Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
To our Christian friends around the world, Merry Christmas.
Christmas is supposed to be a time of good will to all men & peace on Earth. Well, we don’t have peace on Earth, not in our part anyway & we certainly don’t see good will to all men. pic.twitter.com/dBs5JKXq9Z
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) December 24, 2023
Day: December 24, 2023
Do Netanyahu, Mossad, and Israel investigate the Putin’s role and possible complicity in the Wagner – Hamas Attack of October 7, 2023? – Google Search https://t.co/vMpHXPKs5X pic.twitter.com/7ZTivZJ0gy
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) December 24, 2023
CHISINAU — Moldova’s pro-European President Maia Sandu said on Sunday she intends to run for a second presidential term in late 2024 to bring the issue of the country’s European integration to its logical conclusion.
“We still have important steps to take and I pledge to continue, if you will give me your trust for a new term,” Sandu said in a statement published on the presidential website.
Sandu, a former World Bank economist who favors closer ties with the European Union, defeated the pro-Moscow incumbent Igor Dodon in a run-off vote in December 2020.
The presidential elections are due to be held in November-December 2024, with the exact date to be determined by parliament.
Integration with the EU is one of Sandu’s goals, with Brussels announcing earlier this month the start of accession talks with Chisinau.
“Our future is in the European family and we need to say clearly – the whole country – which path we choose for Moldova. I call on parliament to initiate a referendum next autumn, in which the voice of the citizens will be decisive,” she said.
Sandu has denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and accused Moscow of plotting a coup to oust her.
RABAT — Thousands of protesters staged one of the largest pro-Palestinian marches Sunday in Rabat since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, demanding an end to Morocco’s ties with Israel.
Protests of Israel’s war in Gaza have repeatedly drawn thousands of people in Morocco since the conflict began more than two months ago, mostly led by pan-Arab and Islamist groups.
Sunday’s march was co-organized by leftist groups and the outlawed but tolerated Adl wal Ihsan Islamists.
Most of the 10,000 protesters appeared to be Islamists with men marching separately from women, waving Palestinian flags and holding placards reading “resistance till victory,” “stop Moroccan government normalization with Israel” and “free Palestine.”
Morocco agreed to strengthen ties with Israel in 2020, under a deal brokered by the U.S. administration under then President Donald Trump that also included Washington recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
Protesters in Sunday’s march also called for a boycott of brands they accuse of supporting Israel.
Israel vowed to annihilate Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, after Hamas militants burst across the border fence on Oct. 7 and went on a rampage through Israeli towns, killing 1,200 people and seizing 240 hostages.
Since then, Gaza’s health authorities say more than 20,000 people have been confirmed killed in Israeli strikes and a ground offensive, with thousands more missing and presumed dead under the rubble.
Despite their policy of normalizing ties with Israel, Moroccan authorities have continued to back the creation of a Palestinian state and have urged a cease-fire in Gaza and the protection of all civilians there.
Although Morocco and Israel have not yet completed the process of setting up full embassies in each other’s countries as they agreed, they have moved closer together, signing a defense cooperation pact.
CHISINAU — Moldova’s pro-European President Maia Sandu said on Sunday she intends to run for a second presidential term in late 2024 to bring the issue of the country’s European integration to its logical conclusion.
“We still have important steps to take and I pledge to continue, if you will give me your trust for a new term,” Sandu said in a statement published on the presidential website.
Sandu, a former World Bank economist who favors closer ties with the European Union, defeated the pro-Moscow incumbent Igor Dodon in a run-off vote in December 2020.
The presidential elections are due to be held in November-December 2024, with the exact date to be determined by parliament.
Integration with the EU is one of Sandu’s goals, with Brussels announcing earlier this month the start of accession talks with Chisinau.
“Our future is in the European family and we need to say clearly – the whole country – which path we choose for Moldova. I call on parliament to initiate a referendum next autumn, in which the voice of the citizens will be decisive,” she said.
Sandu has denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and accused Moscow of plotting a coup to oust her.
RABAT — Thousands of protesters staged one of the largest pro-Palestinian marches Sunday in Rabat since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, demanding an end to Morocco’s ties with Israel.
Protests of Israel’s war in Gaza have repeatedly drawn thousands of people in Morocco since the conflict began more than two months ago, mostly led by pan-Arab and Islamist groups.
Sunday’s march was co-organized by leftist groups and the outlawed but tolerated Adl wal Ihsan Islamists.
Most of the 10,000 protesters appeared to be Islamists with men marching separately from women, waving Palestinian flags and holding placards reading “resistance till victory,” “stop Moroccan government normalization with Israel” and “free Palestine.”
Morocco agreed to strengthen ties with Israel in 2020, under a deal brokered by the U.S. administration under then President Donald Trump that also included Washington recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
Protesters in Sunday’s march also called for a boycott of brands they accuse of supporting Israel.
Israel vowed to annihilate Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, after Hamas militants burst across the border fence on Oct. 7 and went on a rampage through Israeli towns, killing 1,200 people and seizing 240 hostages.
Since then, Gaza’s health authorities say more than 20,000 people have been confirmed killed in Israeli strikes and a ground offensive, with thousands more missing and presumed dead under the rubble.
Despite their policy of normalizing ties with Israel, Moroccan authorities have continued to back the creation of a Palestinian state and have urged a cease-fire in Gaza and the protection of all civilians there.
Although Morocco and Israel have not yet completed the process of setting up full embassies in each other’s countries as they agreed, they have moved closer together, signing a defense cooperation pact.