Two Israeli envoy sent to Washington in order to prepare the ground for a new round of talks with representatives of the Palestinian Authority. The Prime Minister Binmina Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak will meet with the special U.S. envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, tells the Voice of America.
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Israel still does not exclude the possibility of military strikes against Iran in connection with his refusal to dismantle its nuclear program, said the deputy head of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Danny Ayalon.

Thus he commented the words of President Dmitry Medvedev, who on Sunday in an interview with U.S. television CNN cited his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres. According to Medvedev, the Israeli leader during a recent visit to Sochi said: “Israel is not going to cause any strikes on Iran, we - peace-loving country, and will not do it”.
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First deputy head of Russia’s Minister Viktor Zubkov today begins a two-day visit to our country meet with Israeli President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.

The main objective of the visit is to intensify the work of the intergovernmental commission on trade-economic cooperation, reported RIA Novosti with reference to a source in Russia’s government.
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In the UK, the court refused to issue a warrant for the arrest of the London-Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. The judge said that Barak enjoys diplomatic immunity as a representative of the Israeli government, said Radio Liberty.

To court turned pro-Palestinian activists organizations, who say that Ehud Barak is responsible for war crimes by the Israeli army during an operation in Gaza in January this year. Then, killing about half of thousands of Palestinians. A recent UN investigation found that war crimes were committed by both sides of the conflict.

Russia has expelled an Israeli diplomat. According to FSB, he exceeded his authority, agitating Russians to leave the country. However, the Foreign Ministry of the Jewish state believed that the reason for the expulsion of the diplomat was a spy activity.

Last week, the 58-year-old Polishchuk was detained and interrogated by the FSB. During the meeting, members of Russia’s security service strongly recommended diplomat in the shortest time to leave the country.
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Hamas will provide a video with Corporal Gilad Shalit in exchange for release of 20 Palestinian women from Israeli prisons, according to Associated Press, referring to the Israeli authorities.

Extremist group Hamas management, which controls sector Gaza, agreed to provide a new video of a captured Israeli soldier. Till now the only evidence that he is still alive, were the letters of the prisoner and audio of his voice. In exchange, Israel must release 20 Palestinian women. According to the representatives of Israel, transfer will be on October 2 2009.
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