Barak Ravid (Haaretz)

By Barak Ravid (Haaretz)

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  Protesting Livni’s Arrest Warrant, Israel Summons British Envoy

  The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday summoned the British envoy to Israel to rebuke him over the arrest warrant issued for Kadima chairwoman Tzipi Livni for alleged war crimes in Gaza. Israel views the arrest warrant with utmost gravity, Naor Gilon, deputy director at the Foreign Ministry in charge of Western Europe, told British ambassador Tom…

  By Barak Ravid (Haaretz) Dec 15, 2009 | 3 min read
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  Bibi Forms Task Force To Monitor Settlement Freeze

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed with Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Friday to assemble a task force to monitor the implementation of a construction freeze in West Bank settlements. The team will be made up of Barak; Benny Begin, minister without portfolio; Zvi Hauser, the cabinet secretary; and Maj. Gen. Eitan Dangot, the coordinator of…

  By Barak Ravid (Haaretz) Dec 4, 2009 | < 1 min read
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  Bibi: Israel and U.S. Have Resolved Differences Over Settlements

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero last Thursday that talks between Israel and the United States over construction in the settlements on the West Bank had ended. “We solved the matter of the settlements with the Americans,” Netanyahu told his Spanish counterpart. “I cannot say more than that. If…

  By Barak Ravid (Haaretz) Oct 19, 2009 | 2 min read
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  U.S. Summons Oren Over ‘Unacceptable’ East Jerusalem Evictions

  Washington issued another diplomatic protest over Israeli conduct in East Jerusalem on Monday, its second in as many weeks. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman summoned Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to Washington, to tell him that the United States views Sunday’s eviction of two Palestinian families from homes in East…

  By Barak Ravid (Haaretz) Aug 5, 2009 | 2 min read
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  Clinton Arrives in Israel To Meet With Israeli, Palestinian Leaders

  U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton landed in Israel Monday for a 36-hour visit, during which she will meet with senior Israeli and Palestinian officials. Arriving in Israel after attending a donors’ summit in Egypt, where world nations pledged donations to help rebuild the Gaza Strip, Clinton was expected to meet with senior Israeli officials…

  By Barak Ravid (Haaretz) Mar 2, 2009 | < 1 min read