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Danin has extensive experience working on Middle East issues for the State Department and the White House.
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A senior Foreign Ministry source said Saturday that the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv asked that Gillerman be made aware of the U.S. administration’s dissatisfaction with the disrespectful comments about the former U.S. President.
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Meanwhile, Syrian President Bashar Assad over the weekend reiterated his insistence that the facility was not a nuclear reactor. In an official statement, Syria accused the U.S. of carrying out a “fabricated and defaming” campaign.
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“While the attacks continue against the Israeli crossings, Rafah can serve as an alternative artery to provide for the people of Gaza.”
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Druse spiritual leader Sheikh Muafak Tarif said that the national projects must be frozen and spoke of the need to act with logic and decisiveness, but without violence.
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“It is a tactic in conducting the struggle.” He called it “normal for any resistance” to sometimes escalate, sometimes retreat from fighting. “Hamas is known for that. In 2003, there was a cease-fire and then the operations were resumed.”
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The Israel Defense Forces and the Foreign Ministry are reportedly very angry about UNIFIL’s actions in recent months, especially about the fact that its commander, Major General Claudio Graziano, is said to be leniently interpreting his mission, as assign
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text of Secretary General’s report
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The Hamas official said members of the government met with the leaders of the association and asked them to resume fuel deliveries. The Hamas official said that Israeli officials have told Egypt and the United Nations fuel supplies to Gaza would increase
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Olmert decided to pursue talks with Syria, with Turkish mediation, after he realized that the United States would not object. If the mediation is successful, the talks between Syria and Israel could begin while President George Bush is still in the White
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Erdogan plans to send an emissary to Jerusalem to brief Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on his recent talks with Assad in Damascus. Erdogan will apparently send his foreign policy advisor, who has in the past met with Olmert adviser Yoram Turbowicz in Ankara.
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Pressure is picking up on Israel to reach a cease-fire deal with Hamas in the Gaza Strip ahead of US President George W. Bush’s planned visit to Jerusalem in two weeks, defense officials told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
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Eyewitnesses in Gaza City said that at least on four occasions over the past few weeks, Hamas militiamen confiscated trucks loaded with fuel shortly as they were on their way from Nahal Oz to the city.
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Abbas is scheduled to meet his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak on Sunday morning to brief him on the outcome of his talks in Washington
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The committee described the right of return as “inalienable” and would never be relinquished even if negotiators signed on agreements surrendering it.
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Benizri of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party was earlier this month found guilty of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bribes while serving in several senior government posts, including as health minister, between 1996 and 2001.
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Renee Montagne talks with David Welch, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, about the current administration’s approach to talking with Hamas.
