Thursday, 7 May 2009

Obama official: Israel should sign non-nuclear pact

An Obama administration official said Israel should sign on to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Read more »

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Arabs states are revising the Saudi peace initiative to make it more palatable to Israel, according to an Arabic-language newspaper.
The relationship between Syria and Iran is "deepening and developing on various levels," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in Damascus.
Protesters greeted Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman as he met with his French counterpart.
Israel cannot control natural settlement growth, Shimon Peres told Joe Biden.
An Obama administration official said Israel should sign on to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Israel's Air Force struck three Gaza smuggling tunnels after a Kassam rocket and at least six mortar shells struck southern Israel.
Two Democratic members of the U.S. Congress are calling for conditions to be placed on the $300 million in U.S. aid slated for Gaza.
Pope Benedict XVI said he wanted to share the "aspirations and hopes" as well as the "pains and struggles" of people in the Middle East.
Some 200 rabbis and Jewish leaders from Israel, the United States and around the world signed a letter of welcome to the pope on his visit to Israel.
Israeli police seized a 2,000-year-old Hebrew scroll from two Palestinians.
A list of 16 people barred from the United Kingdom because of their extreme views includes a right-wing Jew.
Attorneys general from 10 states defended Israel's military action in the Gaza Strip in a letter sent to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
An Australian court banned a neo-Nazi mother from taking her young son to right-wing political rallies or teaching him her views.
The Reform movement is urging the Senate to confirm an Obama Justice Department nominee whose appointment Republicans have threatened to filibuster.
A far-right member of Knesset decried the upcoming Israel visit of Pope Benedict XVI.
An Israeli government committee has approved land reform that will allow the sale or transfer of land to private parties.