23:41 ”The Conference of Presidents of American Jewish Organizations informed the French President Nicolas Sarkozy of the al-Dura case: Charles Enderlin said in 2000 that Mohamed al-Dura was dead, on the basis of what his Palestinian cameraman, Talal Abu Rahma, said. Is it not time that Mr. Sarkozy intervenes so that France 2 recognizes his mistake? ”, GIN asked David Martinon, the spokesman for the Elysee in Paris. (Guysen.International.News)
22:09 The American Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice called on Syria not to interfere in the Lebanese elections and to convince the nation to elect a new president. Rice made these comments in a telephone conversation on Wednesday evening with the head of French diplomacy, Bernard Kouchner, who has been visiting Beirut since last Sunday. (Guysen.International.News)
20:57 Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has warned Western powers against a possible attack on his country. He said: ”Your weapons will never beat us, the government in Washington must understand that it is facing a united and invincible nation”. (Guysen.International.News)
20:06 The American Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, said that the United States would try to get the Israelis and Palestinians to sign a final peace agreement in 2008. (Guysen.International.News)
19:24 Two Qassam rockets hit the western Negev tonight. Both rockets landed in vacant lots. The first one fell between Gevim and Yad Mordechai, and the second near Mefalsim. No injuries or material damage have been reported. (Guysen.International.News)
18:37 On Sunday morning, 432 Palestinian prisoners will be released. The Israeli government approved the decision, in a gesture of goodwill towards the president of the PA Mahmoud Abbas for the Annapolis conference. (Guysen.International.News)
18:26 The United States should sell 20 billion dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia. On Monday, 188 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to President Bush, expressing concern at reports of the sale of the satellite-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia. According to them: ”If this technology fell into the wrong hands it could harm the American forces in the Middle East and threaten Israel.” They have called for a strict supervision of the sale by Congress and for a dialogue with the Americans’ strategic ally Israel. (Guysen.International.News)
15:07 Khaled Mechaal is being prosecuted before the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. The town of Sderot and the Israeli Zaka association are pursuing the head of the Hamas political bureau based in Damascus, in court for the murder of 176 Israelis. (Guysen.International.News)
12:53 23 years ago, on Nov. 21, 1984, the first Ethiopian immigrants arrived in Israel as part of Operation Moses. This dangerous and complicated operation, carried out with the help of the United States and the international community, helped 8,000 Ethiopian Jews in their aliya, until January 1985, when it ended. (Guysen.International.News)
12:18 The outgoing president of the Council of Jewish communities of Binyamin, Pinhas Wallerstein, has warned residents of settlements against a new disengagement. ”The Council should be aware that if the people of Israel is not on our side, we will lose the battle. No matter at what level. Ultimately, the people decide, and it has the right to take decisions, even stupid ones” he said. (Guysen.International.News)
10:36 Palestinians have activated 2 explosive charges on the passage of IDF patrols along the security fence surrounding the Gaza Strip, near Netiv Haassara and Ein Hashlosha. There were no injuries. Earlier four mortar shells landed near the Erez crossing, and three more in Palestinian areas. (Guysen.International.News)
09:45 Vandals have again painted swastikas in a public park in Tel Aviv. The police have opened an investigation. (Guysen.International.News)
09:18 On the right, the announcement of the transfer of arms and armored vehicles to the AP, denied by Ehud Olmert’s office, has provoked an outcry. The head of the National Religious Party, Zevulun Orlev, accused the Prime Minister ”of personally greasing the wheels of terrorism, and selling the security of Israeli citizens for a bowl of lentils (a reference to Esau who ceded his rights as firstborn to Jacob for a bowl of lentils).” He also criticized Shas and Yisrael Beitenu for their “silence of the lambs”. (Guysen.International.News)
08:20 The Prime Minister’s Office denied the transfer of a thousand guns to the PA. He said that no weapons will be delivered to the Palestinian Authority. Israel has given the green light to the delivery of 25 armored vehicles for Palestinian forces recently deployed to Shehem (Nablus). Two million bullets from Jordan will also be provided to the PA. ”We call on the Palestinians to fight terrorism. How are they supposed to do it? With stolen Israeli vehicles?”, a close adviser to Ehud Olmert exclaimed. (Guysen.International.News)
07:40 The IDF recently lifted, in cooperation with the Palestinians, 24 checkpoints in Judea and Samaria. The Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi announced this on Tuesday at the session of the Knesset Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense. (Guysen.International.News)
04:14 The United States: the State Department said on Tuesday that the Annapolis conference would take place on the 27th of November. (Guysen.International.News)
02:42 Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, has agreed that 50 armored vehicles, 1,000 assault rifles and 2 million rounds of ammunition, will be delivered to the security forces of the Palestinian Authority. The IDF and the internal security services are against this decision. (Guysen.International.News)
02:27 According to the Iranian ambassador to the UN, Russia and China would oppose the adoption of new sanctions by the Security Council against the Islamic Republic. (Guysen.International.News)
02:15 USA: an opinion poll published on Tuesday showed that Hillary Clinton is the Democratic candidate who has the best chance of winning, in the forthcoming presidential elections. On the Republican side, it is the former Mayor of New York, Giuliani, who is the most popular candidate. (Guysen.International.News)
