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Blair: Israel faced post-pullout nightmare
If he were an MK, the Quartet's Middle East envoy Tony Blair would hesitate to cede land in the West Bank to the Palestinians after the "nightmare" that the Israelis faced after they disengaged from the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2005, he said Wednesday.
However Blair, addressing the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, added that Israel must continue with the peace process despite its security concerns.
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Palestinians Count On Donors' Billions For Statehood
Palestinians are relying on world donors to pledge almost $6 billion in Paris on Monday to bankroll an ambitious three-year development project underwriting their promised state.
While asking the world's richest nations to get out their cheque books, the Palestinian Authority will also emphasize that their plans will come to nothing unless Israel eases restriction on movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Top Fatah official kidnapped in Gaza
Gunmen burst into the home of a top Fatah official in Gaza early Friday and kidnapped him, the man's family said, in the first such abduction of a politician since Hamas forces routed their Fatah rivals and overtook the strip in June.
Israel, U.S. to discuss differing takes on Iran
Defense establishment sources said this week that Israel accepted 90 to 95 percent of the intelligence material on which the American assessment was based, including the assertion that Iran stopped the development of nuclear weapons in 2003 but was continuing uranium enrichment and the development of long-range weapons.head:
'Current events' must not affect talks
Livni, according to one of the meeting's participants, stressed that both sides started the bilateral negotiation process on the assumption that negotiations needed to take place regardless of the situation on the ground.
IDF: Ill-timed Gaza campaign may result in mass casualties
For the IDF to reclaim control of the Philadelphi Route – which is needed in order to prevent weapons' smuggling from Egypt to the Strip, it would have to put some 100,000 Palestinians under Israeli rule.
By moving to Galilee, settlers will turn from national problem to a solution
One of the most well known arguments advanced by settlers is that it doesn’t matter whether they would be evacuated or not – after all, once the struggle for Judea and Samaria ends, the battle for the Galilee will get underway (they also really like to add “and the battle for Jaffa as well” in order to scare the Tel Avivians, but it’s just a case of hilltop humor.)
Israel urged to ease Palestine controls
The Palestinian prime minister said he failed to win assurances from Israel's defense minister Thursday that he'll ease stifling restrictions on Palestinian movement — a measure seen as key to the success of an ambitious international effort to revive the Palestinian economy.
The World Bank warned that unless Israel removes some of the physical and administrative obstacles to Palestinian travel and trade, donor countries asked to pledge $5.6 billion at a conference in Paris next week may be wasting their money.
Barak Agreed To Hand Temple Mount & Yesha to Arabs in 2000 Talks
The talks at Camp David and Taba in 2000 and 2001 resulted in agreements on the issues of borders, "refugees" and Jerusalem, according to a 26-page document obtained by the Ha'aretz news service.
China's special envoy to attend donors conference for Palestinians in Paris
Sun Bigan, China's special envoy on the Middle East issue, will attend a donors conference for the Palestinians to scheduled for Dec. 17 in Paris as the representative for Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi.
Egypt supports holding next Mideast conference in Moscow
Egypt's foreign minister welcomed Moscow hosting a follow-up Middle East peace conference, saying in an interview published Friday that Russia plays in an important role in the peace process.
Report: Israel used cyberwar against Syria
The magazine Aviation Week recently reported that the main attack by the Israeli Defense Forces was preceded by an engagement with a single Syrian radar site at Tall al-Abuad near the Turkish border.
PA officials admit problems with reforming security forces
On the eve of the donors conference in Paris, which is expected to discuss ways of strengthening the Palestinian Authority, PA officials admitted Thursday that they still have a long way to go in reforming their security forces - a key condition set by the international community for funding the government of Prime Minister Salaam Fayad.
Assad: Syria-Iran alliance unshakeable
Syrian President Bashar Assad rejected claims that Syria's alliance with Iran had been weakened by Damascus' participation in last month's US-sponsored Mideast peace conference, saying Thursday that the two countries' ties will never be shaken.
EU promises 'robust' action against Iran
European diplomats here promised "robust" action from the European Union on Iran and said the EU will enact its own sanctions if the UN Security Council approves a weak third resolution, despite a US intelligence report saying Iran halted its nuclear weapons program four years ago.
'Terror T-shirts' Danes cleared
Seven Danes who sold T-shirts with the logos of Colombian and Palestinian militants have been acquitted of supporting terrorist groups.
