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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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Poll result shows that "the majority of Palestinians oppose the resumption of negotiations without the pre-conditions"

Monday, 08 February 2010 20:15

Sama Poll An independent Palestinian news agency says that the majority of Palestinians are opposed to any resumption of negotiations with the Israelis without pre-conditions. According to a poll conducted by Sama on its website, 836 out of 1356 participants, 62%, said they oppose the resumption of indirect negotiations, as is now proposed, without any pre-conditions set by the Palestinians. Of those who took part, 486 (36%) supported unconditional negotiations, with 34 (2%) saying, "I don't know".

Sama claims that although some of the participants in the poll live in other parts of the world, most live in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 45.6% and 32.6% respectively.

Source: Sama