One-third of Israelis are at risk of poverty, report says
Jewish Journal
October 18, 2012
One-third of Israelis are at risk of poverty, a new Israeli government report shows.
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Netanyahu praises EU for new Iran sanctions
Jewish Journal
October 16, 2012
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the European Union for adopting new sanctions against Iran.
U.S. should heed call for a clear Iranian red line
Jewish Journal
October 2, 2012
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a persuasive case at the United Nations General Assembly Thursday for a clear red line to ward off Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Time is running out and the United States should listen to the Israeli leader and draw a clear line for Tehran.
In letter to Quartet, Lieberman calls for Abbas’ ouster
Jewish Journal
August 22, 2012
Israel\’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman asked countries working for Israeli-Palestinian peace to call for new elections to remove Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas from office.
EU’s Ashton condemns ‘hateful’ Iran remarks on Israel
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2012
The EU foreign policy chief said on Saturday that comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who called Israel a \”cancerous tumor\” with no place in a future Middle East, were \”outrageous and hateful.\”
EU includes central Israel city on list of settlements
Jewish Journal
August 15, 2012
The European Union has included parts of the central Israel municipality of Modi\’in on its list of settlements.
Hiding Israel
David Suissa
August 8, 2012
There are two ways to look at the Obama administration’s decision to exclude Israel from its global anti-terrorism initiative. If you recall, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Istanbul last month to convene the Global Counterterrorism Forum, the group of invitees included 29 countries and the European Union — but not Israel.
EU refuses to call Hezbollah a terrorist organization
Jewish Journal
July 25, 2012
European Union President Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis said Tuesday said that the EU would not grant Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s request to declare Iran-funded Hezbollah as a terrorist organization because “Hezobollah is a political party in Lebanon which also runs chairty organizations.”
Iran threatens Israel; new EU sanctions take force
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2012
Iran announced missile tests on Sunday and threatened to wipe Israel \”off the face of the earth\” if the Jewish state attacked it, brandishing some of its starkest threats on the day Europe began enforcing an oil embargo and harsh new sanctions.
Netanyahu urges action on Iran after meeting Putin
Jewish Journal
June 25, 2012
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday it was time to ramp up sanctions against Iran to try to curb its nuclear program after discussing the matter with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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