Former Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert expressed his “utter surprise” at the Israeli government’s apparent alienation of the US administration in the immediate aftermath of America’s staunch defence of Israel at last week UN General Assembly in New York, after Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet dismayed its allies by announcing plans to build 3,000 homes as part of a Jerusalem settlement complex.
Among increasing reports that Assad preparing to use chemical weapons stockpile, PM says ''these weapons cannot be used or transferred to terrorist organizations;'' comments follow Obama, NATO warnings to Assad.
Polish Conservative MEP Michal Tomasz Kaminski has called on EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to take a firm stance on European Parliament calls for EU-led action on so-called “violent settlers”, as he insisted it was imperative that Israel should be allowed to deal with it as an “internal matter”.
Hungarian Jewish groups staged a demonstration in front of the parliament in Budapest to protest at anti-Semitic calls by an extreme-right politician last week to create a register of Hungarian Jews in the interests of “national security”.
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Sunday called Israel’s plans to go ahead with the construction of some 3,000 new homes in the E1 area near Jerusalem ''extremely worrying'' by its scale.
Two days after abstaining in the UN General Assembly vote on a Palestinian upgraded status, German Chancellor Angela Merkel reassured Israel of her country's commitment to the security of the Jewish state.
Obama's former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel reportedly calls PM's actions ''unfathomable''; France downplays report is is also considering withdrawing ambassador after Israel authorizes 3,000 settlement homes, E1 development.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked his Czech counterpart for being the only EU member state to vote Friday against the UN General Assembly resolution upgrading the Palestinian status in the world body to a ''non-member observer state.''
Last year a Bat Mitzvah girl from Chicago asked her parents for a special gift, to sponsor a Bat Mitzvah party for needy girls somewhere in the world. Last week her wish came true in the Children’s home of Moscow.