They had pledged five euros (£3.50) from each sale to the Farc in Colombia or the PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine).
Shiite leader seeks power through religious authority
The leader of Iraq's biggest Shiite militia movement has quietly resumed seminary studies toward attaining the title of ayatollah - a goal that could make firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army an even more formidable power broker in Iraq.
Fungus may aid prostate cancer fight
A common fungus may aid in suppressing the progression of prostate cancer, Israeli researchers suggest.
Researchers at the University of Haifa found molecules in the fungus Ganoderma lucidum disrupt androgen receptors and impede the proliferation of cancerous cells.
South Korean scientists create glowing cats using modified gene
South Korean scientists have cloned cats that glow red when exposed to ultraviolet rays, an achievement that could help develop cures for human genetic diseases, the Science and Technology Ministry said.
Three Turkish Angora cats were born in January and February through cloning with a gene that produces a red fluorescent protein that makes them glow in dark. One died at birth, but the two others survived, the ministry said.
The ministry claimed it was the first time cats with modified genes have been cloned.
Legal case seen as 'backdoor' attempt to get civil unions recognized in Mississippi
The case pits against each other two women who were "partners" in a homosexual relationship. The plaintiff claims that her former partner verbally agreed to give her an interest in real property. However, the pair lived in Florida at the time of the alleged oral agreement, and now both live in Mississippi.
Robots help elderly when humans cannot
At a home care and rehabilitation convention in Tokyo, buyers crowded around a demonstration of Secom's feeding robot, which helps elderly or disabled people eat with a spoon- and fork-fitted swiveling arm.
The weakening of family ties in recent years means a growing number of older Japanese are spending their golden years away from the care traditionally provided by children and grandkids.
Japan ignores Australia's whale noises
JAPAN shrugged off a pledge by Australia's new prime minister to protect whales in a bitter dispute over hunting of the giant mammals.
Chapman University gives Jewish fraternity some rights on campus
Chapman University has reached a settlement with an off-campus Jewish fraternity over whether its members may gather and pass out fliers on university property.
The American Civil Liberties Union intervened on behalf of Sigma Alpha Mu after student members said the university wouldn't even let them meet on campus to carpool to outside events.
If he were an MK, the Quartet's Middle East envoy Tony Blair would hesitate to cede land in the West Bank to the Palestinians after the "nightmare" that the Israelis faced after they disengaged from the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2005, he said Wednesday.
However Blair, addressing the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, added that Israel must continue with the peace process despite its security concerns.
head:Palestinians Count On Donors' Billions For Statehood
Palestinians are relying on world donors to pledge almost $6 billion in Paris on Monday to bankroll an ambitious three-year development project underwriting their promised state.
While asking the world's richest nations to get out their cheque books, the Palestinian Authority will also emphasize that their plans will come to nothing unless Israel eases restriction on movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Top Fatah official kidnapped in Gaza
Gunmen burst into the home of a top Fatah official in Gaza early Friday and kidnapped him, the man's family said, in the first such abduction of a politician since Hamas forces routed their Fatah rivals and overtook the strip in June.
Israel, U.S. to discuss differing takes on Iran
Defense establishment sources said this week that Israel accepted 90 to 95 percent of the intelligence material on which the American assessment was based, including the assertion that Iran stopped the development of nuclear weapons in 2003 but was continuing uranium enrichment and the development of long-range weapons.
head:'Current events' must not affect talks
Livni, according to one of the meeting's participants, stressed that both sides started the bilateral negotiation process on the assumption that negotiations needed to take place regardless of the situation on the ground.
IDF: Ill-timed Gaza campaign may result in mass casualties
For the IDF to reclaim control of the Philadelphi Route – which is needed in order to prevent weapons' smuggling from Egypt to the Strip, it would have to put some 100,000 Palestinians under Israeli rule.
By moving to Galilee, settlers will turn from national problem to a solution
One of the most well known arguments advanced by settlers is that it doesn’t matter whether they would be evacuated or not – after all, once the struggle for Judea and Samaria ends, the battle for the Galilee will get underway (they also really like to add “and the battle for Jaffa as well” in order to scare the Tel Avivians, but it’s just a case of hilltop humor.)
Israel urged to ease Palestine controls
The Palestinian prime minister said he failed to win assurances from Israel's defense minister Thursday that he'll ease stifling restrictions on Palestinian movement — a measure seen as key to the success of an ambitious international effort to revive the Palestinian economy.
