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Weekend Round Up

By Jspace Staff on 3/18/2012 at 10:37 AM

Categories: Politics, Israel, Middle East

Weekend Round Up

27 people killed and 97 wounded by car bombs in the Syrian capital [Debka] Nazi criminal Demjanjuk is dead at 91 [Haaretz] Turkish President Abdullah Gul meets Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal [Ynet] US Congressional leaders propose extension of loan guarantees for Israel [JTA] Saudi Arabia is army Syrian rebels against Assad, according to a senior diplomat [Jpost] …More

Turkish President shuns event attended by Israel's Defense Minister

From Haaretz on 12/10/2011 at 4:34 PM

Categories: Israel, Politics

Turkish President shuns event attended by Israel's Defense Minister

Turkish President Abduallah Gul skipped a lunch attended by Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Saturday at an international conference held in Vienna, Austria. Officials at Gul's office said that the president found out that Barak would be attending the event, held as part of the Fourth Edition of the World Policy Conference, and decided not to attend. The officials added that they received the list of participants on Thursday evening, despite asking to review it earlier. Instead of attending the lunch, the …More