The sharp differences between Israel and Britain came to the fore Wednesday, Nov. 3, during William Hague's first visit to Israel as Foreign Secretary. He was informed that Israel had halted the strategic dialogue with the UK in protest against the failure of successive British governments to repeal a law allowing its leaders to be arrested for war crimes on arrival in Britain. The visitor struck back by meeting and praising three groups leading the Palestinian anti-Israel protest movement. Tehran's proactive interference in Afghanistan - kept quiet by Washington in the hope of a new round of nuclear talks bearing fruit - is offset by a quiet US buildup for military action against Iran. The next issue ofDEBKA-Net-Weekly out Friday reveals how the al Qaeda air package plot fit into the selective partnership between Tehran and al Qaeda and homes in on the areas where their schemes dovetail. To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weekly,click here Direct Israeli-Palestinian talks, interrupted in September after less than a week, will resume in January, 2011 following a quiet deal between the US, Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia,DEBKAfile's sources disclose. Obama administration officials are upbeat after four new developments unsnarled the gridlock. Most significantly, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed to a second, partial settlement building freeze and Mahmoud Abbas to drop a bid for UN recognition of unilateral statehood. The Iraqi capital was rocked late Tuesday, Nov. 2 by the most ferocious assault al Qaeda has ever carried out on Baghdad. By evening, it had spread to Baghdad's environs after the death toll had climbed past 120 with more than 300 injured from 19 bomb car explosions in a dozen Shiite suburbs. Scores of roadside and sticky bombs were activated against cars at main intersections and smashing into army, police and emergency teams rushing to the scenes of disaster.
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