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Erdogan wants reconciliation by June, Barak opposes an apology

2010-12-11T08:45:00.000-08:00

Turkish PM wants to work things out until the election, but the defense minister and senior army refused to apologize for killing the activists on board the "Marmara" - that reported in Turkey. The organization behind the rally: Even if we accept an apology and compensation, we will take legal action.

Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, want to reach reconciliation with Israel until the general election to be held in June 2011, on condition that Israel apologize for the rally events in Gaza will compensate the victims' families - reported this morning (Saturday), the Turkish newspaper "Zaman Today."

In light of the reconciliation talks in Geneva, said a senior Turkish government newspaper that despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is interested in "normalization" of relations with Ankara, both Lieberman and Defense Minister Ehud Barak opposed to intention to apologize to Turkey.

Ankara officials said they do not expect an agreement with Israel in the coming days, because differences of opinion in Jerusalem are an obstacle to a breakthrough in talks.

The newspaper also reported that the army opposed to an apology for the killing of nine activists on board Ahmarmra end of May. "Israeli military officials did not oppose the payment of compensation to the families of activists who were killed, but oppose an Israeli apology," it said.

Ehud Barak

Cabinet sources told the newspaper that the Turkish army's position began to hit the talks in Geneva between the Turkish deputy foreign minister, Fridyon Ssaniliuglev Joseph Ciechanover, Israel's representative in the committee investigating the UN rally events. According to them, "Barak said despite continued tensions in relations between Turkey - Israel will not serve the goal of stability in the Middle East, he opposed an Israeli apology to Turkey."

Israeli officials involved in talks with Turkish Defense Minister said that the support arrangement with the Turks and ready to go far for this purpose, while Foreign Minister Lieberman opposes. According to the sources, is currently working on formulations have given the different needs, the reason for the delay is the political ability of each party to what was agreed.

Debate about the wording
Newspaper Wowereit reported that in the talks, Israel demanded that in exchange for an apology and compensation, Turkey Promise you will not be submitted claims against Israel or the IDF. IHH organization, however, is behind the rally, refusing to give up. "We do not want the issue over compensation. Opens criminal proceedings against Israel, "the newspaper said in an organization.

Auzdma Ssanbark, the Turkish representative in the UN Committee also participated in talks in Geneva, admitted that there are differences of opinion regarding the use of the term "apology." "There is a debate about the wording, the word 'apology'. But for the Turkish side, a different word than 'apology' has never stood for negotiations. "Israel wants to express remorse or regret, and apologize publicly.

A spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry meanwhile said that another meeting has not been determined between the representatives of Turkey and Israel, but this does not indicate that there is a deadlock in talks. "Negotiations continue", said to journalists last nigh.

Fire in Israel: Firefighters were rescued from the flames

2010-12-03T14:11:00.000-08:00

Despite the efforts, the fire in the Caramel out of control. Nir Etzion firefighters were rescued from the flames. Local residents were asked to leave urgently. The fire also reached the Caramel Forest Hotel, faces the people. Fire services make complex planning for tomorrow with the participation of thirty aircraft.

Severe fire in Israel's history, claimed the lives of 41 people, continues to rage that the other night: Fire raging in the night (Friday) led Nir Etzion settlement block Highway 4. MDA teams scouring the community, for the time no reports of injuries. Earlier firefighters were rescued safely after rising feared for their lives. There are three cars and three ambulances and intensive care.
Residents of Nir Etzion, Ein Hod Yemin Orde asked to leave their homes urgently, because of their deep concern. Communities were evacuated yesterday, but some residents that the houses during the day. Eyewitnesses reported that the meat plant fire nearing Nir Etzion, instead of in the gas aggregators.

The fire also reached tonight Caramel Forest Hotel, people have been evacuated, and began to undress him. Earlier dozens of firefighters were forced to flee for their lives from the hotel, after the flames were approaching them quickly. Fire approaches the Danish University of Haifa neighborhood in the city. The fire raging in the area Aucfiia.

