JERUSALEM — Israel, despite threats to torpedo any Palestinian reconciliation deal, is quietly preparing to accept a Hamas-Fatah government. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not take measures to threaten the proposed unity government of the Palestinian Authority. They said such an assurance has already been relayed to the United States. […]
By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, Global Information System A quiet but intense debate is ongoing within senior circles of the governing Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (Justice and Development Party: AKP) in Turkey over whether or not this is the time to proceed rapidly with the development and acquisition of nuclear weapons. At stake is Turkey’s […]
Officials said the U.S. military was ordered to divert a shipment of smart bunker-buster bombs from Israel to a military base in Diego Garcia. They said the shipment of 387 smart munitions had been slated to join pre-positioned U.S. military equipment in Israel Air Force bases. “This was a political decision,” an official said. In 2008, the United States […]
The Canadian economy is outperforming that of the world’s superpower. The Canadian dollar is stronger than America’s—and its 3.3 percent annual growth last year makes America’s 2.9 percent growth look miserable by comparison. In 2011, the Canadian economy is growing faster than any other G-7 nation. As a result of its small-government, pro-business polices, the […]