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Bush commits US to defence of Israel in face of Iran threat
By Julian Borger
The Guaridan
George Bush yesterday committed the US to the defence of Israel against threats from Iran, saying he would not allow the world to be “blackmailed” by an Iranian nuclear weapon.
The US president’s warning, issued in an exchange with students in Kansas, came at a tense time in relations with Iran, after Tehran vowed to restart nuclear research. The US is leading a diplomatic attempt to persuade other countries to refer Iran to the UN security council for failure to cooperate with United Nations inspectors. Tehran insists it is interested only in a civilian nuclear energy programme, and has threatened to return to full-scale production of nuclear fuel if it is referred to the UN.
“I am deeply concerned about Iran, as should a lot of people be concerned about Iran. I am concerned when the country of Iran’s president announces his desire to see that Israel gets destroyed,” Mr Bush said, referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s threat to “wipe Israel off the map”.
He added: “Israel’s our ally. We’re committed to the safety of Israel, and it’s a commitment we will keep.
Court: State can’t take East Jerusalem lands abandoned in 1967 war
?By Yuval Yoaz
Haaretz Correspondent
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The Tel Aviv District Court issued on Monday a groundbreaking ruling stating that the Absentee Property Law could not be applied to West Bank lands abandoned by Palestinians during the 1967 Six Day War.
The ruling joins General Attorney Menachem Mazuz’s February 2005 ruling which rescinded a government decision to apply the law to property in East Jerusalem which is owned by Palestinians who live elsewhere in the West Bank.
Monday’s ruling, handed by judge Boaz Okun, holds that the state could not declare Palestinian land which was abandoned following the 1967 war as “land under Israel’s effective sovereignty.”
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