However, a better estimate, based on State Department and Israeli sources put the figure at about 500, 000.

However, Chad has not recognised the State of Israel since former Chadian President François ( Ngarta ) Tombalbaye broke off relations in September 1972 as an act of solidarity with the Palestinians, and other Arabs under Israeli occupation.

However, Eritrea condemned Israeli military action during the 2008 – 2009 Israel – Gaza conflict.

However conflict with the Arab states and the Palestinians, much of whose territory was occupied by Israel during the 1967 war, continues to play a major role in Israeli ( and international ) political, social and economic life.

However, Israel has settled hundreds of thousands of its citizens in various Israeli controlled settlements in the West Bank.

However, Syrian opposition blocked implementation of the 17 May 1983 Lebanese-Israeli accord on the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon.

However, Lebanese resistance groups such as Hezbollah use it to justify attacks against Israeli forces in that region, creating a potentially dangerous flashpoint along the Lebanon-Israeli border.

However, the parties were unable to come to an agreement due to President Bill Clinton's failure to consult with the Syrian President, Hafez al-Assad during the negotiating process, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's backtracking on the issue of the northeastern shore of Lake Tiberias and Syria's nonnegotiable demand that Israel withdraw to the positions it held on 4 June 1967.

However, his allies – as well as Israeli intelligence – confirm that he urged his men throughout the battle to hold their ground and continue fighting.

However, Peres supported Ariel Sharon's military policy of operating the Israeli Defence Forces to thwart suicide bombings.

However, according to Armenian news agencies, the statement released by the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles did not include any mention that Peres hadn't said that the events were not genocide.

However, the Israeli government subsequently left the Islamic waqf in control of the site.

However, in 2000, he denounced Hezbollah's " terrorist attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilian populations ", a position markedly more pro-Israel than that of president Chirac.

However, the impact on the services sector, including the important Israeli tourist industry, was notably negative.

However, Israel was unwilling to concede to that demand and despite initial reports that he indeed was to be released in the October 11th deal between Israel and Hamas, it was soon denied by Israeli sources.

However, he continued to stress that he supported armed resistance to the Israeli occupation, but condemned attacks on civilians inside Israel.

However, children are used as messengers and couriers, and in some cases as fighters and suicide bombers in attacks on Israeli soldiers and civilians.

However, Eritrea condemned Israeli military action during the 2008 – 2009 Israel – Gaza conflict.

However, Cypriot politicians have frequently spoken out against Israeli military raids in the Palestinian territories as well as the 2006 Lebanon War, during which Cyprus was forced to manage a heavy flow of refugees and aid out of and in to Lebanon.

" However, it has been noted that although kibbutzim comprise only 5 % of the Israeli population, surprisingly large numbers of kibbutzniks become teachers, lawyers, doctors, and political leaders.

However, he was generally known to be on the " dovish " side of Israeli politics and was increasingly outspoken after leaving the cabinet.

However Arkia had a contract with the Israeli government, and one of its two Boeing 757 planes had earlier that year flown Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to Washington.

However, there are Israeli Jews who partake in some sort of celebration.

However, many native Israeli Chabad Hasidim pronounce Hebrew according to the Modern Israeli Hebrew dialect.

However, interim President Kabila urged Congolese to vote ' Yes ', saying the constitution is the country's best hope for peace in the future.

However, while it is alleged that the offices of President and Vice President were vacant, Atchison in fact was not next in line.

However, in reality this also would not be true, because of the aforementioned standard of which the claim can be made, making every Vice President an Acting President.

However by Ministerial Resolution No 139-2012 / DE / EP of February 2, 2012 the restoration of the Cavalry Regiment " Marshal Domingo Nieto " as the official escort of the President of the Republic of Peru was announced.

However, its preference on this matter does not appear to be strong enough to prevent the President from signing the Bill.

However, because the constitution still stipulates only that the President leads foreign policy and the government internal policy, the responsibility over European Union affairs is not explicitly resolved.

However, he added that there was no other way but to sit down and strike a deal, calling on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to enter negotiations.

However, in Madero's absence, several landowners from Zapata's state of Morelos had appealed to President de la Barra and the Congress to restore their lands which had been seized by revolutionaries.

However, after a long political career and with a very conservative reputation, in 1989 he placed himself at the head of verligte (" enlightened ") forces within the governing party, with the result that he was elected head of the National Party in February 1989, and finally State President in September 1989 to replace then president P. W.

However, despite these laws, East Timor has many problems with illegally armed militias, including widespread violence in 2006 which resulted in over 100, 000 people being forced from their homes, as well as two separate assassination attempts on the Prime Minister and President in early 2008.

However, due to the stance taken by the United Nations and the Organization of American States on use of military force to depose a president, most countries in the region and in the world continued to recognize Zelaya as the President of Honduras and denounced the actions as an assault on democracy.

However on February 1, 2010, President Barack Obama proposed cancelling the program in Fiscal Year 2011.

However, both the former Prime Minister of Japan, Fukuda Yasuo, and Korean President Lee Myung-bak emphasized the importance of " open a new era in Japan – South Korea relations.

However, although he could not get federal funding for empowerment zones passed during his tenure, by 1992 38 states had created empowerment zones, and in 1994 $ 3. 5 billion was approved for them under President Clinton.

However this degree was awarded by President Roosevelt to some Allied World War II theater commanders usually for joint amphibious landings or invasions.

However forceful actions by the US against apartheid South Africa were diminished under US President Ronald Reagan, as the Reagan administration feared the rise of communist revolution in South Africa as had happened in Zimbabwe against white minority rule.

However, the President of Nigeria is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system.

However the President, unlike a normal head of government, does not form foreign policy, command troops or raise taxes as these are largely outside the remit of the EU.

However, the President is not compelled to act in accordance with the council's advice.

However, it was Hillery's successor, seventh President Mary Robinson, who ultimately revolutionized the presidency.

However in 1982 Thatcher wrote to President Reagan to request the United Kingdom be allowed to procure the Trident II ( Trident D5 ) system, the procurement of which had been accelerated by the US Navy.