The World Bank warned that unless Israel removes some of the physical and administrative obstacles to Palestinian travel and trade, donor countries asked to pledge $5.6 billion at a conference in Paris next week may be wasting their money.
Barak Agreed To Hand Temple Mount & Yesha to Arabs in 2000 Talks
The talks at Camp David and Taba in 2000 and 2001 resulted in agreements on the issues of borders, "refugees" and Jerusalem, according to a 26-page document obtained by the Ha'aretz news service.
China's special envoy to attend donors conference for Palestinians in Paris
Sun Bigan, China's special envoy on the Middle East issue, will attend a donors conference for the Palestinians to scheduled for Dec. 17 in Paris as the representative for Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi.
Egypt supports holding next Mideast conference in Moscow
Egypt's foreign minister welcomed Moscow hosting a follow-up Middle East peace conference, saying in an interview published Friday that Russia plays in an important role in the peace process.
Report: Israel used cyberwar against Syria
The magazine Aviation Week recently reported that the main attack by the Israeli Defense Forces was preceded by an engagement with a single Syrian radar site at Tall al-Abuad near the Turkish border.
PA officials admit problems with reforming security forces
On the eve of the donors conference in Paris, which is expected to discuss ways of strengthening the Palestinian Authority, PA officials admitted Thursday that they still have a long way to go in reforming their security forces - a key condition set by the international community for funding the government of Prime Minister Salaam Fayad.
Assad: Syria-Iran alliance unshakeable
Syrian President Bashar Assad rejected claims that Syria's alliance with Iran had been weakened by Damascus' participation in last month's US-sponsored Mideast peace conference, saying Thursday that the two countries' ties will never be shaken.
EU promises 'robust' action against Iran
European diplomats here promised "robust" action from the European Union on Iran and said the EU will enact its own sanctions if the UN Security Council approves a weak third resolution, despite a US intelligence report saying Iran halted its nuclear weapons program four years ago.
'Terror T-shirts' Danes cleared
Seven Danes who sold T-shirts with the logos of Colombian and Palestinian militants have been acquitted of supporting terrorist groups.
They had pledged five euros (£3.50) from each sale to the Farc in Colombia or the PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine).
Shiite leader seeks power through religious authority
The leader of Iraq's biggest Shiite militia movement has quietly resumed seminary studies toward attaining the title of ayatollah - a goal that could make firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army an even more formidable power broker in Iraq.
Fungus may aid prostate cancer fight
A common fungus may aid in suppressing the progression of prostate cancer, Israeli researchers suggest.
Researchers at the University of Haifa found molecules in the fungus Ganoderma lucidum disrupt androgen receptors and impede the proliferation of cancerous cells.
South Korean scientists create glowing cats using modified gene
South Korean scientists have cloned cats that glow red when exposed to ultraviolet rays, an achievement that could help develop cures for human genetic diseases, the Science and Technology Ministry said.
Three Turkish Angora cats were born in January and February through cloning with a gene that produces a red fluorescent protein that makes them glow in dark. One died at birth, but the two others survived, the ministry said.
The ministry claimed it was the first time cats with modified genes have been cloned.
Legal case seen as 'backdoor' attempt to get civil unions recognized in Mississippi
The case pits against each other two women who were "partners" in a homosexual relationship. The plaintiff claims that her former partner verbally agreed to give her an interest in real property. However, the pair lived in Florida at the time of the alleged oral agreement, and now both live in Mississippi.
Robots help elderly when humans cannot
At a home care and rehabilitation convention in Tokyo, buyers crowded around a demonstration of Secom's feeding robot, which helps elderly or disabled people eat with a spoon- and fork-fitted swiveling arm.
The weakening of family ties in recent years means a growing number of older Japanese are spending their golden years away from the care traditionally provided by children and grandkids.
Japan ignores Australia's whale noises
JAPAN shrugged off a pledge by Australia's new prime minister to protect whales in a bitter dispute over hunting of the giant mammals.
Chapman University gives Jewish fraternity some rights on campus
Chapman University has reached a settlement with an off-campus Jewish fraternity over whether its members may gather and pass out fliers on university property.
The American Civil Liberties Union intervened on behalf of Sigma Alpha Mu after student members said the university wouldn't even let them meet on campus to carpool to outside events.