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Francois Hollande, the French president, has told Israeli MPs that
his country would not allow Iran to secure a nuclear weapon, saying that
such a situation was a threat to Israel and the region.To loud applause inside the Israeli parliament, Hollande said: "We have nothing against Iran, or its people, but we cannot allow Iran to get nuclear arms as it is a threat to Israel and the region."
"We will maintain the sanctions as long as we are not certain that Iran has definitively renounced its military programme."
Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna, reporting from Jerusalem, said Hollande's comments were "words were music to Israeli ears".
On a future state of Palestine, Hollande told the Israeli parliament that Jerusalem must be the future capital of both Israel and a future Palestinian state.
"France's position is known: a negotiated settlement, with the state of Israel and the state of Palestine both having Jerusalem as capital, coexisting in peace and security," he said.
He had earlier called for a complete halt to Israel's illegally building settlements on land the Palestinians want for a future state.
Speaking on his first official visit to the Palestinian territories, Hollande said that settlement construction was problematic for peace negotiations, which have been limping along for more than three months with little sign of progress.
- "France demands a full and complete halt to settlement activity," he said in Ramallah in a joint news conference with his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas.
Since Israeli and Palestinian negotiators returned to the table at the end of July, Israel has made several announcements of thousands of new settler homes, angering the Palestinian negotiators. The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has recently said those activities were to be suspended.
aljazeera.com
18/11/13
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Φ.Ολάντ: Μίλησε για Ιράν, Παλαιστίνη στη Βουλή του Ισραήλ...Συνάντηση και με Παλαιστίνιους...
ReplyDeleteΘέση για όλα τα καυτά προβλήματα του Ισραήλ, πήρε μιλώντας στην ισραηλινή Βουλή, ο Γάλλος πρόεδρος Φρανσουά Ολάντ, στα πλαίσια επίσημης επίσκεψής του στη χώρα.
Για το Ιράν: "Να διατηρηθούν οι κυρώσεις σε βάρος του Ιράν μέχρις ότου η χώρα αυτή αποκηρύξει οριστικά το στρατιωτικό πυρηνικό πρόγραμμά της. Δεν θα επιτρέψω να αποκτήσει πυρηνικά όπλα η Τεχεράνη. Δηλώνω από εδώ ότι θα διατηρήσουμε τις κυρώσεις για όσο διάστημα δεν είμαστε βέβαιοι ότι το Ιράν έχει εγκαταλείψει οριστικά το στρατιωτικό πρόγραμμά του".
Για το παλαιστινιακό: "Η θέση της Γαλλίας είναι γνωστή. Αφορά μια λύση μέσω διαπραγματεύσεων που θα επιτρέψει στο Ισραήλ και την Παλαιστίνη, που θα έχουν και οι δύο την Ιερουσαλήμ ως πρωτεύουσα, να συνυπάρχουν με ειρήνη και ασφάλεια".
Για το εποικιστικό πρόγραμμα του Ισραήλ: "Πρέπει να σταματήσει, γιατί υπονομεύει τη λύση των δύο κρατών". Ταυτόχρονα, κάλεσε τον πρόεδρο της Παλαιστινιακής Αρχής Μαχμούντ Αμπάς, με τον οποίο είχε συναντηθεί νωρίτερα στη Ραμάλα της Δυτικής Όχθης, να αντιμετωπίσει ρεαλιστικά "όλα τα θέματα".
Για τον αντισημιτισμό: "Θα καταπολεμήσω τις δυνάμεις του αντισημιτισμού και δεσμεύομαι ότι το Παρίσι θα φροντίσει για την ασφάλεια των Εβραίων που ζουν στη Γαλλία".
Νewsroom enet, με πληροφορίες από ΑΜΠΕ, Γαλλικό, Γερμανικό
http://www.enet.gr/?i=news-room.el&id=399220
18/11/13
Israel seeks other allies as U.S. ties weaken over Iran....
ReplyDeleteIsraeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Wednesday that his country needs to seek partners other than Washington, heightening tensions with its closest ally as Iran nuclear talks come to a head.
“The link between Israel and its main strategic partner the United States has weakened,” Agence France-Presse quoted Lieberman as saying.
He added: “You can understand that. The Americans have got too may challenges - North Korea, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, and they've got their own domestic economic problems.”
The hawkish Lieberman, who is also known for his blunt-talk, returned to office earlier this month after seeing off graft charges.
“We need to stop demanding, complaining, moaning and instead seek countries that are not dependent on money from the Arab or Islamic world and who want to cooperate with us in the field of innovation,” he spoke as major powers, including the United States, sought to seal a deal with Iran on its controversial nuclear program.
However, the chief diplomat did not elaborate on what alternative partners he had in mind but he has not hesitated in the past to speak out against Washington when he has considered it to be acting against Israeli interests.
Israel has expressed its disdain and deep skepticism over the potential deal with Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday also reiterated that there needs to be a “real” solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis, after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, AFP reported.
Putin said that the two men discussed the Iranian nuclear standoff “in detail” at Kremlin talks which overran by several hours. But the Israeli premier was insistent that only the strongest of diplomatic solutions was acceptable for his country.
Netanyahu’s visit to Moscow was seen as a last-minute bid to influence an emerging nuclear deal with Iran strongly opposed by the Jewish state and being discussed by world powers and Iranian diplomats in Geneva.
Israel regards Iran as its main strategic threat and is determined to keep it under crippling economic sanctions, despite mounting diplomatic momentum for a deal.
The possible Iran deal is not only hurting Israeli-U.S. relations, but also with Washington’s longtime ally, Saudi Arabia.
When U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited Riyadh this month, he received an expected earful over Washington’s outreach to Iran.
On his visit, Kerry assured Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal that Washington’s “deep relationship” is solid and enduring.
On Monday, the Saudi Foreign Ministry dismissed a report by the Sunday Times that it was cooperating with Israel.
(With AFP)
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/11/21/Israel-mulls-allies-other-than-U-S-.html
21/11/13