Gaza City, local product highlighting the card "must sees" - Jerusalem Post

Blocked by Israel and Egypt, poor and subject to Islamic restrictions, the Gaza Strip is not on the route of most tourists from the world, but that did not stop the city of Gaza produce a local map highlighting "must sees."

The map, which begins this week, is the result of students and professors in the Department of geography of the city of University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS). In addition to documenting its archaeological and tourist sites, the map includes practical information such as hospitals and Government buildings. Funded by the Bank of Palestine, English language is provided free of charge to the fate.

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"We decided to give Gaza its maturity," Amir Shurrab, lecturer at the of Department of Information technology and Chief of the Midad UCAS, the company that has implemented the mapping project, told the media line. "Gaza is the fourth-most-former City in the world.". This project was our dream and aspiration, which finally achieved us. »

Gaza has unique archaeological sites dating back thousands of years. The tomb of the Prophet Muhammad Hashem's grandfather and the recently excavated Hellenistic site of Tel Al-Rafah near the Egyptian border, where 1,300 pieces of silver were discovered, are just some of the highlights of the city.

Shurrab said there are enough tourists in the city and amount of other political activists visits to justify the creation of the map. So far, the only tool available to navigate in the city was a Google Maps printed, he is not detailed enough.

Other people involved in the project admitted this ideology was instrumental not less that practice. Jamal Al-Khodary, President of UCAS, told Al-Quds daily that the idea of a tourist card could be regarded as a luxury, but that, in fact, the initiative is "a challenge to the blockade and aggression," describing an image bright for the Gaza Strip and of Palestine

Sari Bashi, Director of Gisha, an Israeli non-governmental organization seeking to increase freedom of movement and the Gaza Strip, said only the most dedicated and determined travellers would be luck never enter Gaza. In fact, an ordinary tourist - type who wants to explore the sites and are located on the Beach - cannot enter in all.

Subjected to a blockade since the Islamic fundamentalist movement Hamas control brought in 2007, the enclave has only two border crossings: the Rafah crossing with the Egypt and with Israel Erez crossing. There is an airport or a seaport in operation.

"It is difficult to enter through the Egypt, because its policy is in flux right now, and a visa is necessary to enter the Egypt," Bashi told the media line.

Enter on the Israeli side, to show the Israeli army that it is either a journalist, an employee of an organization of international aid, a diplomat or a foreign national with the family, in Gaza, she said.

"I'm not aware of people who applied for the express purpose of tourism and have been allowed to enter," said Bashi, although she admitted that Israel has loosened restrictions in the past year.

But Nabeela Maliha, an expert in archaeology working for the Ministry of tourism of Gaza, said the Israeli blockade created a new and unique tourism form: solidarity tourism.

"Groups, mainly in Europe and Southeast Asia, come in through the Egypt to identify with the people of Gaza," Maliha said to the media line. Beautiful weather and beautiful Mediterranean beaches make Gaza an attractive tourist destination in normal circumstances, but tourism potential stunted Israel Gaza, said.

"The occupation is the main reason." Tourism requires the control of your land, sea and air borders. We have none of this.

Maliha said the instability that Hamas from Gaza Gaza security as well as the reluctance of international organizations such as United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to cooperate with tourism Government injured too.

"The Hamas Government is under siege, this tourism is pushed down the priority list," she said. "The money in the budget is spent on food, health, education and construction projects.

As international activists scrambled vessels Council headed into Gaza despite the blockade imposed by Israel, Prime Minister of the Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh said Sunday that Gaza had successfully overcome the blockade through international development projects and investment of the Government.

"We have overcome years of cruel blockade our tenacity and sacrifice and today that show us that our population is more than the blockade and superior to the occupation," Haniyeh said at the ceremony of the cornerstone of a new Park and the stadium in the band of Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp.

Maliha denied that foreign feared that Gaza for reasons internal, although they were certainly good reasons for. In April, pacifist Italian Vittorio Arrigoni was abducted in Gaza and brutally executed by an extremist Islamic Group. In March 2007, correspondent for the BBC Alan Johnston was kidnapped in Gaza by the army of Islam, another extremist and kept in captivity for nearly four months.

Tourist sites are also covered by local fundamentalists. Park aquatic Crazy, opened in May 2010 for the classes of Gaza, was burned four months later. The Park had been closed by the Government of Hamas in August because he helped mix of men and women.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs denies that Irish claim of sabotage of the flotilla - Jerusalem Post

 
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07/02/2011 13: 14 Replies (3) Israel was not behind the engine caused to an Irish ship participating in the flotilla to Gaza, officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Saturday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs added that militants should feel that they are in a "James Bond film".

Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily News reported Friday that the Irish vessel damage may not be the result of sabotage at all. According to the report, the investigations also revealed that the ship was damaged before entering Turkish waters.

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Last week, Saoirse, one of the ten ships set to navigate the mass movement to break the blockade of Gaza sea, was moored in Turkish waters when it suffered engine damage. Fintan Lane, Irish Coordinator of dispatch to the Organization of the Gaza Strip, called the "dangerous sabotage" Act and said the ship he believed divers had worked under water to cut a piece of propeller shaft.

The damage suffered by the Irish lining caused organizers to pull the ship out of the fleet.

The controversy surrounding the Saoirse is only later in a number of developments that have caused the new difficulty fleet at sea.

Friday, the Greek Ministry for the Protection of the citizen issued a statement indicating that the Minister, c. Papoutsis, decided to prohibit the departure of ships flying the flag Greek or foreign "of the maritime area" of the Gaza Strip.

"By orders of the neighbourhood chief Coast Guard Greek in all local authorities in the coast guard Greek, all appropriate measures are taken for the implementation of this decision," said the statement.

The Greek Ministry said that the "more large maritime area of the Eastern Mediterranean will be continuously monitored by electronic means for monitoring, where appropriate, the movements of ships that have been participating" in the flotilla to Gaza.

While Cyprus had already banned ships headed to Gaza to leave their ports, the Greeks had not taken this measure until Friday.

The Greek Coast Guard intercepted a boat carrying us activists, shortly after they left Greece Friday to join a pro-Palestinian flotilla to Gaza, one of the activists said.

Late Friday night, the U.S. ship scheduled to participate in the flotilla to Gaza, the audacity of hope, rebroussé path to a port Greek after it was intercepted by Greek commandos Friday, organisers said through their stream Twitter. The boat was escorted to the coast guard in a closed Coast Guard base in Greece.

