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Czech foreign minister 'not happy' with Israeli policies
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent, and Reuters
Tags: Czech Republic, Israel News 

The Czech EU presidency is not happy with some Israeli policies and an EU-Israel summit is unlikely to take place in the next three months, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said on Tuesday.

"We are not happy with some of the steps of the Israeli government, namely construction works close to Jerusalem but also access to Gaza, which is today very limited," daily Lidove Noviny quoted Schwarzenberg as saying. "The new Israeli government has not raised much excitement either."

Schwarzenberg said it was unlikely that the Czech presidency would hold an EU-Israel summit as earlier planned.
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Senior EU officials have sent messages to Benjamin Netanyahu making it clear that a refusal to adopt the "two-state solution" means freezing any upgrade in relations between Israel and Europe.

International trepidation over the incoming government's righward orientation prompted President Shimom Peres to launch a campaign a few days ago whose aim is to convince the world that the "Netanyahu-Lieberman-Barak" government will advance the peace process with the Palestinians.

In a phone call late last week to mark the 30th anniversary of Israeli-Egyptian peace, Peres told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that the agreements signed by Israel contain an obligation to promote a regional peace agreement as well as separate agreements with each of Israel's neighbors. "In addition," Peres said, "the new government will be obligated to honor all of the international agreements that have been signed." Sources close to Peres said yesterday that the president has transmitted similar messages in his talks with foreign leaders, which are expected to continue through Wednesday, when the new government is to be sworn in.

Peres made an official visit to Prague on Monday, where he met with the president, prime minister and foreign minister of the Czech Republic. The Czechs are the current president of the European Union, and according to sources in the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Peres intends to take advantage of his visit to present the coalition agreements to his hosts and to stress the new government's commitment to the peace process.

