They were sitting in the Security Council Hall of the United Nations, but it was the International Criminal Court that may well have been on the minds of the delegation from the new non-member state of Palestine — and, more specifically, how to send representatives of Israel there, as defendants.
How I got deported from Lebanon
The following is an article by MUSTAFA AKYOL an unhappy Turkish journalist who was reportedly refused entry into Lebanon and was deported from Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut because he had an old Israeli visa stamp in his passport
Israeli DM: Assad’s grip undergoing ‘painful disintegration’
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on a trip to the Golan Heights that Assad’s grip was undergoing “painful disintegration” and his military was becoming less efficient. “Almost all of the villages at the foot of this ridge, and on upward, are already in rebel hands,”
Syria truce collapse shows limits of diplomacy
Beirut, Lebanon – Syria’s air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions Sunday, flouting a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never took hold.
Israeli PM joins U.S. elections, appears in Obama attack ad
A new political ad produced by a fringe nonprofit group uses footage of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning about Iran’s nuclear program in order to attack President Barack Obama. The group, Secure America Now, has spent $400,000 to air the ad in heavily Jewish districts in south Florida,
Jumblatt slams NAM summit for supporting Assad regime
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt slammed Monday the Non-Aligned Movement’s summit in Iran for its support for the Syrian regime’s “tyranny” against its people. “It is ironic for the Non-Aligned Movement which was formed in Belgrade in 1961 by prominent leaders such as former Egyptian president Jamal Abdel-Nasser, former Yugoslavia’s president
Israel fitted nuclear weapons on German-built submarines
Germany is helping Israel to develop its military nuclear capabilities, SPIEGEL has learned. According to extensive research carried out by the magazine, Israel is equipping submarines that were built in the northern German city of Kiel and largely paid for by the German government
Hezbollah, Iran planning to kill, kidnap Israelis says travel advisory
Israel’s National Security Council, Counter-Terrorism Bureau released a warning Thursday advising its citizens that Hezbollah and Iran were planning to murder or kidnap Israeli businessmen and former state officials.
Hezbollah MP calls Israeli report ‘a lie’
During an interview with Al-Manar television on Friday, Hezbollah MP Walid Succariyeh said the Israel’s reports on Hezbollah’s arms depots in South Lebanon “could only be believed by naive people. His comment comes after a report published in Israeli newspaper Haaretz, which said Hezbollah has an arsenal of
Israel Says Hezbollah Moves Missiles Near Border
In an unusual move, the Israeli military has released detailed intelligence material on Hezbollah’s military build up in South Lebanon to the media. As the 4th anniversary of the “Second Lebanon War” approaches on July 12, Wednesday’s release of the information seemed designed to prepare international opinion for any future conflict.