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Iran says China to attend its nuclear disarmament meeting
Peres: Israel should 'pay any price' for Gilad Shalit
Sarkozy told: Fresh Israel-Syria talks unlikely
Israel is refusing to see what Obama wants
Google buys Israeli ex-pat's start-up company

Iran says China to attend its nuclear disarmament meeting

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:25 AM PDT

Iran said on Sunday China would take part in a nuclear disarmament conference in Tehran later this month, to be held just days after Chinese President Hu Jintao is due to attend a nuclear security summit in Washington. ...

Peres: Israel should 'pay any price' for Gilad Shalit

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 06:28 AM PDT

President Shimon Peres said Sunday that Israel should pay any price for the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, Army Radio reported. ...

Sarkozy told: Fresh Israel-Syria talks unlikely

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 03:54 AM PDT

A report submitted a few weeks ago to French President Nicolas Sarkozy by two of his top diplomats concludes that there is no chance to renew substantial negotiations between Israel and Syria in the near future, Haaretz has learned. The officials had visited the Middle East recently to investigate the possibility of French mediation between the two countries. ...

Israel is refusing to see what Obama wants

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 03:09 AM PDT

The most embarrassing argument came from a senior political source. "We," he complained after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from Washington, "don't understand what the Americans want. The secretary of state said this and the vice president promised that .... So what do they really want from us?" ...