Israel Urges Russia to Halt Sale to Syria
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The planned sale of advanced Russian missiles to Syria will disrupt regional stability and Moscow should call off the deal, Israel's foreign minister said Thursday.
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Russia called on Wednesday for an easing of pressure on the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority but the United States said an aid embargo must remain in place until the Palestinians meet conditions set out by western powers.
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The Finnish presidency of the European Union called on Israel to halt construction of its settlements in the West Bank and free members of the Palestinian Hamas government.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Thursday he would tell Russian President Vladimir Putin that he would not approve the sale of uranium to Moscow if there was any possibility it could be resold to Iran or Syria.
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France and Germany on Tuesday urged Syria to stop supporting forces that 'want to destabilize Lebanon,' and said Damascus could enjoy warmer relations with Europe if it helps revive stalled Middle East peace ...Comment
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Syria on Monday accused Israel  of inciting the United States to invade Iraq to distract  attention from its own actions in the region, where it retains  its grip on the Palestinian territories won in a 1967 war.
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Russia and Israel are at loggerheads over Moscow's alleged intention to sell modern missile systems to Syria.
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Syria asked to end support for Iran, Hizbullah and armed Palestinian groups in return, report says.
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A US official says Israel launched an air strike on Syria last week apparently to warn it not to re-arm Hezbollah.
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Russia said on Wednesday it wanted to  supply Syria with advanced missile systems, a move certain to  anger the United States which accuses Syria of having links to  terrorism.
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Amnesty International today published an open letter from Irene Khan, Amnesty's Secretary General, to EU Heads of State and governments asking them to immediately halt sales or transfers of arms to all parties in the Israel/Palestine conflict. Israel, naturally, reacted negatively to the proposal. Mark Regev, spokesman for Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that an arms embargo "would leave every man woman and child in this country to face a multitude of hostile challenges that there are here. It ignores the real threats faced by the Jewish state and gives comfort to those who say Israel should be wiped off the map."
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In a veiled swipe at the United States and its United States allies such as Israel, Russia&#39;s foreign minister said Sunday his country opposed a Security Council resolution demanding free presidential elections here and a Syrian troop withdrawal out of
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Syria accused Israel of bombing its territory on Thursday and said it could respond to its neighbor's "aggression and treachery".
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Syria complains to the UN about Israeli aircraft allegedly flying over its territory and dropping munitions.
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Russia on Wednesday urged Palestinians and Israelis to hold direct talks ahead of a Middle East mediators' meeting in Berlin to discuss how to deal with a new Palestinian coalition between the Islamist Hamas and the mainstream Fatah groups.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura urged Israel to stop selling weapons to countries in the Far East during top-level talks in Jerusalem, an Israeli official said.
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By Inigo Gilmore in Herzliya and Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic Editor. Syria accused Israel last night of planting a bomb in Damascus in an attempt to kill a member of the Hamas militant group.