The boat had just left Perama port, near Piraeus, open seas, a Reuters witness said.

Minutes before first be intercepted, organisers said that the passengers of the ship are preparing to "non-violent resist any attempt to stop the boat," said moments later that the boat "is about sailing, the value" followed by a message saying that the ship had left. Through stream twitter of the boat, organisers said that a Greek Coast Guard vessel approached the audacity of hope that she was taking away from the station but then accelerated away.

A flotilla of boats planning challenge the blockade of Gaza by Israel should sail next week, after repeated delays who accuse the activists Israeli sabotage. Israel denied the charges.

"We are right here, two miles off the coast of Piraeus." "We were stopped by the coast guard, the ship maneuvered ahead and they now speak to the captain, they want us to turn back," Ann Wright, one of the activists, told Reuters.

"We are not violent, we pose no threat," she added, saying that the Group was informed of the ban on headscarves, just as it was made.

It was not immediately clear how the ship's departure would affect the General plans of the fleet.   Subscribe to our Newsletter to receive new updates directly to your email address

Author: TommyCountry: Ire07/02/2011 13: 55.
That an innocent person sicken Act civil unarmed trying to protest against the actions of the Israeli blockcade against 0ne & half million people. These people nobel could be killed to the expression of feelings. I call all the Jews in Ireland to denounce the measures taken by the Israeli Government. Jewish people in Ireland is allowed to protest without fear or danger. I simply do not think denial of Israel. they have lied about our passport should we therefore why trust them now. Jewish people of the Ireland if you really believe in democracy protest at your Embassy.

Author: NiallCountry: Ireland07/02/2011 13: 51
Now that we have a denial, I think. I will admit that I suspected that Israel was behind him, when I heard this first. Sorry.

1 Sue them for defamation, show some dos boneAuthor: Israel SupporterCountry: U.S./Canada07/02/2011 13: 25
Sue for defamation, lead by all possible means, they fool you...Alarm clock...

Fleet fact facing serious delays, could navigate only next week - Jerusalem Post

Removed acts of insurance, alleged sabotage, and Greek bureaucracy focused on a setback to the organizers of freedom flotilla 2, who said on Tuesday that the departure of the Gaza Strip could be postponed until next week.

In addition, a mere 350 people should participate in the fleet, as opposed to the 1 500 initially planned by the organizers.

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"There have been many obstacles and complaints." "Some boats is not ready and is not not when us leave, although we hope that this will be in the coming week", Ewa Jasiewicz, a leader of the Free Gaza of the Poland movement, told the Jerusalem Post, of the Greece. "We cannot rule out the possibility that it will be pushed off the coast until early next week."

In any event, the Israel Navy continues its preparations to stop the planned fleet of 10 ships.

Tuesday, officers of the Navy and aviation has organized a series of meetings to discuss operational plans and senior IDF officials have in recent days, talked with foreign military attachés based in Israel as well as with their counterparts from countries whose citizens participate fleet.

"We want to ensure that everyone is aware of what we do and why," explained a senior officer.

10 Vessels should participate in the fleet include the freedom of the Ireland, the audacity of hope in the United States, the Canada Tahrir, Swedish and Greek Juliano, two Swedish-Greek cargo vessels carrying 3,000 tons of supplies, the Italian ship Stefano Chiarini and French ships Julien Rivoire and dignity.

The two French ships left Corsica over the weekend and are en route to the rendezvous point in the Mediterranean, Jasiewicz said, while other boats is moored in Greece awaiting approval to depart from the band of Gaza.

On Tuesday, the Juliano propeller shaft was found cut, leading organizers to accuse Israel of sabotaging the ship, which will take several days to correct.

"Insurance has been withdrawn, one of the ships has been sabotaged and Greek authorities have not given all the permits," Jasiewicz said about delays.

Jasiewicz rejected the assertions of IDF declared in the Post Tuesday that information obtained by Israel shows that some of the passengers plan to attack soldiers and bring bags of sulphur on board to pay the soldiers and then set on fire.

"We have no record of that." "It is a false claim," she said.

"All passengers have been trained in non-violence and non-compliance tactics." The idea is not step of having contacts with the Israeli army. We are not any violent confrontation... "Violence only that we have heard is from the Israeli army".

Chief of general staff lieutenant - general Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that the fleet is not intended to provide humanitarian aid to Gazans, but rather to delegitimize Israel internationally.

Gantz, speaking at a ceremony for IDF honor reservists, said there was no lack of basic supplies in the Gaza Strip, and that they "import televisions and plasma screens and the export of agricultural products in all the Arab world."

The Israeli army was well equipped and ready to deal with any threat posed by militants of the fleet, he said.

Speaking at the same ceremony, Defense Minister Ehud Barak called the flotilla a "provocation", adding that "there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza." If [activists] are sensitive to human suffering, then they need transform their efforts for releasing [kidnapped soldier] Gilad Schalit or at least allowing the visitors. »

The Jerusalem Post staff contributed to this report.

Ashton in advance of the visit: no alternative to a negotiated agreement - Jerusalem Post

  
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01/05/2011 10: 28 Replicas (6) European union foreign policy Chief Catherine Ashton said Tuesday that there is "no alternative to a negotiated agreement" in advance of his trip to Israel Wednesday night.

"Urgent progress are now necessary for lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinians and the European Union will continue to support all efforts to this goal," said Ashton.

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"Is there no alternative to a negotiated solution." We want to see the status of Israel and a sovereign and viable State of Palestine living side by side in peace and security, "she continues."

Ashton is expected to reach Jerusalem Wednesday for meetings with Israeli leaders followed by meetings in Ramallah Thursday with the leaders of the Palestinian Authority.

Visit expected Ashton comes after diplomatic activity has begun a new Tuesday with a meeting in Jerusalem between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Quartet Envoy Tony Blair. The meeting after an international week of involvement in the diplomatic process more than by the holidays of Christmas and new year hiatus.

Thursday, Netanyahu is expected to go to Sharm Sheikh e for a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on how the current diplomatic stalemate. Netanyahu will be accompanied during this visit by industry, commerce and Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Minister of labour, which is considered as having good relationship with the Egyptians. Ben - Eliezer, a Minister of the Labour Party threatened earlier this week that his party had resigned the Government within two months in the absence of any diplomatic process significantly.

White House counsel Chief Dennis Ross is supposed to arrive for further discussion in the next few days. Ross's last here two weeks ago.

