Posted on June 30th, 2010 by Marian Houk
In public remarks after his meeting with U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell this evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu offered to come to Ramallah if the Palestinian side were ready for direct negotiations. It would be a first. Netanyahu told Mitchell, in front of the cameras: “I call on President Abu Mazen to come to [...]
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Posted on June 30th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Facing possible “deportation” — whatever that means in the circumstances — from East Jerusalem, Mohammad Abu Tir, a Hamas-affiliated politician elected in January 2006 to the Palestine Legislative Council (PLC), was arrested this afternoon in Jerusalem (where he is not supposed to be, any more) reportedly by undercover Israeli police disguised as Palestinians, and taken to [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Negotiators and negotiations, Palestine & Palestinians, Quartet, USA
