White House: Israeli housing plans dismaying
WASHINGTON - The White House rebuked Israel with heavy criticism Tuesday after the Jerusalem city government moved toward the construction of 900 additional housing units in a Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem, which Palestinians claim for the capital of their future state.
People:Benjamin Netanyahu Mahmoud Abbas Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Activities:Israel-U.S. Mideast Peace Source:(AP)
2009-11-17
EU rejects Palestinian statehood appeal
BRUSSELS - The European Union rejected requests Tuesday that it support a Palestinian plan for gaining recognition as an independent state at the U.N. Security Council without Israeli consent.
Nations:Sweden People:Benjamin Netanyahu Mahmoud Abbas Barack Obama Activities:Mideast Peace
2009-11-17
Clinton calls Israeli concessions 'unprecedented'
JERUSALEM - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Israel is making "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settlement construction - a position clearly at odds with the prevailing Palestinian view.
Nations:Israel People:Benjamin Netanyahu Mahmoud Abbas Hillary Clinton Activities:Mideast Peace Source:(AP)
2009-10-31
Violent clashes erupt at Jerusalem's holiest site
JERUSALEM - Israeli police firing stun grenades faced off Sunday against masked Palestinian protesters hurling stones and plastic chairs outside the Holy Land's most volatile shrine, where past violence has escalated into prolonged conflict.
Nations:Israel People:Ariel Sharon Activities:Israel-Palestine Source:(AP)
2009-10-25
Israel to review its own Gaza war probe: source
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hoping to defuse a U.N. report fiercely critical of its war in Gaza, Israel plans to review the internal inquiries that cleared its armed forces of serious wrongdoing, a political source said Sunday.
People:Benjamin Netanyahu Activities:2009 Gaza War Source:(Reuters)
2009-10-25
Scientist who worked for gov't accused of spying
WASHINGTON - A scientist credited with helping discover evidence of water on the moon was arrested Monday on charges of attempting to pass along classified information to an FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence officer.
Nations:Israel U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-19
US, UK, French heads demand Iran nuke site opened
PITTSBURGH - Armed with the disclosure of a secret Iranian nuclear facility, President Barack Obama and the leaders of France and Britain demanded Friday that Tehran fully disclose its nuclear ambitions "or be held accountable" to an impatient world community.
Nations:Israel U.K. France U.S. People:Dmitry Medvedev Nicolas Sarkozy Gordon Brown Barack Obama Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis
2009-09-25
Israel OKs hundreds of new West Bank apartments
JERUSALEM - Israel officially approved the construction of hundreds of new homes in the West Bank, the Defense Ministry said Monday, deepening an already unprecedented rift with the U.S. over Israeli settlement expansion.
Nations:Israel North Korea People:Benjamin Netanyahu Activities:Israel-Palestine Source:(AP)
2009-09-07
Demjanjuk faces 27,900 accessory to murder counts
MUNICH - Retired auto worker John Demjanjuk was formally charged Monday with 27,900 counts of acting as an accessory to murder -- one for every person who died at Sobibor during the time he is accused of serving as a guard at the Nazi death camp.
Nations:Germany Poland Israel Ukraine Source:(AP)
2009-07-13
Iranian cleric: Some in unrest should be executed
EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.
Nations:Iran Israel Italy People:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Activities:2009 Iran Election Source:(AP)
2009-06-26
US rejects victory claim by Iran's Ahmadinejad
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario - The U.S. on Saturday refused to accept hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's claim of a landslide re-election victory in Iran and said it was looking into allegations of election fraud.
Nations:Israel Canada Iran Lebanon People:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Activities:Holocaust 2009 Iran Election Iran-U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-06-13
Chinese pottery may be earliest discovered
WASHINGTON - Bits of pottery discovered in a cave in southern China may be evidence of the earliest development of ceramics by ancient people.
Nations:China Israel Russia Source:(AP)
2009-06-01
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