Monday 22 March 2010

Israel to ask US for bombs in the fight against Iran's Nuclear sites

Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, will use a visit to Washington this week to press the US to release sophisticated bunker-busting bombs needed for a possible strike on Iran’s nuclear sites.

The trip comes as both sides strive to defuse the crisis provoked by Israel’s announcement during a visit by Vice-President Joe Biden this month of the building of 1,600 houses in east Jerusalem.

Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary-general, said in Ramallah yesterday: “Let us be clear: all settlement activity is illegal anywhere in occupied territory, and this must stop.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7069724.ece

Netanyahu boasts of success in US row

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, boasted that he had faced down American demands to halt Jewish construction in East Jerusalem, raising the stakes in a diplomatic row with Washington.

Israel fostering extremism in Gaza with blockade
Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations secretary general, has warned Israel that its blockade of Gaza is "empowering extremists" in the coastal enclave.

Binyamin Netanyahu flies to US for talks with Barack Obama as killings raise tension in West Bank

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