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Friday, September 03 2010

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Hague and an ethical foreign policy
In an article for today's Daily Telegraph, British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, sought to flesh out an ethical framework for a new approach British Foreign Policy.
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US: Israeli rabbi's remarks offensive

Washington has criticized Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef over remarks that Palestinians should perish from this world.

"We regret and condemn the inflammatory statements by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef," US State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley said on Sunday.

"These remarks are not only deeply offensive, but incitement such as this hurts the cause of peace," he added.

"As we move forward to re-launch peace negotiations, it is important that actions by people on all sides help to advance our effort, not hinder it," Crowley said.

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Lieberman warns of consequences of unilateral independence

Monday, 16 November 2009 14:54

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