UN Chief Urges Korea at restraint (Jerusalem Post)

12/17/2010 20: 50 - United NATIONS Secretary General Ban Ki - moon, on Friday urged Korea North to exercise restraint and drew both North and South Korea to reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Comments of the leader of A warning monitoring Pyongyang that if Seoul continues with planned artillery known on an island in first line in the next few days he reacts with a larger attack that he did on 23 November, when its bombing killed four Korean.

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Ban, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs Korea South, called attack on 23 November on the tiny island of Yeonpyeong, "one of the most serious provocation since the end of the war of Korea."

The Secretary General also called recent disclosure of Northern new installation "very alarming" uranium enrichment Korea

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France to provide Lebanon with 100 anti-tank missiles (Jerusalem Post)

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12/17/2010 19: 42 France provide 100 anti-tank missiles to the Lebanon, a government official said Friday, confirming a part which has raised concerns earlier this year, AFP reported.

"Prime Minister [Lebanese] Saad Hariri was informed on Wednesday the French decision to provide the army with 100..." HOT missiles that will be used by the army, "the official told AFP." Gazelle helicopters

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The official confirmed that "missiles will be delivered before the end of February and were given unconditionally committed".

For this purpose a letter was sent to Hariri, confirmed the Office of the French Prime Minister François Fillon.

Israel and the United States attempted to prevent the arm agreement saying that it could lead to Israeli victims in any future confrontation.

The u.s. Department of State has worked since early August to allay the concerns of the members of Congress who have developed a grip on the financing of the Lebanese army in deadly border incident that IDF Colonel (res). Dov Harari dead.

Spokesman for the Department of State P.J. Crowley defended U.S. military assistance from the Lebanese army as something that is "in [the United States of]" the national interest and contributes to stability in the region. ""

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Ben - Ari proposes to move the African at Ramat Aviv Gimmel (Jerusalem Post)

National Union MK Michael Ben - Ari has announced a plan to subsidize apartments in Ramat Aviv Gimmel and other northern districts of Tel-Aviv for refugees, foreign workers and infiltrated, in an interview with radio army Wednesday.

Ben - Ari said that he was bored only southern districts Tel Aviv (inhabited by many foreigners) are affected by the problem and his project was inspired after "leftists told me that"power [housing]"protects" the problem.

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MK, it has already raised tens of thousands of shekels and expects to continue to receive contributions for the project. He said that he has collected enough money, the organizers will display brochures near Tel Aviv housing subsidized in the districts north of the city, from Ramat Aviv Gimmel announcing new central bus station.

Director of public activity for migrants workers Hotline Sigal Rozen said that even if a large number of refugees living in southern districts of Tel-Aviv army radio, many refugees living in the districts north of the city as well.

Ben - Ari insists on the fact that he has "nothing against the inhabitants of Ramat Aviv"but said that he wants to put an image of reality in front of their eyes.""

Head of the Council District of Ramat Aviv Gimmel Ami Greenberg has expressed his cynicism challenged the severity of the initiative. He said, "Let's see if the apartment owners will be actually rent their" Army Radio.

The MK National Union recalled Greenberg's initiative will be to rent apartments and sublet them then to foreigners.

Rozen asked whether people will be comfortable housing for the same person who wants to deport them money, even though it was noted that they will be probably happy for rental assistance.

Pushing its way into the discussion, was the terminology used by interested parties. After Ben - Ari used the term "infiltrators" to describe the African and other foreigners living in the southern districts of Tel-Aviv, Rozen attempted to clarify that these fuyant violence in Sudan and Eritrea are refugees.

Ben - Ari insists on the fact that "those who can prove really are refugees, must pass through the Egypt (on their path to Israel)" and should remain. He grew up news Monday evening that 150 of southern Sudan were clandestinely returned to their country of origin, stating: "if 150 Sudanese want to return, how can say you that it is forbidden to return them?

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"Mitchell offers new offers of peace to Abbas process" (Jerusalem Post)

12/15/2010 10: 07 U.S. Middle East George Mitchell Tuesday Special Envoy proposes a set of "informal" Palestinians in the efforts to move the process of peace by Nabil Abu Rudaina, spokesperson of the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas, reports radio ideas of the army.

An article appeared in the newspaper al-Hayat based in London Wednesday morning said that the Mitchell makes no warranty U.S. to meeting Tuesday night in Ramallah with Abbas.

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According to al-Hayat, Palestinian officials said that Mitchell had suggested that the Egypt and the Jordan are included in the discussion on the borders, and that a "fair" solution could be sought for refugees, water and claim on Jerusalem.

The report notes however offers Mitchell cover not removing Israel its 1967 borders, or Jerusalem - is.

No later than Wednesday Palestinian delegation to meet with a delegation of Egypt in Cairo, in advance of the talks on the peace process should take place by the Arab League.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said the two delegations would take the United States present details of its vision solution Israeli and Palestinians.

After Mitchell meeting with Abbas Tuesday, Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said that the Palestinian side has presented Mitchell with its point of view, in particular, that the peace talks based on international decisions ordering a Palestinian State be established with the 1967 borders.

Mitchell arrived in the region on Monday to discuss the issues database separately with each side in the hope that gaps could be reduced and lead restarted negotiations.

The question issue to tackle first has long been key points of dispute between the parties, with the Palestinians want first emphasis on borders and Jerusalem, Israel on refugees, recognition and security.

The sequence is important because Israel feared that if the Palestinians get what they want on the issue of the border, they are not next to one of the issues until later, as refugees.

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In the ice age to the dead sea (Jerusalem Post)

40 Scientists from six countries converged on the hotels in, dead sea Israel - the lowest point on Earth - but not for a spa holiday. They stay at this resort popular to reap the benefits of a historic drilling project to extract a sample of continuous basis from a few hundred meters below the surface of the sea.

Information that might be revealed by several layers, material extending four ice ages ago, could help experts to better understand the phenomena of many - earthquakes and climate change and prehistoric human migration and cultural evolution.

Specialists of the German International Continental scientific Drilling program (ICMP) began working on November 15 to drill a hole through which the data-rich sediments will be brought to the surface. The budget of $ 2.5 million allows 40 days perform this task, so that they work in two shifts around the clock, about four miles off the coast Ein Gedi.

