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Luxembourg Foreign Minister: “Israel Must Halt Settlement Construction Entirely”
Der Spiegel ^ | 11/12/2012 | Christoph Schult

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 Israel’s 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 Union’s high representative for foreign affairs, issued a statement expressing Europe’s “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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; antizionism; eussr; luxembourg
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To: Olog-hai

partay conference

this is where all their money goes... conferences and meetings


21 posted on 11/12/2012 9:22:37 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Olog-hai

“High Representative”. Is that the same as an unelected “Czar”?


22 posted on 11/12/2012 9:24:12 PM PST by holyscroller ( Without God, America is one nation under)
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To: Olog-hai

How many nukes will it take to wipe Luxembourg completely off the map??

Blink of an eye and good riddance.


23 posted on 11/12/2012 9:29:13 PM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (I will fear no muslim))
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To: Slings and Arrows

What sayeth Andorra?


24 posted on 11/12/2012 9:34:06 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

My sentiments exactly.


25 posted on 11/12/2012 9:57:28 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Olog-hai

“If Obama calls, I’m not here....Actually, if he calls, just disconnect him.”

26 posted on 11/12/2012 10:02:40 PM PST by RichInOC (Palin 2016: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: Olog-hai

Luxembourg is the new Hitler’s Germany,
and it shows.


27 posted on 11/13/2012 3:23:24 AM PST by Diogenesis (Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
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