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Dexia Bank decides to stop financing Israeli settlements Jul 02 09 Barak-Mitchell meeting ends with no agreement on settlements Jul 01 09 Latest News ArticlesIsraeli sub crosses the Egyptian Suez Peninsula. 11:01 Sat 04 Jul Bahraini officials arrive in Israel to take five Bahraini nationals back home 10:24 Sat 04 Jul Israel cuts off water to Arab Druze towns on hottest day of year 01:49 Sat 04 Jul Israel pledges to compensate UN for shelling its facilities in Gaza 23:53 Fri 03 Jul Three children diagnosed with swine-flu 23:31 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers attack the Nil'in weekly Protest 17:26 Fri 03 Jul Three Injured during the weekly Bil'in protest 16:13 Fri 03 Jul Israeli Housing Minister Concerned over increasing Arab population 11:32 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers wound a Palestinian woman at a roadblock in the Jordan valley 08:04 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers break into the Al Aqsa Mosque yard, kidnap three Palestinians 05:37 Fri 03 Jul Full StoryUS “concerned” over a UN draft demanding Israel to halt settlement activitiesOn Friday, the United States and several member countries of the Security Council, expressed what they described as “concern” over a draft demanding Israel to immediately halt its settlement planning, expansion and construction in the West Bank.
The draft was discussed during unofficial talks among several countries that are members of the security council as representative of these countries presented their monthly report on the situation in the Middle East. The draft was presented by Libya through the Arab League and included a demand to condemn the Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories. The draft was supposed to be discussed on Thursday but the Russian envoy demanded to delay the discussions because he wanted to watch a soccer match between Russia and Spain. The draft might be discussed in the middle of the coming week. The main article of the draft demands Israel to immediately halt all of its settlements activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem. Israeli sources reported that the United States will most likely demand fundamental changes to the draft and added that several months ago Arab members of the security council refused an American demand to change some phrases on a statement condemning the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, ultimately the draft was completely dropped. Last week, US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, demanded the that the Security Council should not intervene in the issue of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Rice claimed that the security council should not be busy in discussing the issue of settlement while Israel and the Palestinians are holding talks. Israel believes that after the latest statements of Rice, the US will most likely used its veto power against the draft. |