Front Command in preparing to resume tomorrow even more the air shutdown operations, discontinued operations before dark. Morning are expected to be renewed, with thirty aircraft, with a complex operation responsible for coordinating the Air Force enlisted personnel to assist. Yoram Levy, a spokesman for the firefighting and rescue commission, sounded upbeat in a conversation with Ynet front command University of Haifa. "Tomorrow can be a serious blow," he said.
Sunday evening all the fires were extinguished during the last day of the North. Police have raised alert, fearing that the factors that "Stripes ride on the difficult situation in the north and try to engage the security forces and other events. During the last day residents are evacuated in Caramel, were evacuated on Thursday after about 17 thousand inhabitants, among others Tirat Caramel Haifa Denya neighborhood.

"Our eyes are burning after 16 hours of work", told Ynet that the exhausted firefighters working in the animal - wild, "We do insist on wearing a means of breathing, but unfortunately not his goggles obstructing our work significantly." Veteran firefighter explained: "It's hard for us to work with it. We are more careful surgical young people all the means of protection than we are. We have been burned from within."

Chief of Police, Lt. - General Dudi Cohen, said at a briefing held yesterday that he hoped the fire Atkobah until Saturday night. He said that the fire began at the center one, and today probably turn out if arson or negligence.
Yesterday some of those killed were buried in the disaster - most of them officers and cadets in the course of the Prisons Service, were on their way to rescue prisoners from the prison bus which drove caught fire. Haifa's Rambam hospital, four wounded still hospitalized - two in very serious condition, one in serious condition and one in light condition. Among the wounded was Ahuva Tomer, Haifa police headquarters, still fighting for its life.
After it became clear that Israeli forces have difficulty dealing with the scope of the fire, many states mobilized to help send off helicopters and planes Caramel - Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Jordan, Britain, Turkey, France, USA, Egypt, Italy, Croatia, Romania, Azerbaijan, Switzerland and Spain.

U.S. government announced that it sends to Israel three experts extinguish fires, and materials off - 45 tons of chemicals from the air combustion delay and 12 thousand liters of spraying fire extinguishing foam from trucks. "Since we heard the tragic fire, the U.S. government has been working order of the president Obama to respond as quickly as possible to the needs of Israel, "said Dan Shapiro, National Security Council.

JNF: "the greatest ecological disaster was in Israel"

2010-12-03T00:49:00.000-08:00

Caramel changed the face: JNF estimates that so far burnt between a half million to 2 million trees by burning the giant. Nature and Parks Authority estimated that the fire will live wild nature reserve, but told not to turn the animal.

Green Mountain all year, Mount Caramel, has become in less than 24 hours to black. Nature and Parks Authority estimated that about 30 thousand acres burned so far by burning the giant broke out yesterday (Thursday) which killed dozens of people, destroyed much property and serious environmental damage. JNF Chairman, Efi Stenzler, said it was "the biggest ecological disaster was in Israel."

Omri Boneh, director of JNF's Northern Region, estimates that the area burned has between a half million to 2 million trees were burned. "Acres burned each have between 50 and 100 trees".
Trying to assess the damage done to nature, makes it clear that building a "numbers speak for themselves, very much damage. The problem is that we are still far out of control fire, strong winds and the area is still burning."
Beaver points out that at this time are new forces into the Jewish National Fund, to assist the efforts of fire and that according to estimates, today there will be about 150 employees in an existing fund.

"Just in case prevented more tragedy"
Nature and Parks Authority noted that just happen to avoid more serious disaster. Estimates are that this weekend was supposed to get between 30-20 thousand visitors to the national park nature reserve in Caramel. "Luck is when the fire broke out, as almost did not have people on the ground".