"It will be one of the main topics of the visit," the source said. In addition, immediately after the swearing-in ceremony for Netanyahu on Wednesday, Peres will launch a media blitz of interviews to the foreign press to explain the policies of the new government.
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  1.   5 million Germans expelled by Chechs from Böhmen must come home 14:04  |  Absolute Sweden 31/03/09
  2.   apples and oranges absolute sweden 14:47  |  fred 31/03/09
  3.   silly demand and comparison 14:51  |  p. 31/03/09
  4.   The Prince of Schwarzenberg 15:31  |  Ardi 31/03/09
  5.   Peres the Propagandist 15:32  |  Yaakov Sullivan 31/03/09
  6.   #3 fred of Stockholm , do not try to mislead 15:46  |  TOMY 31/03/09
  7.   Ardi from Vienna #4 15:50  |  Yaakov Sullivan 31/03/09
  8.   Even the conservative Czech gov`t is not happy 15:52  |  newageblues 31/03/09
  9.   Oh no is the Eu going to say "bad boy"? 16:04  |  jens 31/03/09
  10.   Little Jens from DK,in Aarhus an arab woman was thrown out of a 16:16  |  Absolute Sweden 31/03/09
  11.   "p",a German setting himself in role of an overseer of Jews 16:21  |  Absolute Sweden 31/03/09
  12.   jens from denmark on trembling 16:29  |  Yaakov Sullivan 31/03/09
  13.   Schwarzenberg not happy? 16:29  |  Christopher 31/03/09
  14.   Hey hasbarists, all together now! 16:31  |  Dan Chombone 31/03/09
  15.   position to take 16:37  |  Absolute Dane 31/03/09
  16.   7 Yaakov 16:49  |  Ardi 31/03/09
  17.   and Israel is surely not happy with EU policy and bowing to 17:00  |  BF 31/03/09
  18.   Israelis want more occupation and war... 17:02  |  Ibrahim 31/03/09
  19.   Together with Germany and Italy, the Czech Republic has....... 17:19  |  Swiss (Dino) 31/03/09
  20.   A. Dane,we`re on the same side.My remark 17:37  |  Absolute Sweden 31/03/09
  21.   Fred 2 "native born" American totally ignorant about Middle East 17:52  |  Realist 31/03/09
  22.   Good statement 17:54  |  Al 31/03/09
  23.   Schwarzenberg no longer enjoying the luxury of telling the truth 17:55  |  Realist 31/03/09
  24.   To Swiss (Dino # 19), the "neutral" bigot. 18:06  |  flyingdoc57 31/03/09
  25.   Jews building in the Jewish homeland. What`s the problem? 18:12  |  Bennie 31/03/09
  26.   chombonE 18:21  |  X-RAY 31/03/09
  27.   flyingdoc57 on SwissDino 18:34  |  Yaakov Sullivan 31/03/09
  28.   # 24 "doc", I will start posting on Arab websites..... 18:47  |  Swiss (Dino) 31/03/09
  29.   # 13 christopher 18:55  |  Axel 31/03/09
  30.   # 23 un-realist 18:59  |  Axel 31/03/09
  31.   IL & Government are not here to make EU happy 19:10  |  Emanuel 31/03/09
  32.   absolut sweden was absolutely right 19:10  |  Daniel 31/03/09
  33.   Your Zionist talkback morons must always attack ... 19:11  |  Chanalau, Tova 31/03/09
  34.   The FILTHY LIE of PHONY PEACE 19:13  |  Linda Rivera 31/03/09
  35.   # 11 absolute nonsense 19:32  |  p. 31/03/09
  36.   ChanaLau Tova, what`s eating you baby? 19:37  |  Emanuel 31/03/09
  37.   #25, Bennie, Pals building in their homeland, what`s the problem? 19:47  |  newageblues 31/03/09
  38.   Czech FM not happy? With a face like his I too would not be happy 19:57  |  always happy 31/03/09
  39.   3pee."israel needs to live up to its guilt of ethnical cleansing" 20:04  |  a little curious 31/03/09
  40.   29herr axel speaks to christopher-"You are stupid and American." 20:12  |  some insight 31/03/09
  41.   always happy and his toilets 20:15  |  Yaakov Sullivan 31/03/09
  42.   Tempest in a cup of tea - friends may disagree 20:17  |  17 31/03/09
  43.   silly demand and comparison 20:37  |  canadian 31/03/09
  44.   Dear Czechs 20:49  |  Eli 31/03/09
  45.   # 40 some (?) insight 21:00  |  Axel- 31/03/09
  46.   "Not happy " - a waste of words 21:11  |  David 31/03/09
  47.   The nation which surrendered to Munich wants Israel to follow 21:52  |  Realist 31/03/09
  48.   americans 21:53  |  naomi 31/03/09
  49.   # 27 Yaakov Sullivan, hello and thanks very much !! :) 22:02  |  Swiss (Dino) 31/03/09
  50.   Bar EU money for the Pal`s 22:22  |  Bob 31/03/09
  51.   #1 Absolute Sverige, almost correct 22:28  |  Mark B. 31/03/09
  52.   Dumb Teuton "p",your German "unterschule" in the DDR 22:38  |  Absolute Sweden 31/03/09
  53.   Czech we are not happy either 22:40  |  Peter 31/03/09
  54.   "A little curiouS2 : Germans`ll never forgive Jews for the Ausch 22:42  |  Absolute Sweden 31/03/09
  55.   We are seeing a response to Israel not seen before. 22:43  |  Labhras 31/03/09
  56.   Some weeks ago he was the Etzi`s darling. 22:45  |  Andreas 31/03/09
  57.   Mark B,300.000 is the figure quoted by the Germans 23:00  |  Absolute Sweden 31/03/09
  58.   # 48 your inherent racism 23:21  |  p. 31/03/09
  59.   # 49 andreas 23:37  |  Axel 31/03/09
  60.   # 27 Yaakov Sullivan, hello and thanks very much !!! :) 23:54  |  Swiss (Dino) 31/03/09
  61.   Maybe he`d be happier in the Sudetenland 23:55  |  I 31/03/09
  62.   Swiss Dino 00:33  |  Matthew 01/04/09
  63.   To Realist 00:59  |  Another Realist 01/04/09
  64.   Who asked him? 01:14  |  Son of 2 Jews 01/04/09
  65.   To Swiss (Dino # 28). Why wait? 02:29  |  flyingdoc57 01/04/09
  66.   #25 Interesting analogy, Bennie. 05:41  |  Johnboy 01/04/09
  67.   Czechs are well-known antisemites 10:59  |  Danny 01/04/09
  68.   Realist -Speaking of Nazi Germany 13:36  |  joan 01/04/09
  69.   oh please danny! ANYone who critices israel is an anti-semite?? 14:21  |  kat 01/04/09
  70.   April 1, Worm Alert 16:29  |  *BEN JABO 01/04/09
  71.   The Czechs are antisemites???? 02:00  |  Puregoldj 02/04/09
  72.   re: Dear Czechs 05:12  |  Sam 10/04/09
  73.   Masaryk 05:32  |  Sam 10/04/09
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