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The legacy and constant policy of Israel is the displacement of the Palestinian people from their land, a political analyst says.Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has reprimanded the Palestinian unity agreement, saying Tel Aviv will not stop settlement constructions.Press TV conducted an interview with Ralph Schoenman, the author of The Hidden History of Zionism and a political commentator in Berkeley, concerning Israel's reaction towards the Palestinian unity deal.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman met for talks in Moscow on Monday. Their meeting was held behind closed doors and there wasn\'t a press conference afterwards. However, the Russian Foreign Ministry says they discussed the situation in the Middle East in detail.

The opening of a United Nations conference in Switzerland on anti-racism was marred by chaotic scenes Monday as protests and a walkout by delegates disrupted a controversial address by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The presence of the Iranian leader at the conference had already prompted Israel to withdraw its ambassador from Switzerland, while several countries including the United States are also boycotting the gathering. Dozens of delegates walked out of the chamber as Ahmadinejad accused Israel and the West of making "an entire nation homeless under the pretext of Jewish suffering ... in order to establish a totally racist government." Video Watch delegates make their exit » He said Zionism, the Jewish national movement, "personifies racism," and accused Zionists of wielding economic and political resources to silence opponents. He also blasted the United States-led invasion of Afghanistan. Protesters in brightly colored wigs interrupted Ahmadinejad as he began to speak, shouting: "You're a racist!" in accented English. But some delegates cheered, while security officers dragged at least two protesters from the chamber. Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called Ambassador Ilan Elgar home to protest a meeting between the Swiss president and Ahmadinejad, Israel's foreign ministry said in a statement. "The meeting of a president of a democratic country with a notorious Holocaust denier such as the Iranian president, who has openly declared his intention of wiping Israel off the map, is not in keeping with the values represented by Switzerland," the ministry said. Netanyahu's office had earlier said the diplomatic move was a response to the presence of Ahmadinejad at the conference. Ahmadinejad has said that the Holocaust is a myth, and Iran hosted a conference in 2006 questioning the Holocaust, in which about 6 million Jews were killed. The United States, among others, is refusing to send envoys to the Durban Review Conference. The U.N. high commissioner for human rights said Sunday that she regrets -- and is "shocked" by -- the United States' decision to boycott. "I am shocked and deeply disappointed by the United States' decision not to attend a conference that aims to combat racism, xenophobia, racial discrimination and other forms of intolerance worldwide," High Commissioner Navi Pillay said in a written statement. "A handful of states have permitted one or two issues to dominate their approach to this issue, allowing them to outweigh the concerns of numerous groups of people that suffer racism and similar forms of intolerance... These are truly global issues, and it is essential that they are discussed at a global level, however sensitive and difficult they may be," she said. The U.S. State Department said Washington's decision was based in part on a conference document that "singles out" Israel in its criticism and conflicts with the United States' "commitment to unfettered free speech." President Barack Obama noted Sunday that the United States had previously warned it would not attend the conference if the document was not sufficiently altered in advance. According to the State Department, the document contains language that "prejudges key issues that can only be resolved in negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians." The language reaffirms the Durban Declaration and Programme of Actions from the 2001 conference in Durban, South Africa, which the United States has said it won't support. Obama said the United States hopes to partner with other countries "to actually reduce discrimination around the globe, but this (conference) wasn't an opportunity to do it." Australia, Canada, Germany and Italy, among others, are also boycotting the conference. Poland announced Monday it too would pull out of the conference. Netanyahu on Monday praised the countries that refused to attend: "I congratulate the nations that boycotted the show of hate."

To defy Israel's four-year blockade of the impoverished Palestinian enclave, a Libyan aid ship departs for the Egyptian port of El-Arish en route to Gaza. The cargo ship Amalthea, which left the Greek port of Lavrio, southeast of Athens, late Saturday, is carrying 2,000 tons of food and medical supplies, including sacks of rice, sugar, corn oil and olive paste, intended for suffering Gazans. "We hope that the Israeli authorities would not ban the ship from entering the port of Gaza," said Youssef Sawani, Executive Director of the Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation. The foundation is chaired by the son of Libyan Leader, Muammar Gaddafi. "I think the Israelis need to understand that we are not provoking any kind of action, we are not in military action, we are a peaceful organization, a humanitarian organization," he said. Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas said he has discussed the ship's planned trip with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday. The ship has nine crew members — six Libyans, a Moroccan, a Nigerian and an Algerian. This latest attempt comes after Israeli commandos attacked the Freedom Flotilla aid convoy on May 31 in international waters, killing 9 Turkish activists. The Israeli assault sparked a worldwide condemnation and a row between Ankara and Tel Aviv. Turkey's Prime Minister demanded that Israel apologize for the deadly attack on the Turkish-owned ship Mavi Marmara, offer compensation to the victims, agree to an international investigation and end the blockade of Gaza. It also recalled its ambassador from Tel Aviv and cancelled military exercises with Israel. It has also twice denied Israel the use of its airspace. Israel has refused to apologize, claiming its commandos only used force to defend themselves after being ambushed.

