Cameron gets tough on Israel with export review August 4, 2014 Prime Minister David Cameron has toughened his stance on Israel in the wake of a number of attacks that hit UN-run schools in Gaza. Israel accuses Hamas of placing Palestinians in harm’s way. The UN relief and works agency has twice found rockets hidden in its Gaza schools. Yet criticism of Israel’s tactics has heightened [...]
New York Report: World affairs rock markets July 21, 2014 US stocks slipped yesterday as investors remained cautious about instability in Ukraine and Gaza, though the three major indexes ended well off their lows, a sign that some appetite for riskier assets remained. The S&P 500 fell as much as 0.6 per cent, though it closed right above its 14-day moving average, suggesting buyers were [...]
British Airways continues Israel flights as US and European airlines suspend operations July 23, 2014 British Airways is one of the only major European airlines still flying into the Israeli airport Ben Gurion in Tel Aviv. A number of major US and European carriers have suspended flights to the country after rockets from Gaza were fired closed to the airport raising safety concerns. BA’s twice daily flights to the destination [...]
Wall St The Week Ahead: US markets rebounding July 21, 2014 VOLATILITY spiked last week after the tragedy of a downed civilian jetliner in Ukraine and the mounting death toll in Gaza and Israel interrupted the summer trading slumber. Still, the bears may have to wait a while to call the start of a correction. Uncertainly took over Wall Street Thursday as investors fled stocks, giving [...]
Foreign Office minister Mark Simmonds quits government after resigning in reshuffle August 11, 2014 Junior Foreign Office minister Mark Simmonds has resigned from government, the second minister in the department to do so in less than a week after Baroness Warsi quit last Tuesday. No 10 said Simmonds’ departure had been agreed during the reshuffle and is unrelated to Warsi’s resignation over Gaza. Simmonds remained in the post after [...]
Ride a black swan? WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell adds Russian crisis to his list August 26, 2014 The Sochi Winter Olympics in February were a key turning point in the West’s deteriorating relationship with Russia, says WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell who now lists the Russian crisis as the most threatening of his unknown unknowns – or “black swans” – supplanting the Eurozone debt crisis. “I think we made a mistake [...]
Israel flights under review July 23, 2014 NUMEROUS airlines in the US and Europe have cancelled flights to Israel as a result of the conflict in Gaza, after a rocket landed just a mile away from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. In the UK, easyJet suspended yesterday’s flights to Tel Aviv and said it would review its operations on a day-by-day [...]
US extends flight ban to Israel for another 24 hours July 23, 2014 The United States has renewed its ban on airlines flying to Tel Aviv for a further 24 hours, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. A host of major US and European carriers suspended flights to Ben Gurion airport in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Tuesday, after a rocket strike on Tuesday is reported to [...]
Sport Comment: Not all of Gazza’s old pals have fled – but now it’s down to him October 30, 2014 by Bill Bradshaw Walking towards City A.M.’s office the other day I saw a poster plastered across one of those new hydrogen-powered buses: “Help London Rebuild Gaza!” it pleaded. I did a double-take. It was advertising an event at the Troxy theatre in aid of the crisis-hit region but – for a moment – I [...]
Clegg calls for Israel arms exports ban as Warsi resigns August 5, 2014 DEPUTY Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called on the government to ban all arms exports to Israel amid concern that a 72-hour ceasefire agreed by Hamas and the Israeli government yesterday could break down at any time. Clegg was joined in his call to stop all UK exports of military equipment and arms to Israel [...]