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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ed Huang who wrote (4250)	1/31/2004 6:08:33 PM
From: Ed Huang	Respond to of 22250

Israel lauds US, EU objections to world court hearing, Palestinians protest 2 hours, 6 minutes ago JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel welcomed Saturday US and EU opposition to the world court taking up deliberations on the legality of the controversial barrier the Jewish state is building to separate itself from the West Bank. But Palestinian minister Saeb Erakat denounced the US and EU stance, saying that "the United States, Britain and Germany ask the Palestinians not to have recourse to violence, but when the Palestinians have recourse to diplomacy they slam the door on us." ... story.news.yahoo.com

To: Ed Huang who wrote (4250)	2/1/2004 6:18:46 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

The issue does not seem to stop with Mikhail Khodorkovsky alone. There are two others, who have close associations with Isra'El. One is Leonid Nevzlin, a major shareholder in the Russian oil giant YUKOS, who has actually fled to Isra'El to avoid charges of tax fraud and embezzlement in Russia. The businessman, who has a Jewish grandparent, applied for Israeli citizenship and received it. The other is Platon Lebedev, one of Russia's richest men, is already facing three charges, including theft of state property during a 1994 privatisation deal, and is currently in custody.