"Caramel has changed the face", the bright morning Ynet Guy Ayalon, head of the Northern National Parks Authority, "It's not Caramel we knew. There's no green, all black and sooty, smoke from horizon to horizon, and the fire jumps from Wadi Wadi. This is a blow to nature". Due to the dimensions of the damage, Ayalon believes that even when the rains fall, there will be no rapid recovery of the region.
Ayalon, who this morning Caramel Hai-Bar Reserve, notes that at this time are the parks in an attempt to protect animals that are in place, but stressed that evacuation will not be of animals if the fire reaches the reserve. Yesterday, the birds of prey reservation were evacuated, but there are also other animals, including deer Eyal Caramel.
"We opened the settings for the animals we let them get little vegetation areas people among them, hoping it would protect them. The eagles and birds of prey we evacuated yesterday, but we can not turn away any animal if the fire reaches us. Our estimates are at this rate - the fire reaches the to us. "

Ayalon believes that will take decades to restore the ecological damage caused to the entire region after the fire, "the wood burns is a unique forest will take decades to recover. This is a very old trees." Ayalon added that the region has a large population of deer, wild boars, jackals, foxes, wolves, and lizards, snakes and birds of various kinds, their habitats were severely damaged.

Saturated area fires
Whether it was possible to reduce the huge fire damage, and even by natural means? Maybe. Caramel could have been many fires in the past. In 1989 there was a huge fire that destroyed the area about 8,000 hectares, followed by a government committee was discussing the prevention of fires in the following.
One member of that committee was Professor Avi Probolocaki, an ecologist and an expert for open space at the Volcani specializes in pasture, vegetation and forestry. "Even then, one of the ideas that were raised was to produce natural buffer zones. Areas where vegetation will dilute the various measures to stop fires," he says Ynet.

Probolocaki clarifies that "in terms of nature, fire has two parts: fuse - made up of herbs and light up quickly, and the bomb itself - the trees and shrubs that produce high flames." Creating buffer zones eliminates He said the "fuse", by grazing animals or by spraying of the Herbarium, and greatly reduces "the bomb" by a massive depletion of trees.
He said the main principle is to interrupt the sequence of trees and vegetation located between the entrances to towns and ornamental trees that are within the settlements themselves. "A classic place to establish such a buffer zone around the grouping is such as pine or Hill House Wolfson, communities located in the trees. But to tell the truth, buffer zones usually change their view."

Probolocaki adds that such buffer zones are a very popular method in the Mediterranean region, such as Spain or France, where it is budgeted and organized policy of the government - but in Israel it was never systematically.

Even in 1993 a fire broke out in Caramel, who came to Ein Hod. Probolocaki number of houses that the fire came through the trees within the settlement itself, and that "you can see the entrance path through the ornamental and shade trees."

"No need now, rain"
Salman Abu Rookon, Foreign Relations Manager National Parks Authority Isfiya resident, sounded gloomy morning. "It's a very sad day, I have nothing to say, everything here is black to the horizon," he says in conversation BBC. He estimates that nature will recover only a dozen years.
However, he specifically warns of heavy rainfall at the moment. "Rather heavy rain is not what we need now," he says. "If the rains come down a great power that can lead to erosion of soil, keep a map of important organic materials in nature and the ability to precisely hit his rehabilitation.
"Despite the scorched earth look burnt, now has a lot of ash on the ground, ashes also have a" bank "of seeds that were damaged and organic matter is important industry in many salts, are very important to rehabilitate the ground. As soon as this stuff will drift, it would be seriously damaged. Our goal is to allow nature to recover slowly in the first year, without touching the ground. "

Probolocaki actually conveys optimism regarding the ability of nature to recover. "Most of the damage is scenic, and no doubt a short time was completely destroyed landscape used by man for fifty years. But the trees and the sea - were secondary fires and evolution of animals back quickly, it comes back sooner than we think," he says.

Scorched earth, scorched vegetation and habitats that were burned, he said all these will recover faster than it seems. "The plants and trees in the Caramel region has high resiliency. Trees like pine, oak and Ella, live with the evolution of the fires as soon as he started to rain we will see renewed growth."

Probolocaki explains that renewed growth is due to the fact that sea ecosystems - Mediterranean countries, holding a stock of seeds and sprouts anew, sometimes underground. "Pines For example, many seeds have been common in the fire and ashes can be kept warm, and warm rain are Inbeto. Other ground plants and sprouts hide rains they start to bloom. Also animals will inhabit the area again."

