The liberal Jewish group J Street opposes Palestinian efforts to achieve statehood recognition through the United Nations, as well as plans to penalize the Palestinians for making the bid.
Gilad Shalit\’s continued detention is a violation of \”basic decency,\” Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said after meeting with his father.
A Paris court sentenced fashion designer John Galliano to a suspended fine and no jail time for making anti-Semitic and racist remarks to patrons at a local cafe.
The Obama administration said unequivocally it would veto any U.N. Security Council resolution recognizing Palestinian statehood.
Recognition of a Palestinian state could, in theory, lead to Israeli officials being dragged repeatedly before the International Criminal Court in the Hague for claims regarding its settlement policies in the West Bank, legal experts say.
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