
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Elder of Ziyon
Lots of stuff going on...
A Wikileaks memo says that Germany asked the US to threaten to withhold its veto of Goldstone unless Israel adhered to a building freeze.
Another has surprisingly pro-Israel statements from Qatari's leader towards Israel.
Yet another shows surprisingly close ties between Israel and the UAE.
In other diplomatic news, the US condemned PA statements that there are no Jewish ties to the Kotel. Here's how Al Arabiya illustrated the story:
(h/t Joel for most of these)

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