As project manager, Mr. Michael Lazar, a Marine Geosciences at the University of Haifa, coordinating between the scientists and drill teams, organized for analysis and storage of samples and myriad other details - in short, "to ensure that everyone knows what everyone else does."

Lazar provides also updates on Facebook project page and on the website of the ICPD. November 22 entry reads:

"The first part of the day went well and recovery was good enough." After some time, a thick (estimated by the Driller is about 50 cm), a hard layer of salt was encountered. Carrot, could not enter so they highlighted the "foreign" - their Rotary custom bits.

"While he managed to break through by salt layer recovery and equipment as it was lost." Switched to the piston and recovery increase in sludge at 100%. »

If it is clearly not a simple operation, potential yield information is so vast that the project has attracted interest multinational and includes geologists and Geophysicists Palestinians and Jordanians.

Initially there are 10 years by Israel Mr. Zvi Ben - Avraham of the Dead Sea Research Center at Tel Aviv University, Minerva Award winner Dr. Moti Stein, geological Israel and Mr. Amotz Agnon Institute of sciences of the Earth at the Jerusalem Hebrew University project was blocked by the Palestinian in the first half of the Decade uprising. The improved situation, once the ICPD accepted the dead as one of its two annual business 2010 sea drilling project.

"Delay does not affect the conclusions that we are looking at a record 500,000 years," explains Ben Avraham. He adds that the project is environmentally safe.

"We are drilling within the basin, away from the active faults and also use environmentally friendly materials for drilling", he points out. "In addition, we keep the area very clean."

Despite ITS name, the dead sea is not dead, Lazar continues, "there are bacteria and algae that comprise a fragile ecosystem, and we are very aware." In fact, one of the goals of the research are to study the past, the future of this unique body of water known as the "Sea Salt" (yam, hamelah) Hebrew.

The level is dropping one metre per year due to natural and man-made, "says Lazar." "But it was still lower in the past." If we can understand how the system works may naturally when the level is low, we can understand how to solve the problem. »

The project is being conducted in partnership with the Academy of sciences of the Israel and human sciences and with the cooperation of the kibbutz Ein Gedi, the dead sea and the Regional Council of Tamar in the dead sea.

Sponsors are the Commission geological Israel, Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Institute Lamont-Doherty, Columbia University, New York; the Germany Research Centre Potsdam GFZ international Institute study Japanese in Kyoto, the Japan and the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

A wide range of scientific disciplines are approaching the project a myriad of angles. "Geochemists may be interested in the chemical composition of water, or air bubbles in the sediments, or clay," says Lazar. Tectonic experts study how earthquake disrupts ordered pattern in which underwater mud is deposited, correlation between the evidence of earthquakes and historical events and delve into the mechanics of the rock formation.

Until the completion of drilling operations, samples will be analyzed at the coast Ein Gedi, the provision by Moty pirates sea and diving work research station. Subsequently, they be transferred to you in a laboratory specialist at the University of Bremen, Germany, where all scientists will have access to these.

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Many asylum seekers die as the boat crashes off the coast of Australia (Jerusalem Post)

SYDNEY - a wooden boat filled with dozens of asylum-seekers crushed hand on irregular stones in heavy seas off the coast of the Australian Island Wednesday, women and children screaming in whitewater turbulence and sending many people to their deaths.

Residents of the island of Christmas on the cliffs above looked helpless horror that the vessel broke separated with a crack, dumping of passengers in the monstrous waves that their battered against the rocks. Rescue efforts were underway and officials have said that it is not immediately clear how many people were dead.

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"While many details about this tragedy is still not confirmed, I understand there are a large number of deaths and injuries to persons aboard ship, including women and children," State of Australia-Western first Colin Barnett said in a release.

At least 30 people were wounded, three critically, in the accident, said Joeley Pettit-Scott, a spokesman for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, who sent teams of physicians on the island. Critical patients, two men were injuries to the head and a woman has abdominal trauma, she says.

Said Wayne Swan acting Prime Minister the boat was a people smuggler vessel, but it is unclear how many people were on board, or where they came from. "A number of people have been rescued, but unfortunately, some bodies were recovered," Swan said.

Cyprus is a remote Australian territory near Indonesia as the Australian continent and a target frequently hopes for refugees, which are housed in a detention centre there. The Australia is a primary destination for people from poorer countries often ravaged by war, such as the Afghanistan who want to start a new life.

Photos and videos taken by witnesses of the scene show the wooden boat crashed into the rocks and separates. The images also show people floating in the water in the middle of the wreck. We know they are alive or dead. The vessel was approximately 20 to 30 metres (6 to 9 meters) long, with a covered compartment fabric or plastic foil.

Simon Prince, who lives next to the cliff where the ship crashed, told the Associated Press he was awakened early Wednesday by what he thought were hailed. He walked out of the cliff and instead heard shouting to the rescue boat just off the coast.

"The engine had failed," Prince said HA. "They were washing backward and forward very close to here, the cliffs are very unpleasant, jagged limestone cliffs".

Prince called the police and soon, there are dozens of people standing on the cliff, wondering how they could help despite the storm and crashing waves.

He said the vessel carrying about 50 people, thrown for an hour before he was finally beaten rocks at the base of the cliff.

"When the vessel struck the cliff was a sickening crack." All persons on board is precipitated on the side, which is the worst thing they could do, but I do not think that anyone who can swim. "I think there were about two lifeboats on this thing," Prince said.

"It was just awful." People were crushed. Body of the dead children, the thing was pretty terrible. »

Prince, who has a diving and other neighbouring countries began to throw lifejackets in water, 50 or 60 of them. But several floated right here. Some candidates rescuers were injured while attempting to get the lifejackets to water on rocks and need for suturing later, he said.

Resident Michael Foster has watched with horror that the women and children has shouted aid in the white sea below.

"They had lifejackets on them, but the water was just... pushing and jets to rocks," Foster told the AP. "It was a pretty horrific situation."

Foster, electrician, saw approximately 50 people fighting waves of 10 feet (3 meters) when he arrived at the cliff, but currents soon began to sweep away them. He scored 10 organizations that appeared to be dead. The rafting white, it was impossible to say if they were women or men, he said.

The Australian Federal police say only that they met a "shipping incident" involving an illegal ship suspicion on the island. The Department refused to comment further.

"There is a current situation, which consists of rescue people off the coast of the island Christmas." Our paramount priority is the safety of all parties, "Customs and protection service boundaries said in a press release." The Agency officials declined to develop.

The police state the Australia also to have no comment.

