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Abbas, “I sit here today offering the out- ference to advance peace efforts. He added that Palestinians would step stretched hand,” and noted that American “We call for the convening of an interna- up efforts for full membership at the Unit- At Security Council, Haley Tells negotiators were sitting right behind her, tional peace conference in mid-2018, based ed Nations. Abbas: ‘I Will Not Shut Up’ referring to White House senior adviser on international law and relevant U.N. reso- (Algemeiner) U.S. Ambassador to the Jared Kushner and Middle East envoy Jason lutions, with broad international participa- Communications Director to Turn U.N. Nikki Haley upbraided Palestinian Au- Greenblatt, both of whom attended the Se- tion including the two concerned parties, State’s Witness Against Netanyahu thority President Mahmoud Abbas at the curity Council session. and the regional and international stake- (JNS) Israel’s Ministry of Communica- U.N. Security Council this week, saying, “I holders,” Abbas said in a 30-minute-long tions Director-General Shlomo Filber, a will not shut up,” and vowing American Iranian Official Threatens speech to the U.N. Security Council. longtime associate of Prime Minister Ben- recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital Netanyahu: ‘We Will Level Tel Aviv’ Abbas’s speech comes amid ongoing jamin Netanyahu, signed a deal this week “will not change.” (JNS) An Iranian offi cial has warned that tensions between the Palestinians and to become a state’s witness in a growing Haley spoke following a lengthy speech Tel Aviv will be “leveled to the ground” if Washington, with Abbas stating that he no corruption investigation involving the Is- by Abbas in which he denounced the U.S. Israel attacks the Islamic republic, adding longer considers the United States to be an raeli premier. Jerusalem move as a violation of interna- that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Net- “honest broker” in Mideast peace and call- Filber is expected to testify in what is tional law and demanded it be suspended. anyahu would be personally targeted. ing for an alternative to the U.S.-led process. being dubbed “Case 4000,” in which Netan- “You don’t have to like that decision,” The threats come following an ex- The P.A. leader also took aim at the yahu told him to provide regulatory bene- Haley said, addressing Abbas, who was ab- change from the podium at the Munich Se- Trump administration’s threats to cut off fi ts to the Bezeq telephone company in ex- sent from the chamber, “but know this, curity Conference between Netanyahu and aid to the Palestinians. He additionally cit- change for positive coverage of Netanyahu that decision will not change.” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad ed the administration’s decision to slash and his family from the Walla news site. She emphasized that the U.S. had a right Zarif. funding for UNRWA—the U.N. agency in Walla and Bezeq are both owned by Shaul to make its own decisions on the location Netanyahu called out Iran while wav- ing a piece of wreckage from a drone Israel shot down over its airspace on February 10. OUR 60th YEAR Netanyahu rhetorically asked, “Mr. Zarif, do you recognize this? You should, it’s yours. You can take back with you a message to PASSOVER 2018 the tyrants of Tehran—do not test Israel’s resolve!” Zarif responded at the conference that 6 Spectacular Pesach Destinations Netanyahu’s display was a “cartoonish cir- cus” and said it “doesn’t deserve the digni- PHOENIX, ARIZONA BOCA RATON, FLORIDA RYE BROOK, NEW YORK ty of a response.” Arizona Boca Raton Hilton Biltmore Resort & Club Westchester CONTINUED ON P.