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Six men attacked 22-year-old Shalev Ben Yakar outside a Golders Green hotel after hearing him speak Hebrew on the phone, he told British media and police.
The motion, which was rejected by a vote of 131-61, called for recognizing a Palestinian state on the condition that Hamas release all Israeli hostages.
Separately, the Swiss House of Representatives rejects motion to recognize “Palestine” by 131-61.
Spanish diplomats based in Israel have refused to relocate to the P.A. city, citing safety and convenience concerns, according to Spanish media.
“The embassy was secured immediately,” said Matthew Miller, U.S. State Department spokesman.
Hezbollah said the meeting focused on “the latest political and security developments in the region, particularly on the Gaza and Lebanon fronts.”
“Numerous leaders and governments, including in the region, have endorsed this plan,” U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said of Biden’s proposal.
The region is thus facing a complex reality, in which the “New Middle East”—utilitarian, economic, pragmatic—is severely challenged by the “Old”—ideological, political, totalitarian.
Tehran said it will react if the resolution passes at this week’s Board of Governors meeting in Vienna.
Israel’s conduct in the “genocidal war” against Hamas in Gaza “is an attack on the very foundations of the international legal order,” states the application.
The riot was at least the third such incident in the past 10 days, after a senior Iran-backed militia official called to “boycott and expel” U.S. brands.
Saved from the Nazi gas chambers during the Holocaust, the community was reborn in the nascent state of Israel.
The seven countries called on Hamas to accept the deal and for a two state solution.