Israel's FM rejects freeze extension Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has rejected international calls for extending Tel Aviv's partial settlement freeze in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Israeli official told his British counterpart William Hague on Saturday that Israel would not extend the moratorium in the West Bank. "Israel has made numerous gestures over the past year, and now it's the Palestinians' turn. Israel will gladly continue negotiating without preconditions, including those related to the moratorium," Lieberman said. His remarks came after the United Nations, the European Union, and the United States have all called on Israel to extend the freeze to help the continuation of talks between Tel Aviv and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Last November, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a 10-month freeze on illegal settlement expansion projects, which will expire late September. Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas has warned that he would leave the negotiations if Israel continues its settlement activities in the occupied territories. The Israeli foreign minister claimed that the freeze was merely an "excuse" for the PA to thwart the talks. "Those who look for excuses will find them even if the freeze is extended," Lieberman went on to say. The latest round of direct talks between Abbas and Netanyahu held in Washington, Egypt, and al-Quds (Jerusalem) ended with no progress earlier this week. Article Source: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/143041.html

Top israeli officials have been quick to voice their anger at Iran\'s nuclear deal reached in Geneva. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has called the deal Tehran\'s greatest diplomatic victory as the country has gained recognition for its right to enrich uranium. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also dismissed the agreement as QUOTE a bad deal, saying Tehran has obtained what it wanted. On his official Twitter, Netanyahu has denounced the agreement as a historic mistake. And Israel\'s Economy Minister Naftali Bennett has said that Tel Aviv will not be bound by the agreement. In the past few weeks, Israeli authorities have been attempting to block any deal with Iran.

Top Israeli officials have been quick to voice their anger at Iran\'s nuclear deal reached in Geneva. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has called the deal Tehran\'s greatest diplomatic victory as the country has gained recognition for its right to enrich uranium. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also dismissed the agreement as QUOTE a bad deal, saying Tehran has obtained what it wanted. On his official Twitter, Netanyahu has denounced the agreement as a historic mistake. And Israel\'s Economy Minister Naftali Bennett has said that Tel Aviv will not be bound by the agreement. In the past few weeks, Israeli authorities have been attempting to block any deal with Iran.

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El Cuerpo de Guardianes de la Revolución Islámica informa al Líder iraní de la victoria ‎de la Resistencia en la lucha contra el EIIL.‎ El comandante de las Fuerzas de Quds del Cuerpo de Guardianes de la Revolución Islámica (CGRI), el general Qasem Soleimani, en un importante mensaje enviado hoy martes al Líder de la Revolución Islámica, el ayatolá Seyed Ali Jamenei, ha informado de la victoria de los combatientes del eje de Resistencia en su lucha contra el grupo terrorista EIIL (Daesh, en árabe) en Siria. “Le informo humildemente del fin de la operación para la liberación de la ciudad de Abu Kamal, último feudo de Daesh en Siria, con la retirada de la bandera de este grupo estadounidense-sionista y su sustitución por la bandera de Siria”, ha señalado el general Soleimani. En su nota destaca, por una parte, el liderazgo y las directrices del máximo clérigo chií de Irak, el gran ayatolá Seyed Ali Sistani, y, por otra, la resistencia de las Fuerzas Armadas de Siria e Irak, en especial, de las fuerzas populares de Al-Hashad Al-Shabi. También el determinante papel del Movimiento de Resistencia Islámica de El Líbano (Hezbolá) y de su secretario general, Seyed Hasan Nasrolá, y el coraje de los jóvenes musulmanes que desempeñaron un rol definitivo a la hora de encarar dicho “envenenado huracán”. También ha mencionado los crímenes de lesa humanidad perpetrados por los terroristas, su brutalidad, sus acciones violentas y el alto nivel de destrucción que han provocado en los últimos seis años en “dos países muy influyentes del mundo islámico” con el objetivo de crear lo que califican de estado Islámico de Irak y el Levante. Le informo humildemente del fin de la operación para la liberación de la ciudad de Abu Kamal, último feudo de Daesh en Siria, con la retirada de la bandera de este grupo estadounidense-sionista y su sustitución por la bandera de Siria”, ha señalado el general Qasem Soleimani, comandante de las Fuerzas de Quds del Cuerpo de Guardianes de la Revolución Islámica (CGRI). Israel reconoce que Al-Asad gana la guerra contra terroristas | HISPANTV El ministro israelí para asuntos militares, Avigdor Lieberman, reconoce que Siria ha ganado la lucha contra el grupo terrorista EIIL (Daesh, en árabe). “Líderes y organizaciones vinculados con Estados Unidos diseñaron al detalle los crímenes perpetrados por los extremistas takfiríes, tal como han confesado las máximas autoridades estadounidenses”, ha apostillado. En la última parte de su mensaje al Líder de Irán, ha felicitado esta gran victoria tanto al ayatolá Jamenei como a la nación de Irán, amén de a los pueblos reprimidos de Irak y Siria y a los musulmanes del mundo. El general Soleimani desempeñó un papel crucial en los duros combates del domingo para hacerse con el total control de la ciudad de Abu Kamal, la última urbe que controlaba Daesh en el este de Siria, en la provincia oriental de Deir Ezzor, fronteriza con Irak, por lo que, además, se cierra el acceso de los terroristas a las fronteras con Irak. Desde el inicio de las crisis de Irak y Siria, la República Islámica de Irán ha apoyado a los Gobiernos y las naciones de Irak y Siria con asesoría militar por solicitud de Bagdad y Damasco, respectivamente, y asegura que seguirá ayudando a sus vecinos hasta la derrota total del terrorismo en la región.