"It's a tragedy very, very bad unfolding" official local Christmas Island Gordon Thomson told the AP, refusing to say anything more.

Prince said marine and customs vessels were the island assisting another vessel of asylum seekers in the calm seas and took some time to respond to calls for assistance.

"Finally, the Navy did come and start gathering of people out of the water but it was too late for some," Prince said.

Asylum seekers illegally entering Australian waters boat are sent to detention of Christmas Island, or centres of detention on the Australian continent while their asylum requests are passed in review.

In recent years, many come from the Afghanistan the Iran and the Iraq. As a general rule, they fly in Indonesia and then continue in Australia in small boats, barely airworthy.

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PM seeking "absolute" security arrangements (Jerusalem Post)

Israeli officials have refused to comment on Tuesday a Newsweek report stating that the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was require a presence of security not only on the Jordan River to a future peace agreement but the Palestinian side of the security barrier.

According to the report, Netanyahu insisted on three sets of direct talks with the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas in September that the Palestinians should accept the concept of security of Israel to discuss issues such as borders.

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The report said the concept of security "keep Israeli troops stationed on the territory of the Palestinian side of the barrier involved" Israel was built on the West Bank to protect what Israel calls his "" size close.""

While Netanyahu said publicly in the past would need to maintain a presence of a future Palestinian State eastern border security to prevent the smuggling of arms Jordan Israel, he has never discussed - the least not publicly - maintained a presence of the Israeli defence forces on the Western side of the border.

A source in the Office of the Prime Minister said that "many factual errors" in Newsweek, report also stated that offered Netanyahu Palestinian statehood on approximately 60 per cent of the territory, at approximately 95% provided by his predecessor, Ehud Olmert. The official said that Netanyahu said that negotiations succeed, they must be confidential.

While confirming the report, the official said that "what is correct is that the Prime Minister said that there may be no compromise on safety. The safety issue must be our priority and must be absolute security field arrangement in any peace agreement.

The challenge in the diplomatic process, the official said, is to "reconcile the Palestinian demand for the sovereignty and independence with Israel requirement for the recognition and security."

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, meanwhile, has introduced a new idea of his own press following a meeting with the Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, Conference calling for the international community to "take responsibility for the Philadelphi corridor and the Rafah crossing" to prevent the smuggling of missiles and weapons of the Sinai Peninsula in Gaza.

Lieberman, referring to the increase in appeals by the international community to open the band to Gaza to the free movement of goods and people, stated that "If the international community to smuggling, we have no reason for any restriction."

In the meantime, the Foreign Ministers of the Arab League are planned to hold a meeting in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss the latest developments surrounding the process of peace in the Middle East in the light of admission from Washington that it did not satisfy Israel extend a moratorium on the construction of the colony.

On the eve of the meeting, President Abbas in Ramallah met us Special Envoy George Mitchell and reiterated his opposition to resume the peace talks with Israel, at least that the construction in the settlements and Jerusalem is was interrupted.

Abbas also demanded that when and if the negotiations have resumed, they would concentrate on the creation of a Palestinian State along the 1967 borders, said an official of the AP.

Abbas will hold a meeting prior to the meeting of the Arab League, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on the results of its discussions with Mitchell, the official added, deny Americans gave the Palestinians all guarantees concerning the peace talks.

"We are disappointed with the US administration," said the official PA. "We have clearly Americans peace talks may occur while Israel continues to build settlements and creating new facts on the ground."

Chief negotiator of the PLO Saeb Erekat said after the meeting with Mitchell that the US administration has presented the Palestinians with ideas, although he refused to elaborate.

Erekat said that Palestinians have reaffirmed their request the creation of a Palestinian State on the borders of 1967 and that Jerusalem was "occupied as the rest of the Palestinian territories.

Indirect criticism of the administration American Erekat said, "those who speak of a comprehensive peace based on a two-State solution must engage the Israeli Government to stop settlement activities and its unilateral actions in Jerusalem, including the demolition, the deportation of the residents and the creation of new facts on the ground."

The OLP held fully responsible for the current peace process because he had chosen the schools for peace impasse Israel official.

After the meeting with Abbas, Mitchell said that Washington was determined to see of a Palestinian State.

"There are still many difficulties and obstacles on the road, but we are determined to persevere in our efforts to see independent and viable Palestinian State" he said.

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' Stuxnet virus remitted back Iran's nuclear program by 2 years (Jerusalem Post)

Stuxnet attacked Iran's nuclear facilities and Israel is suspected of creating, put back nuclear program of Iran two years, virus a top German computer consultant page which has been one of the first experts to analyze the code of the program, says Jerusalem Post Tuesday.

"Need two years to get back on track Iran" Langer said in a telephone interview from his Office in Hamburg, Germany. "It was almost as good as attack military, but even better since it does y no deaths and no large-scale war." From a military point of view, it was a huge success. »

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"Stuxnet specifically the Iranian nuclear program."

Langer spoke amid news post reported that the virus was still infecting Iran at its enrichment of uranium main at Natanz and the Bushehr reactor plant systems.

Last month, the Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations nuclear watchdog international atomic said that the Iran suspended work at its facilities for the production of nuclear domain, probably a result of virus Stuxnet.

Best move the Iran Langer would be to throw all computers infected by the worm, which has been the most "aggressive and advanced malware in history." But, he said, once all computers have been discarded, Iran would have to ensure that computers used by outside contractors were also own Stuxnet.

"It is extremely difficult cleaning Stuxnet, facilities and we know that the Iran is no good in computer security [information technology], and they are just beginning to learn what it means," he said. "Just to get their systems running once again that they have to get rid of the virus, it will take some time and then they need to replace equipment, and they must rebuild the centrifuges at Natanz, and perhaps buy a new turbine Bushehr."

Widespread speculation has appointed military Israel 8200, known intelligence for intelligence (SIGINT) advanced transmissions, capabilities as possible creator software, as well as the United States Unit.

Langer said that in his view at least two countries – perhaps Israel and United States - behind Stuxnet.

Israel traditionally declined to comment on his alleged involvement in the Stuxnet virus but senior officers of the Israeli defence forces has confirmed recently Iran met important technological difficulties with its centrifuges at Natanz enrichment plant.

"We can say that it takes several years to develop, we arrived at this conclusion by parsing the code, because code on 15,000 lines of code control systems, and it is a huge" said Langer.

