American and Israeli counter-terrorism officials claim that Hezbollah has ( or had ) links to Al Qaeda, although Hezbollah's leaders deny these allegations.

The ceremony includes speeches by senior Israeli officials, an artistic presentation, a ritual march of flag-carrying soldiers forming elaborate structures ( such as a Menorah, a Magen David and the number which represents the age of the State of Israel ) and the lighting of twelve beacons ( one for each of the Tribes of Israel ).

Yossef Gutfreund, a wrestling referee, was awakened by a faint scratching noise at the door of Apartment 1, which housed the Israeli coaches and officials.

Israeli hostages Kehat Shorr ( left ) and Andre Spitzer ( right ) talk to German officials during the hostage crisis.

Fencing coach Andre Spitzer, who spoke fluent German, and shooting coach Kehat Shorr, the senior member of the Israeli delegation, had a brief conversation with German officials while standing at the second-floor window of the besieged building, with two kidnappers holding guns on them.

Reeve also writes that while Israeli officials have stated Operation Wrath of God was intended to exact vengeance for the families of the athletes killed in Munich, “ few relatives wanted such a violent reckoning with the Palestinians .” Reeve states the families were instead desperate to know the truth of the events surrounding the Munich massacre.

In 1993, Musharraf personally assisted Benazir Bhutto to have a secret meeting in a Pakistan Embassy at the Washington, D. C. with officials from Mossad and special envoy of Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin.

In the early 1990s, Arafat and leading Fatah officials engaged the Israeli government in a series of secret talks and negotiations that led to the 1993 Oslo Accords.

Some Israeli government officials opined in 2002 that the armed Fatah sub-group al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades commenced attacks towards Israel in order to compete with Hamas.

Israeli officials denied any connection with the recent finds., and Israeli journalist Yossi Melman, who specializes in espionage stories, reported that based on his research Israel did not kill Arafat, claiming that then-Prime Minister Sharon rejected suggestions by the military to do so since the negative publicity would outweigh the advantages.

Khader regularly meets with Settlers and Israeli government officials, and is a strong opponent of the both the concept of Palestinian State and the Palestinian Authority itself.

The Israeli Air Force alleged that the reactor's imminent commissioning was a threat to its security, and pre-emptively bombed the Osirak reactor on 7 June 1981, provoking considerable anger from French officials and the United Nations Security Council.

Over the course of the war, scores of Arab settlements in the new state, mostly small villages, were depopulated due to a variety of often-disputed reasons, including expulsion by Jewish or Israeli troops, fear from attack, or encouragement by the British or Arab officials to leave until the situation had died down ( see Palestinian exodus ).

) Dan Halutz and other six other senior Israeli political and military officials by pro-Palestinian organizations, who sought to prosecute them in Spain under the principle of universal jurisdiction.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly criticized the decision, and Israeli officials refused to provide information requested by the Spanish court.

The Israelis denied responsibility, making diplomats and other officials believe that Israeli settlers or a local kibbutz had carried out the raid on their own initiative.

" In 1988, Egyptian authorities charged him with organizing and financing the killing of two Israeli officials.

It was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of eleven Israeli athletes and officials, and the fatal shooting of a West German policeman, during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, their most publicized event.

In 2004, Israeli officials met with Kurdish political leaders.

Israeli officials, angered by a meeting between Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz and the Iranian president, recalled its ambassador to Switzerland, Ilan Elgar " for consultations " amid ongoing controversy over an anti-racism conference being held in Geneva.

High-level visits between the two countries were cancelled, visa restrictions imposed for Israeli officials, and an expected visit to New Zealand by Israeli president Moshe Katsav was cancelled.

In 2003, the Israeli government issued a plan for total withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and part of the northern West Bank by late 2005.

With regard to the Israeli – Palestinian conflict, Saudi Arabia believes it is " an Arab and Islamic duty " to support the Palestinian cause and it " has issued numerous statements condemning Israeli aggressions against the Palestinian people and against the holy sites ".

Following the March 1977 meeting between Rabin and U. S. President Jimmy Carter, Rabin publicly announced that the U. S. supported the Israeli idea of defensible borders ; Carter then issued a clarification.

In 1995 the Israeli Postal Authority issued a commemorative Rabin stamp.

A Palestinian passport issued to Ramallah residents was not valid unless the serial number was registered with the Israeli authorities, who controlled border crossings.

" Although Peres himself did not retract the statement, the Israeli Foreign Ministry later issued a cable to its missions which stated that the " The minister absolutely did not say, as the Turkish news agency alleged, “ What the Armenians underwent was a tragedy, not a genocide "".

In December 1972, Meinhof, who was awaiting trial, was called to testify at Horst Mahler's trial where Mahler questioned her about the statement of support the two had issued for the September 1972 massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics.

Israeli citizens are admitted into North Korea with Israeli passports, but like other foreign visitors they are asked to deposit their passport with the local authorities and use specially issued local documents for tourists.

In October 1948, as the 1948 Arab – Israeli War was in progress, Pope Pius XII, deeply disturbed by that violent conflict, issued the encyclical " In Multiplicibus Curis ", in which he called on the peace-makers to give Jerusalem and its outskirts " an international character " and to assure-" with international guarantees "-freedom of access and worship at the holy places scattered throughout Palestine.

According to the licensing service for a private carry permit, a permit may be issued to a legal resident over the age of 21, that is working or living in dangerous zones defined by the Ministry ; an individual who works in specific professions listed by the Ministry or individuals who served in the Israeli Defense Force or other military agencies, at the rank of Captain or equivalent ( currently serving in the standing army or reserves ), retired officers at a rank of Lt.

Operating under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress in Israel, the Israel Council on Foreign Relations has since its inception in 1989 hosted heads of state, prime ministers, foreign ministers and other distinguished visitors to Israel and has issued several publications on Israeli foreign policy and international affairs, including its tri-annual foreign policy journal, the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs.

Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar addressing a meeting of the World Jewish Congress in Jerusalem, September 2010In July 2011, Olympic news outlet Around the Rings reported that World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder had issued a statement urging IOC officials to ban Iran from participating in the Olympic Games, citing Iranian athletes ' refusal to compete against Israeli athletes.

These 642 tenders were part of the 1, 577 tenders planned in 2011 by the Israeli government, a number that was higher than in any year since Ariel Sharon's government issued 1, 917 in 2003.

The Israeli Civil Administration has so far issued 39 Demolition Orders against the houses and structures of the village, including the medical center, an internationally-funded kindergarten, the houses, and the village mosque.

In August 2010 it issued a memorandum to the White House warning of an imminent Israeli attack on Iran.

It is the standard issued weapon of the Israeli infantry.

The MTAR-21 ( Micro Tavor ) was recently selected as the future assault rifle of the Israeli Defense Forces, and some infantry division are being issued with the rifle, replacing the bigger and standard TAR-21.

The hostage-takers soon issued demands for the release of 23 Palestinian militants from Israeli prisons, or else they would kill the students.

During the 2009 Israeli attacks on the Gaza strip CNI issued a statement comparing the attacks to the 1960 Sharpeville massacre where the South African apartheid regime killed 69 protesters, leading eventually to sanctions against the regime.

The Soviet Union issued him an Israeli visa to do so, but soon after the pair came to the United States.

However, in 2001, the Israeli government, through the Israel Postal Authority, issued a special memorial sheet honoring him and many other Karaite Jews that gave their lives for Israel.

U. N. Security Council Resolution 425 was issued five days after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon on March 14, 1978, in what was referred to as Operation Litani.