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Israel PM asked to help from abroad: "We Do not Know disaster scale "

2010-12-02T11:51:00.000-08:00

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu already knows who "had to make a lot of lessons to deal with disasters of this kind, but right now everything is given to saving lives." Peres: "praying for a miracle"

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this evening (Thursday) that Caramel Fire Is "a disaster scale we did not know", before leaving himself to the raging fire. At least 40 prison guards were burnt to death on a bus caught in a sudden fire. Netanyahu turned to Russia, Italy, Greece and Cyprus, please send help Caramel aircraft fire extinguishing.

"I spoke with Defense Minister to the possible forces of the IDF to stop the fire. We'll get a lot of lessons to deal with such disasters, but right now everything given to saving lives, "Netanyahu said at the ceremony awarding medals to combat human trafficking in the President. He praised the firefighters and said they are working heroically and dedication.

Even President Shimon Peres spoke at the ceremony: "The heart of all firefighters who are fighting in Haifa with amazing courage. Some of them were injured." According to the president, "We pray for a miracle, pray for the safety, praying to the final fire."

Deadly fire in Israel's history bus passengers were injured dozens of prison guards on his way to assist in evacuating the prison near Isfiya.

MDA set up mobile first aid station, but from the evacuation - since there were wounded on the ground.

One prison officer The disaster area had returned from the scene and collapsed casualty collection point in his arms. "It's worse than a terrorist attack in Gaza," he said, "They just lay there on the floor, dozens of people, and there was nothing to do." One firefighter said: "People were burned alive, it was horrible."

Deadly fire in Israel: 40 guards were killed

2010-12-02T11:28:00.000-08:00

Caramel fire led to one of the biggest disasters in Israel: a bus on their way to prison guards Damon - to free prisoners - trapped in flames. MDA gave the mobile first aid station that was left wounded on the ground. The bodies were left outside the sooty bus.

Wardens who help prisoners in the fire gave their lives - the most deadly fire history of the country. 40 wardens in the course of the IPS officers who were on the bus on their way in the prison, were burned to death - one of the greatest disasters ever in Israel. Two police cars driving behind the bus caught fire, and three officers damaged. MDA established a mobile first aid station but cleared it - because there were wounded on the ground. Been determined in the deaths of 22 people

Except the guards killed 40 bus sudden fire, fatal fire also led three were seriously injured, lightly wounded and two wounded not known. Some of those injured belonged to the rescue forces, firefighters who risked their lives to the fire burning. One of them is a senior police officer very seriously injured by the burning of riding the bus. She was treated at Caramel was transferred to Rambam Hospital.

Helicopters of the Air Force helped to evacuate, the fire continues to rage on the western slopes of Mount Caramel, including in Kibbutz Beit Oren

Earlier dozens of ambulances were called to rescue forces have prepared dozens of beds to evacuate the wounded. Some buses were left in the conference, at the kibbutz Stables, there was established a mobile first aid station, which spent tens of medics, doctors and volunteers of the Magen David Adom rescue consolidation. The station was evacuated, because instead there were no casualties on the ground - after that almost all passengers were burned him to death .

Hospitals went on alert
Three hospitals in Haifa, Bnei Zion, Caramel and Rambam Medical Center, went on high alert following Event. Beds were placed at the entrances to dozens of emergency rooms. Doctors, nurses and staff help were summoned from their homes. Relatives of those who were hospitalized and the police directed the traffic on the way to hospital and allows the entry of emergency teams only. At the same time operating rooms and rooms were evacuated shock immediate surgery.

Rambam three severely injured patients in shock, Caramel Hospital - which came four wounded - were evacuated all patients from the emergency room departments, in order to get the wounded and casualties of the many who are supposed to arrive.

Deputy Hospital Director, Dr. Eldar Berkovits, said: "arrived here four wounded. One's condition, came off the bus burst into flames - human. In addition to our hospital were evacuated three wounded in a slight smoke inhalation. "

All because of pirate garbage dump?

Large forces of police, fire and ambulances are in the fire. The Prison Service personnel reached the entrance to the kibbutz on Mount Caramel. Commissioner of firefighting and rescue, multi-lance was Simon, said: "We have no ability to predict when the story is over, it will take many hours."

