An Israeli soldier was given a 45-day prison sentence after being found guilty of "illegal use of a weapon" over the deaths of two Palestinian women during the 2010 operation "Cast Lead" in Gaza.
JERUSALEM — "The truth is that Arafat did not die due to Polonium. He died from an overdose of Palestinium," scoffs an Israeli foreign ministry spokesman.
Palestinian Minister for Prisoner Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, said Palestinian prisoner leaders signed the deal on Monday afternoon after several hours of negotiations at a jail in the Israeli port city of Ashkelon.
The 57-year-old, who has participated in negotiations with Israel over peace and Palestinian statehood for more than two decades, is reported to be in a stable condition.
Professor Moty Cristal received an email on Friday cancelling his workshop following pressure from members of the UNISON trade union “on the grounds that it is [the union’s] policy... to support the Palestinian people."
Abu Daqa revealed late Thursday that the PA’s attorney general had ordered Palestinian Internet service providers to block access to at least eight websites critical of PA President Mahmoud Abbas over the past six months.
Gantz said he believed international pressure, in the form of economic and diplomatic sanctions, was beginning to achieve results, and that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, would probably not “go the extra mile” to build an atomic bomb.
The energy supply agreement has been a key part of agreements struck between Israel and Egypt, which in 1979 became the first Middle Eastern country to sign a peace deal with the Jewish state.
Israel had initially raised concerns that images of its streets could be used by terrorists, but last August its justice ministry authorized Google to start photographing the streets.
The talks, which were set to be the highest-level discussions between the sides since September 2010, were portrayed by the Palestinians as a final effort to salvage negotiations before the presidential election season kicks off in the US.
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