Showing posts with label Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Crickets...

June 09, 2015 Associated Press , Gaza Rockets 0 Comments
Israeli Premier Criticizes World's 'Silence' On Gaza Rockets

AP News, Jun. 7, 2015

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday criticized what he described as the world's "silence" over recent rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, drawing a quick response from his country's closest ally, the U.S.

Netanyahu, speaking at his weekly Cabinet meeting, said he hadn't heard anyone condemn three rocket attacks from Gaza over the past two weeks. The rockets caused no damage, nor any injuries.

"It will be interesting to see if this silence continues when we use all our strength in exercising our right to defend ourselves," Netanyahu said. "It should be clear: the hypocrisy that is sweeping the world will not chain our hands from defending the citizens of Israel."

In Germany, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said U.S. officials had spent "a lot of time talking about this" during Israel's recent war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

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Sunday, June 7, 2015

Another Day In Israel

June 07, 2015 Batsheva Sobelman , Gaza 0 Comments
Rocket Fired From Gaza Strip Hits Southern Israel, Officials Report

By Batsheva Sobelman, Jun. 6, 2015, Latimes.com

Rocket fired from the Gaza strip struck southern Israel Saturday, according to Israel's military.

The rocket landed in an open area near Ashkelon, a city about 10 miles from the border with Gaza, police and army officials said.

It was the third such incident in two weeks, raising concerns on both sides of the border of renewed escalation less than a year after Israel and Hamas fought a deadly summer war in which more than 2,100 Palestinians and 72 Israelis were killed.

The renewed rocket fire poses a challenge to Israel, which has repeatedly vowed zero tolerance and a swift response. It also tests the Hamas rulers of the Gaza strip, locked in a power struggle with local militant Islamic State sympathizers who have claimed responsibility for two of the recent incidents.

Israel holds Hamas responsible for any fire originating from Gaza and has typically responded with air strikes against Hamas facilities, which are usually evacuated in advance.

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Relentless!

June 03, 2015 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict , President Barack Obama 0 Comments
Obama Raises Possibility Of Allowing U.N. Vote On Palestinian Statehood

By Christi Parsons And Michael A. Memoli, Jun. 2, 2015, Latimes.com

President Obama took a step toward a tougher line with Israel in an interview released Tuesday, raising the possibility that the U.S. will allow a United Nations vote on issues related to the Palestinians if the two sides make no meaningful movement toward peace.

In an interview with an Israeli television station, Obama noted that his administration has “up until this point” quashed such efforts at the U.N. while insisting that the Israelis and Palestinians must negotiate a resolution. But he said it is a challenge for the U.S. to keep demanding that the Palestinians negotiate in good faith if no one believes the Israelis are doing the same.

“How do we move off what appears right now to be a hopeless situation and move it back towards a hopeful situation?” Obama asked in the interview. “That will require more than just words. That will require some actions. And that’s going to be hard work, though, because right now I think there’s not a lot of confidence in the process.”


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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Only Another Terror State Guarantees Israel's Safety?

Only Another Terror State Guarantees Israel's Safety?

March 03, 2015 AIPAC , Iran 0 Comments
Susan Rice Tells Israel They’ll Only Be Secure Once Palestinians Have Their Own State

Mar. 2, 2015



“The only path to ensure Israel’s long-term security is to bring about a viable, sovereign, Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with the democratic state of Israel.”

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Syria and Iran call it "an act of aggression"

December 09, 2014 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict , News.yahoo.com 0 Comments
Syria, Allies Condemn Israeli Airstrikes

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) 

and Russian President Vladimir Putin

Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90
By Zeina Karam, Dec. 8, 2014, News.yahoo.com

BEIRUT (AP) — Russia on Monday demanded an explanation for Israeli airstrikes on two areas near Damascus, while the Syrian and Iranian foreign ministers called it an act of aggression that proves Israel is "in the same trench" with extremist groups fighting the Syrian government.

The attacks are unlikely to have a big impact. Israel has already struck inside Syria on several occasions in the course of the country's chaotic civil war, including a series of airstrikes near Damascus in May 2013. Those strikes, according to Israeli officials, targeted shipments of Iranian-made Fateh-110 missiles bound for the Lebanese Hezbollah militant group.Israeli warplanes struck near Damascus' international airport on Sunday, as well as outside a town close to the Lebanese border.

Syria's reaction has been relatively mute; in previous cases, Damascus has vowed to retaliate without actually doing so.

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