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June 12, 2011

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OECD thwarted Lieberman attempt to give Mideast peace speech - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

American officials have indicated that the meeting did not take place due to Clinton's tight schedule, while Lieberman's office denied that such a meeting was ever planned to take place.

(tags: lieberman)
Palestinians plan mass fly-in - Israel News, Ynetnews

According to the organizers' website, the date of arrival to Ben-Gurion airport is set on July 8, because on July 9, 2004 the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an advisory opinion stating that the security fence erected by Israel is illegal.

(tags: flotilla)

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UN chief urges states to discourage new Gaza convoy - Israel News, Ynetnews

In letters to Mediterranean governments, Ban said all aid for Gaza, which is blockaded by Israeli forces, should go through "legitimate crossings and established channels" – which in practice in recent years has meant through Israel. But he also called on Israel to "act responsibly" to avoid violence. (Reuters)

(tags: flotilla)

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'Obama adopting Arafat’s staged p… JPost - Diplomacy & Politics

“Barack Hussein Obama adopted Yasser Arafat’s staged plan for Israel’s destruction, and he is trying to force it on our prime minister,” Likud MK Danny Danon said. “All that was new in the speech was that he called for Israel to return to 1967 borders without solving the crisis. Netanyahu has only one option: Tell Obama to forget about it.”

(tags: danon)

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Former Netanyahu aide leaked secret nuclear project with U.S. - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

This is not the first time Israeli defense officials in Russia have been arrested under mysterious circumstances, in breach of their diplomatic immunity, and Israeli officials said they are still unsure about the reasons for the latest incident.

(tags: peace)

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U.S. prods Israel over intended freeze of Palestinian tax money - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

"This is all a matter of spin orchestrated by Steinitz, and he did it merely to score political points," they claimed. "This is a continuation of the prime minister's exaggerated response to the agreement between Hamas and Fatah."

The officials added that "the money is going to be transferred to the Palestinians next week, in any case."

(tags: pa palecon)
First African Muslim Convoy to Gaza - Defense/Middle East - Israel News - Israel National News

The convoy plans to travel in June, and pass through many African states, among them Sudan. Israeli security officials have expressed concern that the stop in Sudan could give the Hamas network there a chance to ship weapons to Hamas in Gaza, or to send terrorists with advanced training.

(tags: gaza flotilla)
Israel launches bid to reclaim Holocaust assets - Israel News, Ynetnews

The Holocaust Era Asset Restitution Task Force or "HEART" is the first official Israeli effort in decades to reclaim assets of Jews killed by the Nazis.

(tags: holocaust)

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Meridor: A good neighbor doesn't send weapons to the enemy

Meridor said in response to Egypt's decision to open the border with Gaza in Rafah that "a good neighbor does not send weapons to his friend's enemy," Channel 2 News reported Saturday.

(tags: egypt)
Netanyahu mulls sending envoy to Egypt for talks with interim leaders - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

Foreign Ministry Director General Rafael Barak has been to Cairo since the Egyptian revolution at the end of January, as has Amos Gilad, the Defense Ministry's head of political and security affairs. But Molho would be the first personal adviser Netanyahu sends to the Egyptian capital since the uprising.

(tags: egypt molho)

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Maan News Agency: Haniyeh calls on PLO to withdraw Israel recognition

Speaking after the Friday prayer in Gaza City, Haniyeh said that the PLO should not only demand that Israel chose between settlements and peace, but should also withdraw its recognition of the state.

(tags: reconciliation)

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'Egypt to permanently open Rafah border crossing'

The opening of the crossing would allow greater freedom of movement for people on both sides of the border, as well as goods in and out of Gaza without Israeli permission.

(tags: egypt gaza rafah)
Netanyahu presses for U.S. action over Fatah-Hamas deal - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

In an interview yesterday on Army Radio, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called for sanctions against the PA, such as withholding tax revenues. However, senior officials in Jerusalem and the septet have decided for now not to take punitive steps against the PA but rather to wait for clarification about the platform of a new Palestinian government.

(tags: reconciliation)
Egypt to open Rafah crossing - Israel News, Ynetnews

Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the head of the Higher Military Council that took control of Egypt after former President Hosni Mubarak was deposed, said on his Facebook page that "the threat against the Palestinian government has enraged Arab nations, which may augur disastrous results".

(tags: egypt reconciliation)

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Maan News Agency: Settlers return to Nablus holy site days after shooting
Egyptian gas halt costs Israel $1.5m daily - Globes

The Ministry of National Infrastructures estimates that the halt in natural gas deliveries from Egypt will cost the Israeli economy $1.5 million a day. The estimate is based on the higher cost that Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) (TASE: ELEC.B22) will pay for buying gas from Israeli supplier Yam Tethys and to use diesel to generate electricity.

(tags: gas egypt)
Palestinian officials: Unity agreement reached - Israel News, Ynetnews

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a recorded video response to the announcement on Wednesday saying that the "Palestinian Authority needs to choose between peace with the people of Israel and peace with Hamas. You cannot have peace with both, because Hamas aspires to destroy the State of Israel, and I'll say it openly."

(tags: reconciliation)

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