Israel's UN envoy slams Iran at counter-terrorism debate, as he insists Security Council members ‘cannot turn a blind eye to those states that sponsor, support, and arm terrorists’.
A day after US president quoted as saying Netanyahu-led Israel ''doesn't know what best interests are,'' PM visits Gaza border, says over last 4 years Israel has stood up to strong pressure and will continue to do so.
European Parliament President, Martin Schulz, has decided to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Day as part of the EU institution’s official ceremonies.
US Defence Secretary-in-waiting Chuck Hagel took one step closer to confirmation of his nomination by President Barack Obama earlier this month, after determined lobbying of all 100 Senators appeared to have secured the support of the influential pro-Israel camp Tuesday.
The Obama administration on Tuesday strongly condemned remarks made by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi almost three years ago about Jews and urged him to repudiate what it called « unacceptable rhetoric. »
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy made his first visit to Tunisia Tuesday to coincide with the country’s celebrations for the second anniversary of the popular uprisings which ousted longtime authoritarian ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and led to its democratic transition, the results of which Van Rompuy said in a statement from Tunis had “fully justified the EU’s support of the process of democratic transition”.
EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy met with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby Monday as part of his Egypt trip as he sought to increase the organisation’s “dialogue and cooperation” with the EU in order to solve current Middle East crises, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Syrian civil war.
