JERUSALEM (JTA) — London Mayor Boris Johnson had two of his planned meetings in the West Bank cancelled after he criticized boycotts of Israel.
Johnson was due to meet Wednesday in the West Bank with the Palestine Business Women’s Forum and a Palestinian youth group. Both meetings were cancelled after Johnson, who is on a three-day trade mission to Israel, criticized efforts to boycott Israel as “foolish” and assailed its proponents in England as “ridiculous snaggle-toothed, corduroy-wearing, lefty academics.”
There were conflicting reports over why exactly the meetings didn’t go ahead as planned. The youth group said it disinvited Johnson over his “inaccurate, misinformed and disrespectful remarks.”
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Published time: 11 Nov, 2015 17:27
November 10, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, chairs a meeting on the development of the defense complex in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi. © Alexei Druzhinin / RIA Novosti
Russia won’t take part in any kind of arms race, but the country’s defense industry needs to bridge some gaps, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said.
“We’re not going to get involved in some sort of arms race. Especially, chase or bypass somebody,” Putin said during a meeting on the development of Russian armed forces in Sochi.
“We just need to catch up on what was lost at the turn of the 1990s – 2000s when the armed forces and the military-industrial complex were chronically underfunded,” he added.
During the meeting, the president stressed the importance of implementing measures aimed at increasing the efficiency of interaction between the Defense Ministry and the military-industrial complex.
“Creating a modern army equipped with state-of-the-art weaponry and military hardware, of course, remains one of the priorities of military construction. In fact, it was always like that,” he said.
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Published time: 11 Nov, 2015 15:19
French President Francois Hollande (L) welcomes his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani for a meeting during the 70th United Nations General Assembly in New York City, United States September 27, 2015. © Alain Jocard / Reuters Iran’s President Rouhani will visit France next week, but the historic visit will not feature a dinner with President Hollande. Why? Because the French wouldn’t agree to serve halal meat and wouldn’t budge on serving alcohol.
The formal lunch with the French leader was meant to take place at the Elysee Palace, but reports indicate it is not to be, according to France’s RTL.
According to the news source, Rouhani refused on religious grounds. “A meal was contemplated, but fell apart,” a source familiar with the issue said.
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The current spat over Netanyahu’ s would-be media czar is not the first time an Israeli official trash-talked an American counterpart
“His comments about US officials, including the president and Secretary Kerry, we believe were troubling and offensive,” John Kirby, the US State Department spokesman, said last week.
“We obviously expect government officials from any country, especially our closest allies, to speak respectfully and truthfully about senior US government officials. The secretary spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu this morning, and we understand that the prime minister will be reviewing this appointment when he returns from his visit to the United States.”
Netanyahu subsequently denied he had promised to review the appointment.
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Three men, 2 of them Israeli, charged in massive theft of millions, talked of playing with stock prices, building a ‘large empire’
As they carried out what federal prosecutors call a “sprawling criminal enterprise” stretching around the globe, with schemes nestled within schemes, the accused masterminds plotted and bragged to each other in emails.
Some of the communications by Gery Shalon, Ziv Orenstein, Joshua Samuel Aaron and an unnamed co-conspirator, as translated into English and unveiled by US prosecutors in Manhattan on Tuesday:
— Shalon bragged about the size and scope of his schemes to manipulate stock prices, describing how he used stolen data. His profit-reaping sale of shares in one company was “a small step towards a large empire. … We buy them very cheap, perform machinations, then play with them.”
— What about getting caught by law enforcement authorities? Asked, “In Israel, you guys probably don’t have to be afraid of the USA … meaning that even if there is some case, they won’t be able to do anything?” Shalon’s response: “There is nothing to be afraid of in Israel.”
— Shalon acknowledged that he was getting a passport in another name.
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