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From: Terje Rod-Larsen <1 To: "IJeevacation@gmaitcomm <Jeevacation@gmail.com> Subject: Fw: The Media Line MidEast Daily Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:45:04 +0000 From: medialine@list.themedialine.org <medialine@list.themedialine.org> To: MEDaily@list.themedialine.org <MEDaily@list.themedialine.org> Sent: Tue Jul 12 04:21:07 2011 Subject: The Media Line MidEast Daily ;`,YouTu ;`,Twit Gtacebo be ter ok U.S. Protests Attack on Damascus Embassy Archives I Blogs U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad no longer has legitimacy" as a leader interested in reform as Washington formally protested Lead Story in Context an attack on its embassy in Damascus. Protesters smashed Issue: Israel's Jewish Identity. What windows at the embassy and raised a Syrian flag on the Does it Mean? compound on Monday and they also tried to force their way into the French embassy building. Others attempted to break into the residence of U.S. ambassador Robert Ford. The MidEast Week protests, presumed to have been organized by the Al-Assad government, came after visits by the U.S. and French PA: Made "Generous' Offer; Israel: ambassadors last week to the opposition stronghold of Hama. 'Bring it to the Table" Clinton's comments were the strongest public criticism yet by a senior U.S. official. A French Foreign Ministry official said the Syrian authorities had done nothing to stop the assault on its ; 21 embassy. ROI's Social G. Entrepreneurs Create and Connect Egyptian Gas Pipeline Attacked Again Sharanksy: The supply of Egyptian natural gas to Israel and Jordan was Gv Palestinians Can halted for a fourth time this year, after an attack on the pipeline Learn from Jewish Monday night. Masked gunman reportedly blew up part of the Agency gas terminal at El Arish in the Sinai. The assailants reportedly threatened the guards and forced them to flee, after which Shahak: Israeli Peace witnesses said they heard a large explosion followed by a fire Gr Initiative Needed Now that could be seen 20 kilometers away. This attack is the second is a little over a week and came just after authorities had completed repairs from the previous strike. The repeated attacks have forced Israel to use other, more expensive fuels to power its generating plants while Jordan has been forced to The Universties of ration electricity. Jordan depends on Egyptian gas to generate Tomorrow 80% of its electricity, while Israel gets 40% of its natural gas from its neighbor. EFTA00640487  More Video Italy Calls for Accord to Libya Conflict Amid Allied Rifts Arabic Moves to Dominate Facebook Italy called on Tuesday for a political solution to the war in Libya that would see Muammar Gaddafi "leaving the stage,' another signs of the growing rifts between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies over how to aid rebels in Gospel's missing link their fight against strongman Muammar Al-Qaddafi. Italian found? Foreign Minister Franco Frattini called for a political solution to the deadlocked fighting in Libya after his boss, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, said he never supported the war on Libya while France has complained about the slow pace of efforts to end the crisis. The U.S., meanwhile, warned that some allies Millions Face engaged in the campaign against Al-Qaddafi could see their Drought in the Horn forces "exhausted" within three months. Calls for a diplomatic resolution have grown as rebel fighters have failed to oust Al- Qaddafi after months of fighting. Their advance towards Tripoli stalled on Monday as shelling by forces loyal to Al-Qaddafi Cartoonist Supports killed eight and injured 25. Saudi Women Drivers Israel Passes Law Banning Boycotts Israel's Knesset (parliament) approved a law on Monday More Audio effectively barring citizens from engaging in boycotts against their own country or against Israelis and their communities in the West Bank. Under the controversial law, any person or an organization calling for the boycott of Israel or the settlements can be sued by the boycott's targets even if they cannot prove they sustained damage. The law also says a person or company that declares a boycott of Israel or the settlements will be barred from bidding on government contracts. Before the vote, the Knesset's legal adviser, Eyal Yanon, published an opinion saying parts of the law edge towards "illegality and perhaps beyond," but Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein earlier gave his approval. Rights groups said they would turn to the courts to have the legislation quashed. New from the media line Syrian Opposition Split on Al-Assad's Fate http://www.themedialine.org/news/news detail.asp? NewsID=32674 Israel's Cottage Cheese Revolt: A Flash in the Tub? http://www.themedialine.org/news/news detail.asp? NewsID=32675 Follow Us! 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