United States President Barack Obama lauded Israeli and Palestinian Authority leaders in a speech Tuesday at the United Nations. Obama spoke in support of the ongoing Israel-PA peace talks, and said he was glad to see what he termed "a growing recognition within Israel that the occupation of the West Bank is tearing at
CanadaA senior Iranian official welcomed on Wednesday the "moderate and respectful tone" of U.S. President Barack Obama's speech to the UN General Assembly, as newspapers hailed a new path for the Islamic Republic, reports AFP. "It seems a new climate has been created with the rise to power of a new Iranian government, and
An Israeli embassy on Wednesday derided Iran's new president as an expert salesman who is bullish on nuclear proliferation in a bitingly sarcastic tweet, reports the AFP news agency. The tweet came from the Israeli Embassy in Washington and poses the question of what President Hassan Rouhani's LinkedIn page might look like. The
The already fractious Syrian rebel movement has seen a widening gulf emerge between rebel battalions on the ground inside Syria, and the mainly foreign-based "political" opposition. On Tuesday, Syria's 13 most powerful Islamist rebel battalions signed a joint declaration rejecting the Syrian National Coalition, which has received much international diplomatic recognition, but which stands
Egypt's foreign minister yesterday issued a warning to Hamas, in yet another sign of hostility towards the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamist movement which rules Gaza. In an interview with the pan-Arab Al Hayat newspaper Nabil Fahmy said that his government would react harshly "if we feel that elements within Hamas or other parties are
Hours after he called on Israel to “end the occupation of the West Bank”, U.S. President Barack Obama met Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday. During the meeting, reported the Associated Press, Obama said that no one is under the illusion that peace between Israelis and Arabs will be easy, but claimed
Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz dismissed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s speech at the United Nations as offering nothing new. Steinitz, the head of the Israeli delegation that boycotted Rouhani’s UN General Assembly address, said the new Iranian president tried "to cheat the world, and unfortunately many people are willing to be cheated." "We
Iran is ready to engage in high-level talks with the United States, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in comments published Thursday by official news agency IRNA. “A meeting is not an end in itself, nor is it ruled out... President [Hassan] Rowhani has no problem in principle” with meeting U.S. President Barack Obama,
Iranian newspapers on Wednesday welcomed a speech by U.S. President Barack Obama for recognizing Washington’s “past mistakes,” saying a new international mood that favours Tehran has begun. In remarks before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Obama pushed for a “diplomatic path” with the new Iranian government. “I don’t believe this difficult
A group of Palestinian Authority Arab youth has called on PA Arabs to launch a new wave of armed resistance, or intifada, against Israel. The group, which calls itself the "Coalition of Intifada Youth in Palestine" on Tuesday issued a call for a new intifada to break out on the anniversary of the Second
