JERUSALEM — Stung by a damning U.N. report alleging war crimes in Gaza, Israel is taking extraordinary steps to fend off potential international prosecution of its political and military leaders, hiring high-powered attorneys, lobbying Western governments and launching a public relations blitz.Israel has dismissed the U.N. investigation into its winter offensive in the Gaza strip as biased, but its latest …
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Iran’s nukes make news: Who’s deceiving whom?
As diplomats from the so-called P5+1 countries — The United States, Russia, Britain, France, China, and Germany — met yesterday in Switzerland for talks with Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, the guessing game continues. The guess is not only about whether Iran is making a nuclear bomb, but also about whether an attack on Iran will take place. Both are possibilities. …
Read More »Erdogan:Focus on Israeli nukes not Iran N energy program
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoganThe Turkish president has condemned Western countries’ focus on Iran’s nuclear program, stressing that the world should deal with Israel’s nuclear weapons instead. Turkey’s “Radikal” newspaper on Sunday reported that Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s strong comments against Israel’s nuclear program was similar to his “one minute” stance in Davos in January when he walked out of …
Read More »Last surviving member of Turkey’s Othman e dynasty died last week at the age of 97
The last surviving member of Turkey’s Othman dynasty, Ertuğrul Osman Osmanoğlu, died at the age of 97 at a private hospital in Istanbul on Wednesday 23 September. He was laid to rest on Friday September 25 in the Istanbul garden of the tomb of his grand father Sultan Mahmud II. The emotional religious ceremony was attended by hundreds of thousands …
Read More »Iran a potential friend and not a threat – Ahamadinejad, By Saybhan Samat
Weeks before the arrival of president Ahamadinejad in new York for the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting arrangements had already been made for some Western powers and Israel to walk out as soon as Ahamadinejad got up to speak. Demonstrations in support of the opposition in Iran were to be staged. In fact Ahamadinejad was anathema to Israel and the …
Read More »Palestinians ‘Seriously Considering’ One-state: ,The Elders’ View Of the Middle East By Jimmy Carter
September 06, 2009 “Washington Post” — During the past 16 months I have visited the Middle East four times and met with leaders in Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, the West Bank and Gaza. I was in Damascus when President Obama made his historic speech in Cairo, which raised high hopes among the more-optimistic Israelis and Palestinians, who …
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