Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — Photo by: Archive
Abbas says Netanyahu should take advantage of offer to continue talks with silent settlement construction freeze.
JERUSALEM — Israel has ended its unofficial building freeze in east Jerusalem, giving the green light for hundreds of new homes in Jewish neighborhoods of the traditionally Arab sector of the city – and dealing another potential blow to U.S.-led efforts to salvage peace negotiations.
Two ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protect themselves inside a bus from Palestinian rioters outside Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday.
Palestinians throw stones at Jewish worshippers following deadly shooting by security guard
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The Palestinian flag was hoisted at the side of the Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem on Wednesday for a photograph of Benjamin Netanyahu and President Mahmoud Abbas. This was customary in former prime minister Ehud Olmert’s days, but many of those in the prime minister’s bureau who were preparing for the meeting had objected to raising the Palestinian flag. After much deliberation, it was finally decided to follow the previous government’s precedent.
The Palestinian Authority on Sunday again reiterated to its own people in Arabic that the ultimate goal in regards to Jerusalem is to wrest control of the entire city from Israel. And once again, the international media ignored the nefarious agenda that the Palestinians themselves admit they have.
Tens of thousands of Muslims have poured into the heavily guarded Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem for the last Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan.
Israeli police put the number of worshippers at 160,000 to 170,000, while Muslim authorities said it exceeded 200,000.
The world is outraged at Israel’s blockade of Gaza. Turkey denounces its illegality, inhumanity, barbarity, etc. The usual U.N. suspects, Third World and European, join in. The Obama administration dithers.
The exact shape of the next confrontation in the north remains unclear, but few in the Israel Defense Forces believe we’re likely to see tanks clashing in the Golan Heights.
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