He continued: "this item of evidence we concluded that it is not a hacker,". " Needed to be a country, and we also conclude that even a nation State could not do so on their own. »

Eric Byres, an expert in computer security that manages a website called Tofino security, which provides solutions for industrial enterprises with problems related to the Stuxnet said Tuesday post number of Iranians by visiting his site had jumped significantly in recent weeks – a likely indication that the virus causes always great disorder in Iran's nuclear facilities.

"What caught our attention was that last year we were perhaps one or two people of the Iran you try to access the areas secure on our site, said Byres." The Iran was never on the map for us and all of a sudden we now get an impressive number of people on our Web site and the people that we can identify as the Iran. »

Silo said that some people openly identified themselves as Iranian when requesting permission to log on to its Web site, while others have been impersonating employees with whom it frequently works industries.

"There are a large number of people who try to access secure areas directly the Iran and others are all false identities," he said. "We we're talking about hundreds." Could be people who are curious to know what was going on, but we are such a specialized website that it would be only feel that these are people who are involved in the control systems. »

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Northern Korea threatens Korea Southern nuclear war (Jerusalem Post)

North Korea warned Monday that U.S.-South Korean cooperation could bring a nuclear war to the region, as the South began artillery drills amid lingering tension nearly three weeks after the North's deadly shelling of a South Korean island.

The South's naval live-fire drills are scheduled to run Monday through Friday at 27 sites. The regularly scheduled exercises are getting special attention following a North Korean artillery attack on front-line Yeonpyeong Island that killed two South Korean marine and two civilians.

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The Nov. 23 artillery barrage, the North's first assault to target a civilian area since the end of the Korean War 1950-53, began after the North said South Korea first fired artillery toward its territorial waters. South Korea says it fired shells southward, not toward North Korea, as part of routine exercises.

After the attack, South Korea staged joint military drills with the United States and also pushed ahead with more artillery exercises, despite the North's warning that they would tected tension.

A South Korean Joint Chiefs of staff officer tried to play down the significance of this week's drills, saying they are part of routine military exercises and would not occur near the disputed western Korean sea border where last month's attack took place. The officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of office policy, gave no. further details.

North Korea, however, lashed out at Seoul, accusing South Korea of collaborating with the United States and Japan to ratchet up pressure on Pyongyang.

That cooperation "is nothing but treachery escalating the tension between the North and the South and bringing the dark clouds of a nuclear war to hang over the Korean peninsula," Pyongyang's hand Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in a commentary carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea has often issued similar threats during standoffs.

In a show of unity, top Alejo from South Korea, the United States and Japan met in Washington last week and said they would not resume negotiations aimed at persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program until the country's behavior changes. WMD. Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of staff, visited South Korea last week and warned Pyongyang to stop its "belligerent, reckless behavior."

On Monday, South Korean and U.S. defense officials met in Seoul for one - day discussion on North Korea and other issues that are part of regular defense talks, according to Seoul's Defense Ministry.

At the opening of the meeting, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Schiffer said "the United States stands shoulder to shoulder with the Republic of Korea and with the Korean people in the face of recent North Korean provocations," referring to South Korea by its formal name.

Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg was also set to visit China later this week for talks on North Korea amid international pressure for Beijing to use its diplomatic clout to kidney in North Korea, its ally. China After the meeting, senior U.S. officials accompanying Steinberg will travel on to Seoul and Tokyo.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, meanwhile, leaves the United States for North Korea on Tuesday. Richardson, who has often acted as a diplomatic troubleshooter, has made regular visits to North Korea and has also hosted North Korean officials in New Mexico.

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Gov't decided to postpone the vote on the proposed conversion of IDF (Jerusalem Post)

Sunday Government decided to postpone the vote on Bill Israel Beiteinu Cabinet to allow the IDF Rabbinate have the possibility of granting independent Rabbinate conversions look until this Wednesday at the earliest.

The decision to postpone the vote came as a result of an agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Ministers and Eli Yishai Shas and Ariel Attias to avoid the possibility of Bill tear the coalition. As the appeal of the Shas on the ministerial decision of legislation supporting the Bill was still standing, could seriously affect support of the coalition for the Bill if it came to a vote of Government on Wednesday.

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Coalition seeks to find a way to resolve the impasse between Shas and Israel Beiteinu concerning the draft law to respect the opinions and honour of the Chief Rabbinate and Sephardic Rabbi Shlomo Amar, Netanyahu said after the decision.

Israel Beiteinu leader, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman roundly criticized Shas his Bill proposed to establish an authority coalition partner opposition military Rabbinate independent conversion.

"Position of the Shas has no relation to religion or Jewish law." "This is simply an attempt to assert its own authority over the army," said Lieberman. "Is the Rabbi army a heretic" Lieberman asked rhetorically. He continued, is not familiar with Jewish [Army Chief Rabbi]? Can not sign certificates of conversion for soldiers? »

"Israel Beiteinu does not accept any compromise, no vote postponed and no deals [scenes]." We will pass the Bill on the first, second and third readings as soon as practicable, "Lieberman said firmly."

Sunday comments of Lieberman is echo those made by Israeli colleagues Beiteinu MK David Rotem earlier in the day.  In an interview with army radio, Rotem announced his opposition to the creation of two tracks separated from the conversion to Judaism Israel.

"Two types of conversion is not good from a legal point of view," Rotem said during the interview. "Now [Shas] they create a division between civil conversions and army conversions."

He has continued, "I invited those who work on the issue of the conversions in the field [to testify before the Knesset]." The conversion of the Israeli defence forces are valid and according to halacha. They [the IDF converted] are Jewish. »

With two major coalition parties go head-to-head at meeting of Government Sunday on conversions Israeli defense forces, Israel Beiteinu threatened that the acquiescence of Shas opposition to a Israel Beiteinu - sponsored Government Act would constitute a breach of their coalition agreement.

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OSM launches global effort to combat anti-Semitism (Jerusalem Post)

Paris - dozens of students from 14 countries around the world together weekend seminar in Paris which has launched the new global network of the Zionist world to the fight against anti-Semitism.

Students and others like them are soldiers on the ground that the OSM on anti-Semitism in their country and receive advice on how to address future incidents. To this end, the OSM launched a media room is in contact with activists from around the world in several languages.

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"Unfortunately, the last year, according to our statistics, most anti-Semitic acts than any year since the war, said Yaakov Hagoel, who heads the Department of OSM for this activity in Israel and the fight against anti-Semitism."

