PA Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki
Archive Photo / Reuters, Benoit Tessier
The Palestinian
Authority is one step away from approaching
international organizations unilaterally, should
Israel fail to respond positively to a letter sent
by PA President Mahmoud Abbas to Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Ma'an news agency
reported on Sunday.
Speaking with
Ma'an, PA Foreign Affairs Minister Riad
al-Malki said that the Palestinians will seek
consultation from other Arab nations before
deciding the next step towards achieving an
independent Palestinian state.
Egypt terminates
gas flow to Israel, stakeholder
says
Egypt
on Sunday terminated a long-term gas
deal with Israel, a stakeholder
said, prompting Finance Minister
Yuval Steinitz to express "deep
concern" over what he described as a
move diminishing the peace treaty
between the two countries. A senior
Egyptian military official was
quoted as saying on Egyptian
television that the gas deal was not
nullified, but rather halted because
of a business dispute.
Netanyahu
coalition could fall
apart if West Bank
neighborhood is dismantled, says Vice PM
neighborhood is dismantled, says Vice PM
Evacuating the
Ulpana neighborhood in the
West Bank settlement of
Beit El could lead to the
dissolution of the
coalition, Vice PM Moshe
Ya'alon said on Saturday.
Netanyahu struggles to find
solution to thwart Ulpana eviction
Ulpana Neighborhood
Photo / Ynet, Harel Cohen
solution to thwart Ulpana eviction
Ulpana Neighborhood
Photo / Ynet, Harel Cohen
Prime
Minister
Benjamin
Netanyahu
ordered his
aides Saturday
to devise a
legal solution
that will
thwart the
pending
eviction of
settlers
residing in
the Ulpana
neighborhood,
in the West
Bank
settlement of
Beit El.
Netanyahu sets up panel to legalize state land outposts
Prime
Minister
Benjamin
Netanyahu on
Sunday set up
a small
ministerial
panel with the
authority to
legalize
unauthorized
West Bank
outposts on
state land.
According to
the Prime
Minister’s
Office, the
panel is
designed and
has the
authority to
legalize three
outposts in
the West Bank:
Rechelim,
Bruchin and
Sansana.
'Koenig's Eye View from the White
House' - April
20, 2012
How
China and
Middle Eastern
oil powers
collapsed the
US stock
market and
major US
investment
banks in
September 2008
… Have Obama
and Netanyahu
cut a deal on
Iran? … Are
Israel’s
numerous and
extensive
Russian
business
dealings a bad
omen? ...
Moral collapse
continues: The
US government
publicly
embarrassed on
three major
fronts for the
world to see …
Major news
expected and
compressed
between now
and November
6, 2012