Monday, 8 March 2010

Mitchell: Direct Israeli-Palestinian talks to start next week in Washington 
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report March 8, 2010, 10:27 PM (GMT+02:00) 

Bolling Air Force base near Washington

 

DEBKAfile's Middle East sources reveal that the US Middle East envoy George Mitchell presented his mission to Israeli and Palestinian leaders Monday, March 8, as getting direct talks between them started without delay and moved toWashington. Their lead negotiators have been appointed. They are the Israeli prime minister's adviser Yitzhak Molcho and the senior Palestinian negotiator Saab Erekat.


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Gates arrives in Kabul, beats Ahmadinejad to the post
DEBKAfile Special Report
March 8, 2010, 4:29 PM (GMT+02:00) 

Tags:  Ahmadinejad   missile   Robert Gates   US-Afghanistan 

Iran's first cruise missile Nasr-1

Despite Tehran's denial, president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delayed his trip to Kabul by 48 hours when US defense secretary Robert Gates arrived suddenly in the Afghan capital Monday, March 8.
The Iranian president had set the scene for his visit by accusing the 
USof "fabricating" 9/11 as a pretext for invading Afghanistan and unveiling new missile production lines.

 

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More Radical Palestinian unrest in store to torpedo talks
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis
March 6, 2010, 7:08 PM (GMT+02:00) 

Tags:  Hamas   Joe Biden   Mahmoud Abbas   UN 

Palestinian troublemakers on Temple Mount

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas complained to the UN about Israel's enforcement of order on Temple Mount Friday, March 5, even though the disturbances were staged by radical Hamas and Islamist elements to destroy the US-mediate peace track which he has agreed to join. DEBKAfile predicts more trouble may flare up with the arrival of US Vice President Joe Biden Monday.

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