Israel must lift Gaza blockade: Iran UN envoy

This file photo shows Palestinians rushing to buy food and other staples that are in short supply due to the Israeli blockade imposed on Gaza. PressTV | Thu Nov 7, 2013 9:52AM GMT Iran’s Deputy Ambassador to the UN Gholam-Hossein Dehqani says the Israeli regime should end its illegal blockade of the impoverished Gaza Strip. […]

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Reviving the Israel-Palestine Negotiations: The Indyk Appointment ~ by Richard Falks (@rfalk13)

Prof. Em. Richard Falk | Global Research | July 31, 2013 Appointing Martin Indyk as Special Envoy to the upcoming peace talks was to be expected. It was signaled in advance. And yet it is revealing and distressing. The only other candidates considered for the job were equally known as Israeli partisans: Daniel Kurtzer, former ambassador to Israel […]

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Israel names ‘pro-Republican’ hawk Ron Dermer as new envoy to US

Maan News Agency | July 9, 2013 JERUSALEM (AFP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named as Israel’s new ambassador to Washington Tuesday a peace process hawk seen as close to President Barack Obama’s Republican opponents. Ron Dermer, who already served a stint in Washington as economic attache from 2005 to 2008, is on the record […]

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Israeli ambassador to Amman officially expelled

MEMO | May 16, 2013 Jordan’s Minister for Information and Communication, Mohammed al-Momani, last Thursday officially announced the departure of the Israeli ambassador to Amman, Daniel Nevo. In a press conference held on Wednesday evening, Al-Momani said that the acting Foreign Minister, Hussein al-Majali, had summoned Nevo last Thursday. Al-Majali passed on information on the […]

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Abu Zuhri: Hill’s visit to give impression on presence of negotiations

[ PIC 08/01/2013 – 03:50 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, has said that the US Middle East envoy David Hill’s visit to the region aims at giving the impression that negotiations between the PA and Israel were still ongoing. Hill is slated to arrive in Ramallah on Tuesday for […]

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Australia summons Israel ambassador over settlements

Maan News Agency | Dec 4, 2012 CANBERRA (Reuters) — Australia summoned the Israeli ambassador on Tuesday to protest against Israel’s decision to expand Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank and withhold tax revenue from the Palestinian Authority. Australia’s move followed similar actions in Europe including Spain, France, Britain, Sweden and Denmark […]

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Jordanian students call for the expulsion of Israeli envoy

Protesters, mostly university students and unemployed graduates, gathered outside the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan to call for its closure. September 15, 2011. PressTV Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:44PM GMT LAST UPDATE Hundreds of Jordanian students have staged a demonstration in the University of Jordan to call for the expulsion of Israeli ambassador to Jordan […]

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Report: PLO to declare Quartet envoy ‘persona non grata’

  Maan News Agency | September 28, 2011 LONDON (Ma’an) — The senior echelons of the PLO are expected to meet in the coming days to discuss a proposal to declare Quartet envoy Tony Blair “persona non grata,” a UK newspaper reported Wednesday. The Telegraph said PLO officials were predicting unanimous support for a motion […]

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UN Envoy Serry Slams Israel’s Decision To Build 1100 Units

REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video Wednesday September 28, 2011 04:27 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies United Nations Envoy, Robert Serry, stated that with its new decision to build 1100 new settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem, Israel sends a wrong signal amidst the international efforts to ensure the resumption of the […]

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American Envoy failed

Related to: ▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid PNN – Palestine News Network – 08.09.11 – 16:29 An American Envoy of David Hale and Denis Ross failed in their mission in convincing the Palestinians not to go to the United Nations. The envoy made it clear to the Palestinians that “the US is against the […]

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US envoy in West Bank to stop UN bid

PressTV –  Wed Sep 7, 2011 2:5PM GMT US Special Envoy to the Middle East David Hale has traveled to the West Bank to try and convince the Palestinian Authority to abandon attempts to seek statehood at the UN. Source

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Palestinian factions back Turkey for expelling Israel envoy

Related: The Mavi Marmara Massacre Maan News Agency | Sept 3, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip have welcomed the Turkish decision to expel Israeli diplomats from Ankara after a critical UN report about Israel’s raid on the 2010 freedom flotilla. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri welcomed Turkey’s decision to […]

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Envoy: World must act against ‘colonization campaign’

Maan News Agency | Aug 12, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour on Friday urged the international community to compel Israel to end its colonization campaign if it really believes in the two-state solution, reports said. In letters to the UN secretary-general and the presidents of the Security Council and […]

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#Airflotilla | July 9, 2011 | PA envoy to Brussels slams European complicity in blocking ‘Flytilla’

Published today 10:55 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority’s envoy to the European Union Lela Shahid slammed European airlines on Friday for preventing European citizens from traveling to Tel Aviv to join solidarity protests with the Palestinian people. “Is Europe blockaded just like Palestine? On what basis are European solidarity activists blacklisted at airports in […]

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Dennis Ross: Go Home, You Are Not Welcome in Palestine – by Khalid Amayreh

  By Khalid Amayreh | PIC, Al-Jazeerah, CCUN, June 21, 2011   So Dennis Ross is back in town in occupied Palestine. He is succeeding the failed U.S. envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell who proved himself too cowardly, too obsequious and too pliant especially in the face of Israeli arrogance and insolence. Mitchell […]

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