The IDF made available to northern district police dozens of medical personnel, including military doctors, paramedics and medical equipment, Air Force helicopters, two water tankers and two battalions Matkal life. Forces were in favor of putting out the fire and handling aid the wounded. HFC police teams placed for treatment in a mass and four IDF bulldozers for fire support operations. Hundreds of soldiers from basic training in the Caramel region participate in attempts to control the fire and help evacuate casualties.

Huge fire broke out around 11:00 in the river lap, spread quickly. Earlier addressing the prison, near Isfiya, and residents were evacuated from their homes in Kibbutz Beit Oren, and 30 families Isfiya. University also decided not to take risks and evicted the students from the campus, although they posed no immediate danger.

Ministries of Health and Environment issued a deviation, namely residents living in Isfiya - University of Haifa - Horev Center - and the pine may be subject to toxic substances. For that reason, residents are asked to avoid than unnecessarily outside their homes. One of the concerns is stored chlorine compound from the pool at Kibbutz Beit Oren.

Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav, who arrived earlier in the fire area, told that the
"This is the worst of all the fires we've experienced, the fire comes from huge heights." Tested due to suspicion that the fire broke out near the activity Isfiya pirate garbage dump. Yahav, arrived on the scene, said that the sells pirate activity municipal landfill, and "that was a matter of time before a disaster

Hamas against Britain: Israeli criminals should be judged

2010-11-04T09:04:00.000-07:00

Organization expressed disapproval of a statement British Foreign Secretary that his country is working to change the law allowing the filing of complaints for war crimes against senior Israeli prosecution: "The Zionists are responsible for violations of international law in occupied Palestine.

Khaled Meshal

After a series of embarrassing diplomatic incidents and meetings canceled policy, Britain announced its intention to amend the law that allows war criminals to prosecute such complaints against senior Israeli officials would not continue to cast a pall on their arrival to the kingdom. The same step I did not like Hamas, have strongly condemned another name - in the afternoon (Thursday) the move.

"We condemn the British government's attempt to limit the authority of its courts to prosecute the Zionist war criminals, responsible for violations of international law in occupied Palestine," it said in a statement on behalf of the organization.

Hamas issued a statement yesterday in response to their meeting the foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, and fellow British - William Hague, who is visiting Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
The two discussed the issue, Beijing has promised that his country is working to change the law to be a nuisance to stop Israeli officials.
Earlier this week dismissed Deputy Prime - Minister, Minister Dan Meridor, the participation of an organization's dinner BICOM UK, due to fear of being arrested.

Meridor was scheduled to speak at the event where the Prime - Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but last weekend the Ministry of Justice expressed external factors that have feared that he would be arrested if he gets to Britain, because of lawsuits filed against political parties pro - Palestinian

Peres: Israel-palestinians peace can help US against Iran

2010-10-21T15:32:00.000-07:00

President spoke with Jewish leaders and said that Israel needs to help Americans obtain an anti-coalition - Iran. He criticized former President Bush, the war in Iraq: "It is hard to come to the king and tell him to 'give up the throne and go for elections. It's like to order a turkey to celebrate Thanksgiving Day

President Shimon Peres, attended last night (Thursday) meeting with Jewish leaders from around the world and said that the main threat to Israel and the U.S. is Iran. The conference was organized - by the "Institute for Jewish people," Peres said that Israel can help Lara "In dealing with Iranian nuclear threat, the - by achieving peace with the Palestinians.

"As the United States understands our security needs, also we need to understand their needs. We can not give them what they give us, but our way we can be a little to help - to allow anti-coalition - Iran. We need to help not statements, but the cessation of conflict with the Palestinians and concentrate on the secondary real threat to the United States and Israel as well. "
President said that we need the U.S. to our right to exist. "We are America's only friend who asked them to come and protect us with American troops. Their other friends asked for protection but we never took care of American mothers when asked for their sons to fight for us. We fought alone, but we can not exist alone. "
According to Peres, "for our existence, we need U.S. companies. It does not sound easy but it's true. I'm not going to do PR, we live in a largely anti-Jewish. Even the UN has a majority against us, we must not remain alone. "

