Israel and Greece have invoked their new, secret mutual defense pact to counter heavy Turkish sea and air movements in the eastern Mediterranean.DEBKAfile discloses that Israel may gain the new advantage of a military presence at Greek bases following a long phone conversation Wednesday night Sept. 14 between the Israeli and Greek prime ministers. They also agreed to share intelligence. Israel's expanded cabinet of eight was called into session over the Turkish threat to its off-shore oil and gas rigs.
While Washington goes all-out to damp down Turkey-Israel, Egypt-Israeli conflicts
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If defeated in Syria, the US-backed fundamentalists will lose ground in Egyp
DEBKAfile Special Report
September 15, 2011, 4:41 PM (GMT+02:00)
Tags: Abbas Palestinians Israel UN Security Council US Barack Obama
Mahmoud Abbas: Dialogue with Israel still on ice
Thursday, Sept. 15, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas went back on his assurance 24 hours earlier to Saudi, European and Egyptian officials and decided to go through with his application to the UN Security Council on Sept. 23 for the admission of a Palestinian state to the world body. This was a pointed rebuff to the Obama administration whose envoys offered to renew US ties with the Palestinians if they refrained from applying to the Security Council. Tuesday, Abbas met with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Cairo.
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