23.01.2012                      28.Tewet. 5772

Abgesagt:

British Jews cancel meeting with Abbas in wake of pressure from Netanyahu

Palestinian President Abbas is meeting with Jewish leaders around the world to increase pressure on Netanyahu's government to move ahead with peace talks.

Jewish community leaders in Britain canceled a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during his visit to London last week after Israel pressured them to do so, according to two senior Israeli officials.
The officials said representatives from the Prime Minister's Office and the Israeli Embassy in London had pushed for the meeting to be called off, while the British government sought to convince the Jewish leaders to hold the meeting….