[ 13/08/2011 - 09:29 AM ] MOSCOW, (PIC)– Russia criticized on Friday the Israeli government’s endorsement of building 1600 new settlement units in occupied Jerusalem, warning that it would lead to worsening the already “explosive Middle East peace process”. The Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Ukashević said in a statement that the decision to build [...]
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Qurei slams settlement expansion as ‘recklessness’
Maan News Agency | Aug 12, 2011 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli government’s “greed and recklessness” have reached a point that cannot be condoned or tolerated, senior PLO official Ahmed Qurei said Friday. Its plan to build 4,300 housing units “as an excuse” for solving the housing problems would expand illegal settlements in the West [...]
UN slams Israel’s settlement go-ahead
PressTV - Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:46AM GMT Israel’s illegal settlement units being constructed in the West Bank. (File photo) The United Nations has condemned Tel Aviv’s approval for the construction of 1,600 illegal units in the occupied territories and called the move a “provocative action.” “If confirmed, this provocative action undermines ongoing efforts [...]
US slams Israel for settlement expansion
PressTV - Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:56AM GMT Israeli settlements (file photo) The US administration has criticized Israel for authorizing the building of over 900 new settlement units in East al-Quds (Jerusalem). The US government stated Tuesday it is “deeply concerned” by Tel Aviv’s decision to approve the construction of 930 settler units in [...]
EU slams new Israeli settlement plan
PressTV – Sat Aug 6, 2011 1:56PM GMT Israel’s illegal settlement units being constructed south of al-Quds, file photo EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton condemns Tel Aviv’s decision to build 900 settlement units in the neighborhood of Har Homa in East al-Quds (Jerusalem). “I am profoundly disappointed,” AFP reported Ashton saying on Friday. “The [...]
Hamas slams terrorist attacks in Norway
[ 24/07/2011 - 09:20 AM ] DAMASCUS, (PIC)– The Hamas Movement expressed its solidarity with the people of Norway and the families of victims who were massacred in terrorist attacks on Friday, condemning what happened as heinous crimes. In a press release on Saturday, Hamas said these attacks showed the danger of the extremist tendencies [...]
AL slams seizure of Gaza-bound ship
PressTV - Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:56AM GMT Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil al-Araby (file photo) The secretary general of the Arab League has condemned Israel’s interception of a boat attempting to break the Gaza blockade, calling it an act of piracy. “I strongly condemn the act of piracy on the high [...]
AL slams seizure of Gaza-bound ship
PressTV - Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:56AM GMT Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil al-Araby (file photo) The secretary general of the Arab League has condemned Israel’s interception of a boat attempting to break the Gaza blockade, calling it an act of piracy. “I strongly condemn the act of piracy on the high [...]
AL slams seizure of Gaza-bound ship
PressTV - Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:56AM GMT Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil al-Araby (file photo) The secretary general of the Arab League has condemned Israel’s interception of a boat attempting to break the Gaza blockade, calling it an act of piracy. “I strongly condemn the act of piracy on the high [...]
#Airflotilla | PA envoy to Brussels slams European complicity in blocking ‘Flytilla’
>Published today 10:55 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority’s envoy to the European Union Lela Shahid slammed European airlines on Friday for preventing European citizens from traveling to Tel Aviv to join solidarity protests with the Palestinian people. “Is Europe blockaded just like Palestine? On what basis are European solidarity activists blacklisted at airports in [...]
Greece ‘sold its soul’ on Gaza: Henning Mankell
Swedish bestselling crime author Henning Mankell slams Greece for blocking the aid flotilla to Gaza as some of Sweden’s pro-Palestinian activists returned home AFP , Thursday 7 Jul 2011 Swedish bestselling crime author Henning Mankell slammed Greece for blocking the aid flotilla to Gaza as some of Sweden’s pro-Palestinian activists returned home on Thursday. “That [...]
UN slams Israel over Nakba anniversary bloodshed
[ 06/07/2011 - 02:24 PM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon blamed Israel for the killing and injury of many Palestinian refugees who were commemorating the Nakba anniversary last May near the Palestinian-Lebanese border fence. Ki-moon sharply criticized Israel and its troops’ behavior and said they used unnecessary force against Palestinians marking the Nakba [...]
Hamas slams Greece for barring Gaza aid ship
Published today (updated) 02/07/2011 10:01 Policemen contain French and US Gaza flotilla activists demonstrating in Athens outside the US embassy in Greece to protest against the blockage by international authorities of their boats. The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Friday denounced Greece after its coastguard intercepted a US vessel which tried to sail to Gaza [...]