Showing posts with label Binjamin Netanyahu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Binjamin Netanyahu. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Netanyahu March Rôle Exposes Europe's Anti-Semitic Failure
Monday, January 12, 2015
Erdogan Attacks Netanyahu for 'Daring' to Attend Paris March
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday attacked Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for "daring" to attend the weekend's anti-terror solidarity march in Paris, accusing him of leading "state terrorism" against the Palestinians.
The comments were the latest verbal assault against Netanyahu and Israel in general by Erdogan, under whose rule Turkey's relations with Israel have steadily deteriorated.
"I also hardly understand how he (Netanyahu) dared to go there. For once, you give an account for the children, women you massacred," Erdogan told a joint press conference in Ankara alongside Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas.
Abbas and Netanyahu, as well as Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, all joined the solidarity march in Paris in the memory of 17 people killed in Islamist terror attacks last week.
But Erdogan said Netanyahu had no right to be there following Israel's 50-day conflict with Islamist terrorists in Gaza.
"How can you see this individual who carries out state terrorism by massacring 2,500 people in Gaza waving his hand?" said Erdogan. » | Arutz Sheva Staff | Monday, January 12, 2015
Monday, May 31, 2010
TIMES ONLINE: Israel’s prime minister has cancelled a planned meeting with President Obama to deal with the escalating international crisis over an attack by the Israeli military on civilian aid ships that left at least 10 dead.
Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, is in Canada and had been due to visit the White House tomorrow after a series of increasingly fractious meetings with the US over the stalled Middle East peace process.
But after Israeli naval commandos stormed the ships of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla overnight, killing up to 19 according to some reports and leaving dozens wounded, Mr Netanyahu has found his country the target of international condemnation and protest.
He said he gave the Israeli military his “full backing” but after initially saying his trip would continue, his office said it had been cancelled. >>> James Hider, in Ashdod, and Judith Evans | Monday, May 31, 2010
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Friday, April 16, 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: Hillary Clinton has said Israel must stop 'settlement activity' and steer clear of comments that will provoke Palestinians.
The US Secretary of State urged "bold leadership" from all sides to resolve one of the world's most intractable disputes.
Speaking at a dinner attended by the ambassadors of Israel and several Arab states, Mrs Clinton urged Israel to "refrain from unilateral statements and actions" that could undermine peace.
"Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu has embraced the vision of the two-state solution," she said.
"But easing up on access and movement in the West Bank, in response to credible Palestinian security performance, is not sufficient to prove to the Palestinians that this embrace is sincere.
"We encourage Israel to continue building momentum toward a comprehensive peace by demonstrating respect for the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinians, stopping settlement activity and addressing the humanitarian needs in Gaza." >>> Telegraph’s Foreign Staff | Friday, April 16, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
TIMES ONLINE: Binyamin Netanyahu insisted today that he will not halt building projects in east Jerusalem, despite calls by the US for him to do so.
The defiant statement came after the Israeli Prime Minister returned from a bruising visit to the White House, where he was given a public dressing down for his controversial settlement policy.
"The Prime Minister's position is that there is no change in Israel's policy on Jerusalem that has been pursued by all governments of Israel for the last 42 years," his office said in a statement.
Those include implementing a strict freeze on construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, Israeli troops withdrawing to areas they occupied before the beginning of the Palestinian Intifada ten years ago, and the release of Palestinian prisoners.
Mr Netanyahu's spokesman, Nir Hefez, said that the US had not agreed to allow Israeli to continue building in east Jerusalem, which was captured by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and is now home to 200,000 Israelis. He had earlier hinted that such a deal was possible, but later retracted the statement.
Analysts in Israel agree that Mr Netanyahu faces a choice of which crisis he wants to contend with: he can bow to the US demands and risk a split with hardline nationalists and ultra-Orthodox parties in his coalition, or stick to his guns and face down an increasingly hostile US administration at a time when Israel needs US backing to tackle a potentially nuclear Iran. >>> James Hider in Jerusalem | Friday, March 26, 2010
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
TIMES ONLINE: A landmark meeting organised by President Obama to persuade Israeli and Palestinian leaders to restart peace talks appeared to have ended in failure tonight.
Speaking before bringing the Israeli Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, together for talks, a stern Mr Obama warned that a sense of urgency was required to lay the foundations for peace.
“Success depends on all sides acting with a sense of urgency,” Mr Obama told reporters. “Permanent status negotiations must begin and begin soon. It is past time to talk about starting negotiations. It is time to move forward.”
However, after the talks, Mr Abbas and George Mitchell, the US envoy to the Middle East, indicated that little progress had been made.
Yasser Abed Raddo, a Palestinian official, said that in the trilateral meeting Mr Abbas had restated his demand for a complete Israeli settlement freeze. Mr Netanyahu, in turn, had demanded that the Palestinians recognise Israel as a Jewish State.
Expectations of a breakthrough had been described before the meeting as “lower than the Dead Sea”, a reflection of the White House’s fears that no progress would be made at all. >>> Catherine Philp in New York | Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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