Posted on 11/12/2012 8:54:32 PM PST by Olog-hai
On Tuesday, the foreign ministers of the European Union, including Guido Westerwelle of Germany, are scheduled to conduct their first-ever joint meeting with their counterparts from the Arab League. At the meeting, top European and Arab diplomats are expected to discuss the civil war in Syria as well as the stalled Middle East peace process. Among the most contentious issues to be addressed is that of Israels policy of settlement-building in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Last Tuesday, the Israeli government said it would move forward with the construction of 1,200 houses in East Jerusalem and on the West Bank. Catherine Ashton, the European Unions high representative for foreign affairs, issued a statement expressing Europes deep regrets over the development. Settlements are illegal under international law, Ashton wrote. The EU has repeatedly urged the government of Israel to immediately end all settlement activities in the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem, in line with its obligations under the roadmap. In Berlin, too, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said the development is a hindrance to the peace process.
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partay conference
this is where all their money goes... conferences and meetings
“High Representative”. Is that the same as an unelected “Czar”?
How many nukes will it take to wipe Luxembourg completely off the map??
Blink of an eye and good riddance.
What sayeth Andorra?
My sentiments exactly.
“If Obama calls, I’m not here....Actually, if he calls, just disconnect him.”
Luxembourg is the new Hitler’s Germany,
and it shows.
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