EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton made scant reference to “regional challenges” following a meeting of the EU-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Bahrain Sunday, as she evaded explicit mention of a joint statement adopted by the meeting which was highly critical of Israel’s settlement policy.
A US Jewish college student, who was stabbed to death during a protest in Egypt on Friday, was in the country to teach English to children and improve his Arabic, according to his family.
Some 400 people took to the streets of Paris Sunday afternoon in front of the Jeu de Paume museum to demonstrate aginst a photo exhibition entitled Phantom Home: Death, which seeks to highlight Palestinian suicide bombers who characterise themselves as ‘’freedom fighters,’’ as well as showcasing “those who lost their lives in fighting the occupation”.
US Secretary of state's formula to renew full blown negotiations includes 3 meetings between PM and PA president as part of efforts to build trust; move would allow Abbas to circumvent preconditions.
Philippe Karsenty, head of a French media monitoring group, was convicted of defamation by a Paris court on Wednesday over his claim that Charles Enderlin, correspondent in Israel for French television channel France 2, doctored footage of the killing of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Dura in Gaza in 2000.
Croatia completed its final requirements for EU accession after an EU Commission report earlier this year reported that a new Act on Misdemeanours against Public Order and Peace would be fully adopted by the middle of July 2013.
