French President Nicolas Sarkozy branded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu \”a liar\” in a private conversation with U.S. President Barack Obama that was accidentally broadcast to journalists during last week\’s G20 summit in Cannes.
The Palestinian Authority foreign minister denied plans to seek statehood status in 16 United Nations-affiliated groups.
It was bound to happen sooner or later. At some point, both the president and Congress would be faced with a clear choice between U.S. national interests and the demands made by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his powerful Washington lobby.
U.N. cultural agency UNESCO will vote on Monday on a Palestinian request for membership, part of a wider Palestinian campaign for recognition as a state within the wider United Nations system.
A top congressional appropriator, U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, warned UNESCO that granting the Palestinians full membership could mean a cutoff in U.S. funding for the cultural body.
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that prevents the state\’s municipalities from banning male circumcision.
Until the main event, which didn’t come until the very end of last week, there was a strong element of theater to all the goings-on at and around the United Nations.
The High Holy Days are a time when we are enjoined to reflect on old behavior and look to new ideas, to reach out within and beyond our communities to find healing, not just for ourselves or the Jewish people, but for the entire world.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected Palestinian plans to seek U.N. blessing for statehood and urged a return to peace talks with Israel as he tried to head off a looming diplomatic disaster.
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