However, Peres criticized the U.S. and the former president, George Bush, the war in Iraq. "The problem is not our relations with Muslims, but where advanced the Muslim world. We need to analyze what can be done about it. I will answer honestly, I greatly appreciate President Bush's attempt to achieve democracy. But is it possible? I wonder.
"It's very difficult to come to the king and tell him to 'give up the throne and go for elections. It's like to order a turkey Thanksgiving Day celebrations. I'm not sure he will receive it gladly. Then the King will say to the U.S.:' Okay, give up the throne and go to elections" . you know who is elected then? all the people you do not want elected. So I'm not sure this is the way. I think that Muslims should choose their way

Yitzhak Rabin wrote for young people called to kill him: "I forgive"

2010-10-19T13:02:00.000-07:00

Former Prime Minister wrote to both young and light - Akiva, who distributed a bumper sticker on it read "need to kill Rabin", that "we must do everything to freedom of expression will be saved, without it turns into civil war." He wrote: "Although the hard staring act Haselichot atmosphere of the eve of Yom Kippur - I forgive"

I forgive." Years before his murder took Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, death threats, letter answer Lasnigourm sight of two young men - Akiva, accused the stickers distributed among them was written "to kill Rabin." Not only did the prime minister's life lay here stake, but the life of Israeli society as a Jewish and democratic state, "wrote Rabin, responding to the request of both apology and expressed hope that" The lesson will serve as a warning sign. "

Rabin's letter in -14.9.1994 a few days before Yom Kippur, was tonight (Tuesday) by the State Archives, as part of a book
Memorial written these days about Rabin. Rabin warning letter from harm democratic regime: "We must do everything to freedom of expression will be saved, without it turns into a civil war, we can ensure a situation where the competent institutions of the state to do the task they are responsible for implementation without that they expose themselves to violence."
In October 1993 police arrested two young Maor - Akiva, on suspicion they had prepared and distributed stickers that read: "You have to kill Rabin." The two were prosecuted in the Magistrate Court and charged in her room Do Sedition "Sedition" advertisements. " In a plea bargain was determined that they would admit a crime and want a sentence of three months in prison, it will want in public service and suspended sentences and a fine. The court accepted the plea bargain.
Abraham Vanunu lawyer representing the defendants, expressed regret on behalf sent a letter full of then-Prime Minister Rabin, which claimed that the preparation of stickers was "a prank." "We regret our actions ... We realized that the State of Israel which is currently the most important process very subtle and is as if she's sitting on a barrel of gunpowder. Act like ours is considered a lighted match was thrown into this barrel and threatening to blow it up ... We understand the meaning of the peace process We citizens of Israel, our soldiers, any security system, the Palestinians, our leaders and their leaders, we welcome the process. "

"I see fit to accept the apology"

In September 1994, two months later, sent a letter to Atty Rabin Vanunu in which he wrote that "despite the hardware staring act Haselichot atmosphere of the eve of Yom Kippur, I see fit to accept the apology, and personally - to forgive." Yet , did not spare either Rabin criticized the conduct. "Marshiach broke a basic code of Israeli society: They have abandoned the legitimate expression tools available to a democratic regime, preferring to call the killing of Prime Minister."
Rabin tension letter implied criticism of the magistrate's words written ruling that "you can never know about who and how can or can spread these kind of influence advertising, and already been done before." Although the court is not easy - and rightly so - the defendants' actions , I'm not sure that what he wrote about it reflect the full hardware that, in my opinion, be attributed to the offense committed. "
"The State of Israel," Rabin writes, is currently at a crossroads. She must decide what will be its relations with Arab states

Neighbors and the Palestinian people sitting in Israel. She must decide what will be the content of political arrangements and what will price you pay for them. Needless to say that the critical decisions. Naturally accompanies acceptance debate reflects the different parts of the Israeli public. Such debate is the lifeblood of democracy. "

Rabin concludes the letter in the hope that the lesson from the affair will be studied. "I hope that the contrition is sincere, that the lesson of the act was taught - by your client that he will serve as a warning to all who ponder her choice of a violent past through legal means"

Abu Mazen: Netanyahu said he was afraid his government

2010-10-17T12:00:00.000-07:00

In an interview with a Palestinian president said that the world consensus to freeze settlement activity, "so I will not say that?", But explained that Netanyahu said he could not declare a moratorium on further, in many feared the coalition perfection.

