DTN News: Israel Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 3, 2012

DTN News: Israel Top Stories / Headlines News Dated December 3, 2012

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'U.S. angered by claim that new building at E-1 aimed at Obama, not Palestinians' 

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer says Washington miffed by background briefing by Israeli official that tied E-1 announcement to Obama’s refusal to confirm 2004 Bush-Sharon letter.

By Chemi Shalev |Dec 3, 2012 |11:36 PM

• U.S. and Israel need mutual diplomacy, not recriminations  
  By Daniel Kurtzer | 5
• White House: U.S. calls on Israel to reconsider settlement plan in E-1  
  By Barak Ravid | 15 
• Netanyahu aides: Israel will not cancel settlement expansion plans  
  By Barak Ravid | 23 

The Daily Star

RPT-UPDATE 5-Israel, Woodside strike gas deal, a blow for Gazprom Reuters  - ‎1 hour ago‎ Production target is 2016 for Israeli gas market. By Jane Wardell and Ari Rabinovitch. SYDNEY/JERUSALEM, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Australia's Woodside Petroleum said it would buy a 30 percent stake in Israel's Leviathan natural gas field, dealing a blow to ...

Cyprus offers mediation between Lebanon, Israel to solve undersea oil, gas ... Washington Post  - ‎5 hours ago‎ BEIRUT - Cyprus has offered to mediate between Lebanon and Israel over a maritime border dispute that is delaying some oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean, a Cypriot official said Monday.

Sky News Australia

Israel Folau expected to be unveiled as NSW Waratahs player on Tuesday ... NEWS.com.au  - ‎1 hour ago‎ Israel Folau is expected to be unveiled today as the Waratahs' 30th and final recruit for the 2013 Super Rugby season and is expected to hit back at the NRL and Parramatta Eels who have portrayed him as greedy and disloyal since he pulled out of ...

Haaretz

Israel's Iron Dome successfully intercepts most rockets Channel News Asia  - ‎13 hours ago‎ Political analyst Dr Ron Pundak said: "The Iron Dome in many ways is a game change, because we suddenly have an answer for something that is a real threat, not to the existence of Israel but to the morale of Israel and for the Israeli feeling of safety ...

The Guardian

Israel seizes $120m in Palestinian tax revenue over UN statehood vote The Guardian  - ‎14 hours ago‎ An Israeli official said Israel was entitled to deduct the sum from a debt of more than $200m (£125m) owed by the PA to the Israel Electric Corporation. But he conceded that the move was in response to the UN vote, and that it could be repeated next month.

Ynetnews

Israel Asked Jordan for Approval to Bomb Syrian WMD Sites The Atlantic  - ‎3 hours ago‎ Anxiety is increasing about the prospect of a desperate Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons against his rapidly proliferating enemies.

AFP	Israel revives plan for 1600 settler homes AFP  - ‎18 minutes ago‎ JERUSALEM - Israel has revived a plan to construct 1,600 new settler homes in the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Ramat Shlomo that raised US objections when it was first announced in 2010, an official said on Monday.

CBS News

Israel Keyes, Alaska barista murder suspect, killed Vermont couple, and maybe ... CBS News  - ‎1 hour ago‎ (CBS/AP) ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Authorities say they are confident that Israel Keyes, the man who committed suicide in his jail cell Sunday after being accused of killing an Alaska barista, also killed a Vermont couple who went missing last year.

Spiegel Online

An Affront from Berlin Israeli-German Relations Strained after Abstention Spiegel Online  - ‎6 hours ago‎ Berlin has distanced itself from Israel with the decision to abstain from voting on enhancing the Palestinians' status in the UN General Assembly.

BBC News

Israeli settlement move risks diplomatic fallout BBC News  - ‎6 hours ago‎ The summoning of Israeli ambassadors to the foreign ministries in London, Paris and Stockholm may be only the opening phase in the diplomatic crisis prompted by Israel's decision to build some 3,000 housing units in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Right call sees Israel on the outer Sydney Morning Herald  - ‎9 hours ago‎ Carr can still recite Hawke's three-part reasoning: Israel was the only democracy in the Middle East; it had been created by the international community through a UN resolution; and while there were 21 Arab countries in the world, there was only one ...

FIRST-PERSON: Israel's plight BP News  - ‎27 minutes ago‎ Pundits opine that the United Nations could move on to other vital concerns, denominations and universities could return firms dealing with Israel to their investment portfolios, and the Arab League could welcome Israel into the regional community of ...

