UN Renews Call For israel To Extend Settlement Freeze Top israeli Says...
Israeli PM rebuffs settlement freeze
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again rejected calls to extend a partial freeze on...
Israeli PM rebuffs settlement freeze
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again rejected calls to extend a partial freeze on settlement activities in the occupied territories.
"The prime minister has not changed his position on this issue, there is no question of extending the moratorium," an unnamed Israeli official told AFP on Friday.
Last week, US President Barack Obama said it would make sense for Tel Aviv to extend the 10-month moratorium during its direct talks with the Palestinian Authority.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Tel Aviv on Thursday to extend the deadline, which expires at the end of this month.
"Where we sit now it would be useful for some extension, it would be extremely useful," Clinton said.
Meanwhile, the European Union said that the settlements are "illegal under international law" and called for an "extension of the moratorium decided by Israel."
Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to leave the negotiations if Israel resumes its settlement activities in the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem).
According to Palestinians, Israel's insistence of the continuation of settlement projects would be a major obstacle to the establishment of a viable Palestinian state.
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[10 May 2012] US Arming israel - News Analysis - English
[10 May 2012] US Arming israel - News Analysis - English
As US congressmen agree to give nearly a billion dollars to israel, others are...
[10 May 2012] US Arming israel - News Analysis - English
As US congressmen agree to give nearly a billion dollars to israel, others are questioning the logic behind the record-breaking US financial support at a time when Americans are struggling with an ailing economy. Why is israel the priority for Americans?
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[10 July 13] Corruption in modern world, pervasive - English
Press TV has conducted an interview with Ian Williams, with Foreign Policy in Focus, about a media report accusing Spain\\\'s Prime Minister...
Press TV has conducted an interview with Ian Williams, with Foreign Policy in Focus, about a media report accusing Spain\\\'s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and other top politicians of receiving illicit payments.
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[10 Dec 2013] Russian FM arrives in Tehran at the head of a delegation...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in Tehran at the head of a high-level delegation for talks with senior Iranian officials.
The...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in Tehran at the head of a high-level delegation for talks with senior Iranian officials.
The Russian top diplomat is scheduled to hold talks with Iran\'s President Hassan Rouhani as well as his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif. Bilateral and regional issues especially the situation in Syria and the planned Geneva-2 conference are among the issues both sides will discuss during their meetings. This is Lavrov\'s first official visit to Tehran since the inauguration of Iran\'s new government back in August. He has held several meetings with the Iranian foreign minister on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting and also Geneva meetings on Iran\'s nuclear program.
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[06 June 13] Pakistan-s top court orders returns of fugitive ex-envoy...
The Supreme Court has come into action to expose the role of top officials of previous government of People Party for seeking the US military...
The Supreme Court has come into action to expose the role of top officials of previous government of People Party for seeking the US military intervention and denuclearization of Pakistan, a nuclear state. The Court has ordered the newly elected government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to bring back from the US the fugitive Hussain Haqqani, the country\'s ex ambassador to Washington. Haqqani has been refusing to return home citing security concerns since last year when a Judicial Commission found him seeking the US military intervention in Pakistan after US marines carried out an operation to kill top Alqaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in northwest of country in 2011. Haqqani allegedly in league with President Asif Zardari was behind authorizing a memorandum seeking Pentagon\'s help to sack top Pakistani military officials. In return President Zardari would have allowed the direct US military operations to hunt down militants in the country.
Javed Rana, Press TV, Islamabad
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[07 Aug 2012] Iran Jalili meets Lebanese top officials - English
[07 Aug 2012] Iran Jalili meets Lebanese top officials - English
Resistance and the Islamic awakening: these words were highlighted by the...
[07 Aug 2012] Iran Jalili meets Lebanese top officials - English
Resistance and the Islamic awakening: these words were highlighted by the Secretary of the Iranian Supreme national security council Saeed Jalili during his visit to Beirut. Jalili met with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Parliament speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Miqati. In his press remarks the Iranian official implied that the changes recently witnessed in the region were not in Israel's favor. But at the same time he warned that Israel was pushing to limit the anti-Israeli momentum by resorting to the sectarian card.
Ali Rizk, Press TV, Beirut
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[02 July 13] US top diplomat ends visit to Lebanon - English
US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns has ended a two day visit to Lebanon where he met top officials, most notably Lebanese President Michel...
US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns has ended a two day visit to Lebanon where he met top officials, most notably Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Speaker Nabih Berri.
The US delegation was steadfast in its support for the March 14th alliance which is a stark critic of the Syrian government.
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[05 July 13] Iran Foreign Minister meets top Zimbabwe officials in...
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi has met with a number of top Zimbabwean officials including President Robert Mugabe and Minister of...
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi has met with a number of top Zimbabwean officials including President Robert Mugabe and Minister of Foreign Affairs Simbarashe Mumbengegwi.
Salehi said Iran shares common political ideas with Zimbabwe that must be used to boost economic ties between the two countries.
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[17 July 13] Top Syrian official assassinated in Lebanon - English
South Lebanon wakes up to news that a top Syrian figure has been gunned down in the town of Sarafand. The assassination of Mohammed Darrar Jamo...
South Lebanon wakes up to news that a top Syrian figure has been gunned down in the town of Sarafand. The assassination of Mohammed Darrar Jamo comes just a week after a pre-dominantly Shia suburb was rocked by a massive car bomb blast. Analysts say the violence in Lebanon is directly linked to foreign-backed armed groups losing foothold in neighboring Syria.
Press TV\'s Altaf Ahmad reports from South Lebanon.
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[20 Dec 2013] Sons of 3 Turkish ministers, top business leaders among...
Turkish prosecutors in Istanbul have charged eight people with corruption and fraud. The defendants have been placed in pre-trial detention as part...
Turkish prosecutors in Istanbul have charged eight people with corruption and fraud. The defendants have been placed in pre-trial detention as part of a wide graft investigation.
The eight are among 52 people who were arrested in a series of raids on Tuesday. They are accused of offences, including accepting and facilitating bribes for development projects. The sons of three ministers and several top business leaders are among those arrested. In the wake of the raids, several dozen police officers have also been sacked, accused of abusing power. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has labeled the corruption investigation a dirty operation aimed at undermining his government. The probe has prompted opposition parties to call for the government\\\'s resignation.
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