"For this, we decided to create an international atmosphere against this frightening phenomenon." We want to use as well as politicians and other influential people in the countries of the World Jewish and non-Jewish students. This can have a significant impact on the reduction of anti-Semitism by removing the legitimacy it gradually to achieve. "Global network intends to act as an umbrella for international organisations and agencies involved in the fight against anti-Semitism. It will collaborate with the Anti-Defamation League, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs.

"We know many organizations in the world dealing with anti-Semitism," said Hagoel, who is a member of the Jewish Agency and a former CEO of Beitar world. "We want together, to pool their resources and coordinate a United fight." Which could allow us to double our strength. "Global network media room use volunteers MASA in Israel which will be in contact with students regarding programs as antennas on campuses everywhere worldwide. For example, if there is a problem on a campus in particular, the OSM can communicate with the University and ask for the security and make other militants near to counteract the problem.

The media room will be to maintain a database of Zionist activists from around the world and communicate with them regularly in English, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Turkish, Russian and even Arabic. He has pages on YouTube and Facebook.

"The goal is to be more organized than Israel enemies on campus and in communities," said Director Eitan Behar media room.

"With the work of our activists from around the world right and if we are unified, we can win the battle going on in the world image Israel.". The seminar attracted Israel Hungary, England, Germany, France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, Canada, United States, Romania, Italy and Holland, students who have received a kit and disk information. The OSM will hold an annual Conference in each of six regions in the world: America North, South America, Europe, the former Soviet Union and Australia South Africa. His upcoming conferences will be Ukraine and Israel.

Participants met with the victory of Grand Paris synagogue Rabbi Moshe Sebbag expert French anti-Semitism Michel Gurfinkel and Guy Milliere and a French family took to target by anti-Semitism.

Ariel Goldgewicht participant who leads the European and North American youth movement Department Hanoar Hatzioni Zionist, congratulated the OSM for the seminar and establishment of the network. He said that its activists around the world would be active in the network.

"It is empowering people with anti-Semitic meetings to share what has happened with people who care", said Goldgewicht.

"It is important to know what's going on with the Jews on the other side of the world, share experiences and learn from each other." Monika Krawczyk, who leads a Polish Zionist Organization and Foundation for the preservation of the Jews in Poland, heritage to questions at the Conference on what to do when the media fail to respond to the letters complain comments anti-Semitic articles.

"The seminar was an important event, especially for us participants, because Europe is willing to anti-Israel propaganda, and sometimes we do not know how he handle when critics Israel crosses the border to anti-Semitism", said Krawczyk. "It is important to realize that anti-israelism has the same spirit as anti-Semitism, primitive past." Daniel Sourani, Director of program of young Canadians, Judea declared that the highlight of the Conference was not conferences but networking.

"Sharing experiences with young Jews everywhere in the world was telling, said Sourani." "As I had read on the Jewish community in the world hear first-hand testimony was simply fascinating."

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Photo: First snow season arrives (Jerusalem Post)

12/12/2010 15: 14 Then Sunday morning started a day full of delays in traffic, fallen trees, blackouts, between other disadvantages for the Israelis, first snow of winter hosted somewhat differently by the residents of nonhuman Israel and mother nature.

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The storm began Friday afternoon, as the rain began to fall on different parts of Israel Friday afternoon at the beginning of what would be a stormy weekend.

Tel - Aviv received its first drops of rain early in the afternoon, accompanied by Netanya, Haifa, Raanana, Kfar Saba.

By Sunday, on the Hermon snow reported on the slopes of Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights. The entire ski area was covered with white powder, according to a report by the army radio.

Snow was also should reach the summits of the Upper Galilee Mountains later Sunday.

Carmel fire deaths amounted to 43 (Jerusalem Post)

  
Photo by: channel 10 a prison guards aboard the bus which was engulfed in flames on the first day of the Carmel fire more than a week ago death noon Saturday at the Haifa Rambam hospital.

Commander Deputy shift Jalal Bisan, 29 of Kfar Jat leaves a wife and two children. It will be updated rest Sunday afternoon in the cemetery of Kfar Jat.

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His death brought the number of deaths at 37 of those on the bus to go to Damun prison to help her escape, killed when their bus in flames engulf speed fire.

Guards participated in training courses again which started this year, which has received training to improve the treatment of prisoners and to become administrators in the prison system.

Carmel fire burned some 50 000 dunums, destroyed hundreds of homes and 43 dead.   Subscribe to our newsletter to receive new updates directly to your E-mail address

       

Jordanian and Palestinian soccer fans come into conflict in Amman (Jerusalem Post)

AMMAN - Rival teams of Jordanian football fans clashed after a match, injuring 250 people who pointed out the deep divisions between clans of native Bedouin nation and its Palestinian violence.

Most of the injuries occurred when a large metal fence separating spectators on the playground in the Amman Stadium collapsed during the agitation Friday night between national teams Wehdat Faisali, fans has declared himself the spokesman police colonel Ahmed Abu-Hamad. 30 Police officers were among the wounded, he said.

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It has a long history of violence between supporters of the two teams stem in part from the decades of tension to the Palestinian population of Jordan, which includes an approximately 1.8 million refugees displaced after 1948 and their descendants.

Most of the players and fans Faisali are native Jordan Bedouin tribes. Most of the players and fans Wehdat are the Palestinian.

Although most Jordan - with the exception of Aboriginal band Palestinians of Gaza, carrying Jordanian passports and enjoy unmatched by other Arab host Governments citizenship rights, many complain that they are prohibited from holding positions of security and army or other top posts page in the Jordanian Government.

Jordanian native feel Palestinian refugees have no allegiance to the country.

In a match between the teams of same, last year Faisali fans psalmodiés slogans denigrate the wife of King Abdullah II, Palestinian origin, Queen Rania and their son, Prince heir Hussein - an episode which is even mentioned in a diplomatic notes released by site Web WikiLeaks United States.

In the document, American diplomats said that they were "troubled" by King's failure to respond to the "verbal attacks on his family.

On Saturday, police interviewed a dozen persons suspected of sparks clashes.

The violence erupted after Wehdat beat Faisali 1-0 a crucial qualifying match for the National League.

The Faisali supporters has left the stage first and began to launch supporters outside the stadium, triggering a shoving said witness Ali Qasrawi Wehdat stones and bottles.

Qasrawi, who was in the match, said police walled output stage, trapping Wehdat supporters inside and fired tear gas.

