President Obama's Tries To Limit EU Anger Over NSA Spying Claims

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President Obama's Tries To Limit EU Anger Over NSA Spying Claims

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*Barack Obama Seeks To Limit EU Fallout Over US Spying Claims -- The Guardian* President says NSA will assess espionage allegations as France and Germany demand answers and warn of delay to trade talks. Barack Obama has sought to limit the damage from the growing transatlantic espionage row after Germany and France denounced the major snooping activities of US agencies and warned of a possible delay in the launch next week of ambitious free-trade talks between Europe and the US. The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and French president, François Hollande, demanded quick explana... more »

Israel low in global popularity ranking

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A poll released Tuesday by the BBC confirms Israel remains one of the world’s least popular countries, with more than half of those surveyed identifying its influence as “mainly negative.” Only North Korea, Pakistan and Iran fared worse.

Fifty-two percent of respondents view Israel in a negative light; 21% rated it in positive terms, placing it far behind China’s 42% and Russia’s 30%

Read More: http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-near-bottom-of-global-popularity-ranking/

Former senior European officials warn of ‘dying’ peace process

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A group of former senior European officials have called on European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to change the EU policy on Middle East peace in favor of a more aggressive approach.

In a letter to Ashton obtained by Maariv, the former officials — who include Ashton’s predecessor Javier Solana, former Italian prime minister Giuliano Amato, former French prime minister Lionel Jospin, and former EU Middle East envoy Miguel Moratinos — call on the EU to demand a full moratorium on Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank and to redefine Israel as an occupying state, legally responsible for everything that happens in the West Bank.

Read More: http://www.timesofisrael.com/former-senior-european-officials-warn-of-dying-peace-process/