8 décembre 2009

Foreign Ministry officials responded with harsh criticism on Tuesday to a call by European Union ministers for negotiations over the status of Jerusalem, saying that Sweden, which holds the EU's rotating presidency, had failed. Last week, Sweden presented a draft document supporting the division of Jerusalem and the recognition of East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. Click here for the EU draft document on the division of Jerusalem. "The peace process in the Middle East is not like IKEA furniture,"... [Lire la suite]

Iran threatened tougher action against protesters Tuesday and hard-liners on motorcycles harassed the top opposition leader at his office Tuesday, signs of a possible intensified crackdown after the biggest anti-government demonstrations in months. The warning suggested that authorities fear that the protest movement launched after disputed presidential elections in June could pick up new steam. The demonstrations Monday turned into fierce clashes between youths throwing stones and riot police and militiamen wielding batons and... [Lire la suite]