Foreign minister says public should trust decision makers with Tehran threat, accuses Abbas of trying to save himself with the Palestinian UN bid, asserts IDF attacks on Gaza are the only answer to rockets.
French President François Hollande said he will tell Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas that ''everything should be done so that there is direct negotiation between Israel and Palestine,” when he meet him in Paris later this week.
Inner cabinet decides to hold fire as long as rockets from Gaza stop; Steinitz says situation in Gaza reminiscent of Hezbollah before 2006 war; Israel asks UN Security Council to condemn rocket fire.
EU leaders continued to express their dismay at ongoing “electoral irregularities” registered in Ukraine, following the country’s elections on October 28, which has seen as yet “inconclusive results” declared across five constituencies.
Britain on Tuesday released terror suspect Abu Qatada from prison on bail after judges ruled that the man dubbed Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe should not be extradited to Jordan.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ''will not accept'' the situation in which one million Israelis, including many children, are targeted on a daily basis.
Labor leader Shelly Yacimovich says looming elections preclude wide operation; Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz (Likud) hints at Gazan version of 2002's Operation Defensive Shield.
