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A MEMO analysis of the British media coverage of the US-Israel relationship "crisis"
The British media is slowly waking up to the reality of Israel.
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Obama's sole option: cut the aid and withdraw diplomatic support to Israel
Israel's ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, has said that relations between the two countries have entered their worst crisis for 35 years.
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Isn't it time for America to re-evaluate its "special relationship" with Israel?

A mere eleven minutes after Israel declared its independence in 1948, US President Harry Truman recognised the newly created state.
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News Flash

Turkey's PM: "No result from Abbas negotiations without Hamas"
Riyadh

Negotiations between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority "will not bring results", Turkey's Prime Minister has said. Mr. Rajab Tayeb Erdogan made his statement during a visit to Saudi Arabia. He said that the sole participation of the Palestinian Authority's president, Mahmoud Abbas without any input from the Islamic resistance Movement (Hamas) in negotiations with the Zionist side will be fruitless.

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Lieberman warns of consequences of unilateral independence

Monday, 16 November 2009 13:54

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned that the establishment of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders would "not end the conflict but shift it to inside Israel," he said.

Lieberman made these statements at the annual Saban Forum in Jerusalem Saturday 14th, in response to the Palestinian Liberation Organization's chief negotiator Saeb Erekat, who said that the Palestinian Authority is seeking the UN's endorsement of an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, with Eastern Jerusalem being its capital.

Lieberman stated that "a return to 1967 borders and the establishment of a Palestinian state … will not end the conflict." This would rather prompt Israeli Arabs living in the Galilee and Negev to demand autonomy and build stronger ties with the Palestinians, he said.

Source: Quds Press