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The White House has issued a statement (September 5) about the Israeli government’s latest building plans. Hoping to retain settler support and then follow up with a freeze on construction to meet US demands, PM Netanyahu announced the latest permissions–Helena Cobban comments.
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Helena Cobban has a very detailed run down on the latest Israeli-Palestinian behind-the-scenes negotiations over prisoner releases that could free key Hamas and Fateh militants from Israeli hands, and one Israeli soldier held in Gaza since 2006. All of this could be the precursor to declaration of another truce between Hamas and Israel. At the [...]
I welcome the news that New York state’s Bard College and Jerusalem’s Al Quds University will offer joint programs beginning next academic year. According to the New York Times, “The plan, relying largely on outside financing, includes a liberal arts honors college and a master’s degree program in teaching, both located at Al Quds and [...]
The Norwegian Ambassador to Jordan, Mette Ravn, stated his surprise at the number of signatories that turned out for the global ban on cluster munitions. He added that there is still an extra effort that needs to be made in order to get other countries to join.
On Tuesday, about 92 countries put their names on [...]
Libya currently has an international monitoring team in Mindanao in the Philippines and has agreed to extend its stay for another three months. Sadek As Osman, the person in charge of the team said that the decision reflects “Libya’s renewed support of the peace process” between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front [...]
According to Mr. Hugues Mingarelli, the officer in charge of the European Commission’s external relations, negotiations between the European Union and Libya in regards to an economic partnership agreement have “got off to a good start,” and suggests that Libyan authorities should continue in this direction in order to maintain “this pace of progress in [...]
Zwara Oil Refining Company (owned by the Libyan Government) has appointed HSBC Bank as the financial advisor for a new oil refinery in north-western Libya. This will be the first major government-sponsored project that will be commercially financed. It will refine about 200,000 barrels per day of crude oil and will use existing infrastructure, especially [...]
The United States state Department announced a new plan of greater cooperation between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia about a range of scientific research programs. The two nations will be cooperating and working together in the fields of plant genomics and biotechnology, health, agriculture, water purification and other areas. The [...]
The Iraqi government took the last step toward accepting the security agreement with the United States today. The three-person Presidency Council finally approved the pact, which was ratified by Iraqi Parliament last week. The main condition of the pact mandates the withdrawal of US troops from the country, with the last of them completely out [...]
Yemen and the Philippines got together on Wednesday to discuss their scientific and cultural cooperation. Their main topic of discussion was the higher education possibilities in Yemen and the Philippines. The Philippines already has their foot in the door of higher education and Yemen hopes to get a helping hand in learning about their style [...]
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