Israel 'eyes Azerbaijan for raid on Iran' UPI.com  - ‎17 minutes ago‎ Iran, aware of the danger of Israeli air raids on several fronts, has been wooing oil-rich Azerbaijan to forestall possible strikes from the north, so far to no avail, however, as relations are badly strained.

The Wire: Royal heir; Syrian weapons; Israel blowback; Egyptian unrest; pope ... San Jose Mercury News 1 hour ago Written by Karl Kahler National editor's pick of the top news stories in the nation and world at this hour: Duchess in hospital, diagnosed with heir to throne.

Israel revives plan for 1600 settler homes in E. Jerusalem Straits Times  - ‎7 minutes ago‎ JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel has revived a plan to construct 1,600 new settler homes in the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Ramat Shlomo that raised US objections when it was first announced in 2010, an official said on Monday.

Israel's latest move has its friends tearing their hair out Telegraph.co.uk (blog)  - ‎10 hours ago‎ Whenever Israel hits the headlines - which tends to be in the context of political controversy rather than, say, world-leading scientific research and innovation - many commentators have an instinct to spring to Israel's defence. Take the recent ...

Israel refuses to back down over settlement construction - live updates The Guardian  - ‎10 hours ago‎ These are good days for British-Israel relations. While the local Jewish community may not be nearly as influential as that in America and much of the British media is extremely critical of Israel, ties between the two countries have rarely been better ...

Israel Not a Priority for Jewish Voters Newsmax.com  - ‎6 hours ago‎ Ronald Kessler reporting from Washington, D.C. - Shattering myths, Jewish voters in the last election cared far more about the economy and healthcare than policies toward Israel, according to a poll released by the pro-Israel organization J Street.

Haaretz

Pricey vacation apartment projects going up along Israel's coast Haaretz 52 minutes ago Written by Amos Harel Vacations, lovely as they are, can break the bank. A hotel, with all its perks, can cost more per week than some of us pay in rent for an entire month.

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DTN News - U.S., CHINA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE: China And U.S. Militaries In Joint Disaster Exercise

DTN News - U.S., CHINA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE: China And U.S. Militaries In Joint Disaster Exercise

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(NSI News Source Info) SINGAPORE - December 2, 2012: The Chinese and U.S. militaries held joint disaster response exercises Nov. 30 as Beijing increases its global reach and Washington continues its “pivot” to the Pacific.

The joint drill, which saw officers from both nations express hopes for closer ties, came amid rising concerns in Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam over China’s territorial claims in disputed seas.

During the mock drills at a Chinese military base on the outskirts of Chengdu, the two sides worked together on computer-generated disaster scenarios in fictionalized countries.

“China and the U.S. are separated by the Pacific Ocean. Our two militaries joining hands ... answers to the aspirations of the two sides,” Tang Fen, of the People’s Liberation Army, told reporters after the two-day exercise finished.

“This plays a very important role in relations between our two nations and two militaries.”

U.S. Maj. Gen. Stephen Lyons said, “If there is a country out there, and inevitably there will be, that will have a natural disaster, and they call for international help, if U.S. forces and Chinese forces respond, then indeed we’ll find ourselves working together in the field.”

Earlier this week, visiting U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus welcomed China to participate in future U.S.-led joint naval exercises and reiterated an invitation made by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta when he visited in September.

“The Chinese side thanks the U.S. side for the invite and will give it positive consideration,” Geng Yansheng, spokesman for the Chinese defense ministry, said in remarks posted on its website Nov. 30.

The U.S. invitation comes as Washington tries to reassure Beijing over its strategic “pivot” to the Pacific, while China is becoming increasingly assertive in territorial disputes with several of its neighbors — with new passports showing its claims causing diplomatic rows this week.

China said Nov. 25 one of its fighter jets had landed on its new aircraft carrier for the first time, a move that extends Beijing’s ability to project military might.

Tensions between China and Japan, a U.S. ally, have risen dramatically in recent months over islands in the East China Sea that Beijing claims and calls the Diaoyus and Tokyo, which administers them, names the Senkakus.

Beijing is locked in similar rows with Vietnam and the Philippines over disputed territory in the South China Sea.

At a key Communist Party congress earlier this month, outgoing President Hu Jintao urged China to push forward fast-paced military modernization and set the goal of becoming a “maritime power.”

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