"That triggered the collapse of the large wire fence, which fell on the people and the police forces as", he said.

Abu Hamad, police spokesman said that the wounded were taken in a hospital, some serious injuries to the head and body. He declined to provide further details.

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"Turkish officials say Barak preventing the apologies of the fleet" (Jerusalem Post)

 
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12/11/2010 13: 08 Replicas (11), a top official Turkish Saturday said Turkish paper Zaman today national Israeli political considerations prevented a return to normal relations between the two countries. He said that the Turkish Government supports the talks between the two countries which began in Geneva suite firefighting assistance from Ankara Israel during Carmel fire last week.

Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek said Zaman today that although he hoped "" Israel continues to be displayed a constructive approach... it seems difficult to accept these conditions of domestic policy Israel."" In what could be an attempt to lower expectations of talks, he added, "it is unlikely that relationships will develop positively in the short term."

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The report cites a Turkish senior official saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was seeking to repair of diplomatic relations between the two Mediterranean countries but that Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman are opposed to some Turkish claims the power by the Turkey reconciliation.

The Turkish Cabinet source said Zaman Barak sees the value in the relationship between the Turkey and Israel repair. He added that Barak and the Israeli defence forces officials object not even to pay compensation to the families of those killed on Mavi Marmara Sea during a deadly raid of March on the Turkish ship that tried to break the blockade of Israel tape of Gaza. The Minister of defence and military officials, however, were opposed to Jerusalem emitting apology, according to the report.

Turkish representative of the Commission of inquiry fleet A Ozdem Sanberk said that the central point of contention between diplomats from the two countries is the word "apology", according to Zaman. Sanberk added, "as regards the respect the Turkish side, never negotiated a word other than the word"apology".".

No new meetings between Israel and the Turkey planned, said a spokesman for the Department of the Turks, but are later retracted the implication that the talks have been blocked, saying: "contact [with Israeli officials] continue," according to the report.

It was reported earlier that Israel had offered to pay for the families of persons killed on the sea of Marmara $100,000 Mavi each, but according to Zaman, Minister Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu denied that an offer was made.

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Author: mindRiderCountry: Free World12/11/2010 14: 32
Israel would compensate for kill militants who tried to kill his soldiers is already an incredible act of realpolitik. Why it compensates for those pronounced publicly their wish to become shahits and where, because of their own granted shares wishing? One could argue that repair business relations with Ankara worth ' mass "to speak in the words of Henry the V.th but never bend low apologize for justified self-defence violent ofagainst provocative should not enter the spirit of the Israeli negotiators."
Author: charles soperCountry: UK12/11/2010 14: 24
Turks are quite clever not to go to old bouncer first step.
Author: LeoCountry: U.S.12/11/2010 14: 11
It is not legally Israel ship outside of the territorial waters of Gaza. He had reason to do so because he gave Israel the element of surprise. / / Turkey may expect an apology, but because they have supported this boat sailing with the intention of executing a legal embargo apology Ankara must then be forthcoming. / / The lesson learned by Israel is that the edge of boats how they did is not the next time enough. Then, the engine must be disabled (USCG uses. 50-bushing bullets on vessels of the drug) and provide a tug to a centre of detention or at sea.
Author: AsherCountry: Israel12/11/2010 13: 49
Why should we apologize or pay for something that is not our fault? We should seek apology to Turks to introduce this provocative fleet. Barak give my tax dollars for something that we defended.
Author: PaulCountry: UK12/11/2010 13: 36
comes with a Turkish excuse to send a load of thugs to provoke Israel activists boat. It is not yet the lower case for Israeli excuse crawling. More I consider Leiberman at the helm. It is the only biped in Government?
5 On the other hand, I have news for the Turks PeopleAuthor: yusakharCountry: Israel12/11/2010 13: 31
I can show them that it is not Barak at all, or even the IDF. Israelis very shortly see point in apologizing for his murderous frustrating attempt trying. It goes well for anyone who has sent bandits murder, especially when there are photographic documents crime has failed. If, ultimately, Israel apologizes or pays compensation, know that these acts disguating aims to silence a child said and whiny (which would be better sent for the treatment of the psychaitric) so that we can all make life.
4 Israel has nothing to apologize forAuthor: Hat IsraelCountry offshore: Virginia, USA12/11/2010 13: 26
Israel is the country of only that do not succumb to Islamic terrorism. She won our praise.
Author: MaxCountry: Germany12/11/2010 13: 22
Muslims want to see the Jews "bend" for them. Sorry, even though the Turkey Ambassador in Israel had to sit on a "bottom Chair" someday.... Israel became a State in 1312 BCE, two Millennium before Islam. Sorry, respect for your elders...
Author: ricardo lionCountry: brazil12/11/2010 13: 13
Compensate the religious fanatics who stated that went looking for "martyrdom" and attacked soldiers? At the Turkey compensate the families of the 1.5 million ARMENIANS, they killed? At the Turkey compensate the families of the 30 000 kurds killed so far? This hypocrisy...

hits winds 100 km of power lines, trees (Jerusalem Post)

  

Strong winds were also were responsible for bang on trees, out of electricity in several towns and villages throughout the country, according to the report for. Failures occurred at Akko, Bat Yam, Tel - Aviv and many West Bank settlements.

Temperatures were supposed to dive and there was still a chance of snow on Mount Hermon and fondue in other mountain regions.

Sunday is supposed to be stormy, cold and thus, with rain and winds tapered gradually Monday, although there is still a chance of flooding.

In the light of the forecast Israel Electric Corporation asked people to get all the objects that could be borne aloft by high winds and damage power lines.

CIS makes its teams alert, but expects to meet consumer demand. She added, however, that if the storm down a power line, it may take some time to restore power.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of agriculture has closed forest reserve the Carmel of non-resident until December 26 and asked the public to avoid the area. A special order of forestry also issued by the social protection and social services Minister Isaac Herzog.

The authorities estimate that the storm could cause some trees damaged by fire in the past week to collapse. They fear that the rains could weaken soil now that trees are not provide it.

While the rain is welcome in the light of decreasing water supply, there is much more than just a storm to make a dent in the situation. However, rain could wash the ubiquitous smell of burned trees and scorched earth suspended above the zone of Carmel and reduce the high rate of polluting particles Usfiya and other places.

Magen David Adom going on high alert and ordered ambulances to be deployed in each district of the country.

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