Palestinian President Mahmoud - Balance, determined not to renew the negotiations - and, until Israel freezes settlement construction again. In an interview to be broadcast tonight (Sunday) on Channel 1 edition of view, Abbas says that "When Obama came to power is the one who declared: 'must stop building settlements." Countries - the U.S. says so, Europe says everything the world says - so I will not say It.

Palestinian President Oded Granot told an interviewer that the world has a consensus on the freeze. "When we went to Annapolis, everyone there - more than - 50 countries - all said we must stop building the settlements. At the time President Bush said:" We will make this mission and opened it. Establish a committee to monitor the freeze on settlement freeze. "Relied on the comments Bush went burden - provision. He added that he also placed in this condition the Olmert government. "Now we do not set conditions," he said.

He also told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told him that he can not respond positively to demands to freeze construction again. "Netanyahu said: 'I can not in any way. I fear my government." Government is not more expensive than peace. The government does not happen in the future the two nations, "said Abu - Mazen.

Abu returned on Friday - the balance of his Not recognize Israel as a Jewish state. This interview is also referred to the issue. "We then recognize the State of Israel. This is the Jewish state. If you want her to be recognized as a Jewish state, you are free to do so. It's yours.

But You did not request recognition as a Jewish state is not Egypt, not Jordan, not from any other country in the world. You can do whatever you want, but it's not my interest. "

Abu - Abbas was also asked about statements by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the refusal to recognize the Jewish state will lead to future national demands of Israeli Arabs, said: "there is no basis to these claims. We met in Israel in 1993, we had negotiations, the PLO was here we have signed dozens of agreements between us. We recognize that the Palestinian state has to get up on the 1967 borders. If we get that there is nothing more important - the end of conflict. We are ready. We are ready to end the historical requirements. But when Lieberman comes with such demands - he does not want peace. "

He is also the possibility that the Palestinian Authority be dismantled if the talks fail, the responsibility for managing the territories will be returned to Israel: "Scatter not yet relevant authority nor discussed it, but everything is open ... today Israel occupies the territories, but not bearing any responsibility."

Gilad Shalit conflict: military vehicle tires holes

2010-10-17T11:04:00.000-07:00

Security forces detained a truck at the entrance to the farm in Samaria because they suspected she was a leading building materials. During the ensuing confrontation instead of thrown some stones military vehicle tires were pierced. Eyewitness: "The road was closed, was a big mess.

Confrontation between the settlers and IDF forces. Truck tried to enter in the afternoon (Sunday) Gilad Shalit settlement was delayed - IDF forces, who suspected that it puts construction materials. In response, the settlers from the area pierced Cimgym of IDF vehicles and started throwing stones at troops. At present, no known incident of detainees.

Apparently, the IDF sought to test a truck tried to enter the farm. While the soldiers checked the contents of a number of holes Cimgym military vehicles. After the soldiers noticed that the contents of the truck does not include building materials and it's only Abkelckerym, the forces withdrew from the farm.

Foreign to me, sets up the truck and ordered the farm, told Ynet that "the story of the evening donkey donkey joins similar story happened a few days ago, where they confiscated a truck for no reason.

I ordered a Kelckerym and building materials or other prohibited material. No camouflage army arrived, without a warrant and police forces. Are troops who have undertaken the role of police and treated us rudely. "

Palestinian eyewitness told Ynet that Route 60 was closed to traffic following the conflict. Eyewitness said that the farm area were large army and police forces and that "was a big mess." Following the residents approached the organization Rabbis for Human Rights ", for fear that the incident dragged action of" price tag. "

Although puncturing tires, police announced that it does not intend to arrest anyone. "Once we noticed that these are not building materials, we went away, and the event behind us," they said.