CNN Middle East News- Ban condemns Syrian 'brutality' in Homs, warns worse may comeThe Syrian assault on the city of Homs is "a grim harbinger of worse to come" without united pressure on the government in Damascus, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday. […]
- Activist: Infants, medical staff among dead in Homs crackdownFour straight days of shelling and bombing by Syrian government forces into the besieged city of Homs have left residents cowering, afraid to escape and fearing for their lives as bodies lie in the streets, unable to be recovered. […]
- Syrian regime gets bloody nose from resistanceOne fateful consequence of President Bashar al-Assad's ferocious crackdown on Syrian protesters is the emergence of the domestic armed resistance, the Free Syrian Army. […]
- Al-Assad hangs on by ruthlessness, reformist imageWhen the Tunisian revolt erupted last year, Tunisia's president fled power in weeks. When Egyptians took to the streets, longtime leader Hosni Mubarak was swiftly ousted as well. […]
- No Libya play for the West in SyriaAmid growing outrage over civilian casualties in Syria, there are ever more urgent calls to aid -- or at least protect -- the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. There is renewed talk of creating safe havens and humanitarian corridors inside the country. And those demanding tougher measures are again asking why events in Syria should not prompt Libya […]
- Ban condemns Syrian 'brutality' in Homs, warns worse may come
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Responding to the Israeli Peace Initiative – By Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad
It came out even though it is late. It is called the Israeli Peace Initiative and came as the first Israeli response to the Arab Peace Initiative that was declared at[singlepic id=530 w=320 h=240 float=right] 2002. The Israeli Peace Initiative is signed by several Israeli known personalities including Yaakob Perry, Amnon Lipkin, Ami Ayalon, Amram Mitzna, Mosheh Maor and Ephraim Lavie.The Israeli initiators are a group of former directors of Israeli security agencies, businessmen, academics and leaders. The Initiative is not formal and was not supported by the Israeli government.
The Israeli Peace Initiative – By Arik Segal
On April 6th, several prominent Israeli figures drafted the “Israeli Peace Initiative” and proposed it to the Israeli government, with the purpose of promoting [singlepic id=529 w=320 h=240 float=right] a regional peace agreement in the Middle East. The authors and signatories are former security chiefs, former IDF chiefs, former politicians, journalists, leading businessmen and entrepreneurs, academics, scientists, artists, social activists and others.
Despite the initiative being a civilian one, it is significant to deliver its message to the civilian and political levels in the Arab world, both to increase the exposure for Israeli willingness to achieve peace and to receive a response from Arab politicians. Such response will push Israeli leaders to give a serious
Israeli Army and Hezbullah continue to threaten each other
Following the recent incident on the borders between Israeli and Lebanese last week that resulted in killing three Lebanese soldiers and one Israeli officer, [singlepic id=280 w=300 h=220 float=right]the Israeli army continues to send threaten messages to the Lebanese army leadership.
The Israeli army leadership ordered its soldiers on the borders to respond fiercely to any Lebanese action that similar to the incident that took place last week. The Lebanese army shot several warning shots in the air in the last week when an Israeli army unit tried to remove a tree and make some actions on a
