US blocking UN statement on Gaza: Russia
19
November, 2012
Russia
has accused the United States of trying to "filibuster" a
UN Security Council statement on the conflict between Israel and
Gaza.
Obama
talks to Morsi, Netanyahu on Israel-Gaza truce
19
November, 2012
US
President Barack Obama has held a telephone conversation with
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu to explore the possibility of reaching a truce in the
ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict.
UN
chief arrives in Cairo for Gaza ceasefire talks
20
November, 2012
United
Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Cairo to hold
talks about the Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip,
where the death toll in the Israeli onslaught has hit 109
US
dispatches 3 warships to occupied Palestine to evacuate citizens
20
November, 2012
The
United States has dispatched three warships to occupied Palestine to
evacuate US citizens caught up in the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Israel
accuses Iran
Al-Jazeera
blog – 14.45 GMT approx
Shimon
Peres, the Israeli president, has accused Iran of encouraging the
Palestinians to continue rocket attacks on Israel rather than
negotiating a ceasefire, saying "they are out of their mind".
At
the same time, Peres praised Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi for the
constructive role he has played in the intensifying crisis.
"The
unpleasant one is the Iranians. They are trying again to encourage
the Hamas to continue the shooting, the bombing, they trying to send
them arms," Peres said in a televised interview. "They are
out of their mind."
Peres
said Israel had no choice but to wage its offensive against Hamas in
Gaza despite the rising civilian casualties, citing what he said were
1,200 missiles fired from the territory in the past six days.
"In
one minute, if they stop shooting, there won't be any casualties,"
he said.
In
singling out Iran, Peres said, "We are not going to make a war
with Iran. But we are trying to prevent the shipping of long range
missiles which Iran is sending to Hamas."
"But
Iran is a problem, world problem, not only from the point of view of
building a nuclear danger, but also from the point of being a centre
of world terror.
"They
finance, they train, they send arms, they urge, no responsibility, no
moral consideration," Peres said.
Asked
whether a ground war in Gaza was inevitable, Peres said he was
hopeful that there would be a ceasefire.
"The
negotiations are still being continued. It's difficult for all
parties, but it's not over and the best choice for all of us is to
stop shooting," he said.
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