Partition plan for Jerusalem
News of the construction freeze was received with shrugs or lip biting. The former Likud rebels have become deputy ministers, and the Likudniks have yet to realize that Netanyahu version 2013 is cruising toward the 1967 lines. 

EU Official Ashton calls to permit Jewish prayer on Temple Mount?
"It is essential that access to the holy sites in Jerusalem for peaceful worship for all denominations is fully respected." --- Statement by the spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on recent developments in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and security Policy and VP of the Commission, issued the following statement today: 

Netanyahu, Putin to meet Tuesday for Syria talks
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to hold talks on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the conflict in Syria, the Kremlin said, amid concerns Moscow plans to deliver advanced missiles to the Damascus regime. "It is expected that major attention will be paid to the current situation in the Middle East, first and foremost in Syria," the Kremlin said in a statement.



Syria says can respond to Israeli actions via Golan
Syria warned that it had the right to act as it wants in the Golan Heights, and declared itself as the owner of the land, Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi was reported as saying Monday by Syrian news agency Sana. Zoubi, addressing a symposium in Damascus Sunday, reportedly blamed Israel for violating international law when it allegedly struck military sites Damascus earlier in May...