II to make "an entire nation homeless under the pretext of Jewish suffering," according to an English translation of the speech released by the AP. He said the West used Jewish suffering as a pretext for hostility against Palestinians.
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U.S. Supports Two-State Solution in Mideast, Clinton Says
Associated Press
JERUSALEM -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. will vigorously pursue the creation of a Palestinian state. Mrs. Clinton is making her first visit to the region as the top U.S. diplomat. She spoke Tuesday alongside Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni ahead of a meeting later in the day with Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jeruslaem. Mr. Netanyahu's criticism in the past of peace talks with the Palestinians and the possibility of Palestinian independence has raised concerns that his new government could clash with the U.S. Mrs. Clinton said earlier in the day that the U.S. would work with any Israeli government. But she said the U.S. "will be vigorously engaged in the pursuit of a two-state solution every step of the way." Mrs. Clinton also said the U.S. will dispatch two envoys to Syria for "preliminary conversations." The statement is the most significant sign yet that the Obama administration is considering restoring ties with Damascus. She said there is "no way to predict" the direction U.S.-Syria relations will take, but thinks "it is a worthwhile effort to go and begin these preliminary conversations." Mr. Netanyahu, leader of the hardline Likud Party, is putting together a new coalition government and is expected to be sworn in as prime minister within weeks. His criticism of U.S.-led Mideast peace talks during the recent election campaign has raised fears that his government could clash with the Obama administration. Mrs. Clinton sought to play down such concerns, saying the U.S. is ready to work with any Israeli government. "We will work with the government of Israel that represents the democratic will of the people of Israel," she said after meeting Israel's ceremonial president, Shimon Peres.
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Official results confirm Livni win in Israel
Yahoo!.news
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Final results of Israel's parliamentary election confirmed on Thursday that the centrist party of Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni won the contest by a single seat over right-winger Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud. Former premier Netanyahu was unlikely to drop the claim he has made since Tuesday's vote that he, not Livni, should nonetheless be given a chance to form a coalition government, because parliament has a broad right-wing majority. The final result, however, dashed his hopes that the late counting on Thursday of votes from soldiers could swing the result his way. In the end, the Israel Elections Committee confirmed that Livni's Kadima party took 28 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, while Likud secured 27 seats. Attention is now on President Shimon Peres who has nearly two weeks to decide which parliamentarian to ask to form a government. By tradition, it has been the leader of the biggest party in parliament. But the results showed that parties to the right of Kadima have a slight majority.
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Obama is losing a battle he doesn't know he's in
The Guardian
Barack Obama's chances of making a fresh start in US relations with the Muslim world, and the Middle East in particular, appear to diminish with each new wave of Israeli attacks on Palestinian targets in Gaza. That seems hardly fair, given the president-elect does not take office until January 20. But foreign wars don't wait for Washington inaugurations. Obama has remained wholly silent during the Gaza crisis. His aides say he is following established protocol that the US has only one president at a time. Hillary Clinton, his designated secretary of state, and Joe Biden, the vice-president-elect and foreign policy expert, have also been uncharacteristically taciturn on the subject. But evidence is mounting that Obama is already losing ground among key Arab and Muslim audiences that cannot understand why, given his promise of change, he has not spoken out. Arab commentators and editorialists say there is growing disappointment at Obama's detachment - and that his failure to distance himself from George Bush's strongly pro-Israeli stance is encouraging the belief that he either shares Bush's bias or simply does not care.
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Iran president blames Wall Street turmoil on U.S. 'military engagement'
The Los Angeles Times
NEW YORK -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Monday that the turmoil on Wall Street was rooted in part in U.S. military intervention abroad and voiced hope that the next American administration would retreat from what he called President Bush's "logic of force." He also asserted, in an interview with The Times, that Israel was doomed like "an airplane that has lost its engine" and that Western intelligence documents questioning the peaceful purpose of Iran's nuclear program were crude forgeries.
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Israel successfully tests missile interceptor: report
Breitbart.com
Israel has successfully tested a new defence system designed to intercept rockets fired from southern Lebanon and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, public radio reported on Sunday. The "Iron Dome" system is expected to be fully operational within a year and will be able to intercept the military-grade Katyusha rockets used by Lebanon's Hezbollah militia and the cruder Qassam rockets favoured by Hamas. Citing Israeli security officials, public radio said the system would also be effective against mortar fire which has a much smaller window of warning.
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Jimmy Carter Defends Meeting With Hamas
My Way News
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Carter said he feels "quite at ease" about meeting Hamas militants over the objections of Washington because the Palestinian group is essential to a future peace with Israel. Carter, interviewed Saturday for ABC News'"This Week," airing Sunday, also said he would oppose a U.S. Olympic boycott and hopes all countries will join in the Beijing games. He spoke from Katmandu, Nepal, where his team of observers from the Carter Center monitored an election that appeared likely to transform rule by royal dynasty into a democracy with former Maoist rebels in a strong position, judging by incomplete returns. Several State Department officials, including the secretary, Condoleezza Rice, criticized Carter's plans to talk in Syria this week with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in the first public contact in two years between a prominent American figure and the group. Carter said he had not heard the objections directly, although a State Department spokesman said earlier that a senior official from the department had called the former president.
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U.S. cannot impose vision on Mideast, Bush says
CNN.com
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush on Wednesday told CNN he would personally "facilitate" peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis, saying the formation of a democratic Palestinian state was the best way to bring peace to the region. "A democracy on Israel's border is important for Israel's security and that very democracy is important for the Palestinians to have a hopeful life," Bush said. "It is also important for the broader Middle East." Bush's comments come a day after a summit at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in which Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed on a framework for future peace talks. The sides set the end of 2008 as a goal for completing a peace treaty. Bush made the comments during an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
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