Monday, November 08, 2010

11/08/10

* Impossible to return to talks with current Israeli gov't Abbas says Palestinians have 7 options if talks fail, dismisses anything short of full freeze

* Zahar: Jews will soon be expelled from Palestine Hamas leader says Jews were kicked out by France, Britain, Russia and Germany “because they betrayed, stole and corrupted these countries."

* Kuwaiti paper calls for unconditional talks with Israel 'Arab Times' editorial calls on PA president Abbas to follow in Anwar Sadat's footsteps and "cause international embarrassment for Israel."

* Yemen Muslim cleric al-Awlaki in US death threat video A radical US-born Yemeni Islamist cleric has called for the killing of Americans in a new video message posted on radical web sites.

* Another US Campus is Home to Medieval Anti-Semitism It would take a lot to shock a guy like Noam Bedein, who runs the Sderot Media Center.

* Obama backs India on permanent UN Security Council seat US President Barack Obama has backed India's ambition for permanent membership of the UN Security Council.

* Iraqi leaders hold government power-sharing talks Leaders of Iraq's main political blocs have met publicly for the first time since March elections in a bid to break the eight-month political deadlock.

* Jordanian Politicians Fear PA State at Home Anger at Israel expressed this week during Jordan's parliamentary election campaign.

* Pope defends family as Spanish gays hold 'kiss-in' Pope Benedict XVI strongly defended traditional families and the rights of the unborn Sunday.

* Russia's Putin races Formula One car in new stunt Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Sunday burned rubber on a racing circuit in a Formula One car.