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G.P.L. MIDDLE EAST UPDATE
DECEMBER 2007 - No 135
ISRAEL: In an amazing announcement on Nov 12 Mr Olmert told the Knesset that he and the Pals have agreed to bypass the Road Map’s rule that requires the Pals to fight [...]

Graham Bacon
An article last week [7 Dec] titled Madness in the Middle East made the following points;
1) Forty seven countries and organizations had just finished meeting in Annapolis USA in an attempt to set up a two state solution to solve the Israeli-Palestinian confrontation
2) The present Palestinian Fatah leader, Abbas, is the successor of Yasser [...]

by Hillel Fendel
The Temple Institute in Jerusalem announces the completion of the Tzitz, the High Priest’s headplate - now ready for use in the Holy Temple. The tzitz is made of pure gold, was fashioned over the course of a more than a year by the craftsmen of the Temple Institute, and [...]

by Hillel Fendel For the third time in less than five months, the Olmert government has released convicted Arab terrorists from Israeli prison in “goodwill” gestures to PA chief Abbas. A total of 771 Arab terrorists have been freed since July 20 of this year. On that date, Israel [...]

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is standing firm in his refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish State. Abbas visited Egypt and Jordan for talks and was headed to Saudi Arabia when, speaking to reporters, he said

“Historically there are two states, Israel and Palestine. Israel is inhabited by Jews and others. We are willing to [...]

In an attempt to avoid the looming disaster to the US economy which is threatened by a collapse in the home mortgage area, the USA is about to freeze home mortgage rates, hoping this will prevent a devastating economic collapse.

Quartet envoy Tony Blair said in an interview in Washington on Wednesday November 28, he no longer believes that “land for peace,” in and of itself, is sufficient. What is no less important, in his view, is the character of the Palestinian state. He constantly warns senior PA officials:

“There won’t be a Palestinian state [...]

In a side meeting to the Annapolis conference this week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov informed Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak that Russia has decided to supply the nuclear fuel rods needed to activate Iran’s power station at Bushehr.

The US has asked the United Nations Security Council to endorse by resolution this week’s Annapolis understanding between Israel and the Palestinians to reach a peace settlement by the end of 2008. Meantime, Israeli defense sources are voicing concern that the new US special security envoy to the region, retired general James Jones, will spend [...]

A day after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that east Jerusalem is the key to a lasting agreement with Israel, Prime Minster Ehud Olmert stated that the Temple Mount will remain under Israel sovereignty, and that it was not up for discussion. A senior Palestinian negotiator has called Olmert’s claims “absolutely false,” [...]