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Demonstrators protesting outside the UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday, calling for the release of abducted IDF soldiers. (AP)
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Livni: Iran poses greatest threat to world's values
By Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent and the Associated Press

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni warned the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that Iranian leaders pose the biggest threat to international values as they "speak proudly" of their wish to destroy Israel and pursue weapons to achieve that objective.

Speaking at the annual General Assembly session, Livni said that the international community must stand up against Iran, which she claimed is pursuing the weapons to destroy Israel, a reference to its nuclear program.

"There is no greater challenge to our values than that posed by the leaders of Iran," Livni said. "They deny and mock the Holocaust. They speak proudly and openly of their desire to wipe Israel off the map. And now, by their actions, they pursue the weapons to achieve this objective, to imperil the region and to threaten the world."
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She said that Iran's support of Hezbollah militants in south Lebanon showed the threat it poses to the region. The world must now ensure that it enforces the UN Security Council resolution that ended more than a month of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, Livni said.

Livni struck a more conciliatory tone toward the Palestinians, saying that the two did not necessarily have to remain at odds and that the only way to resolve their conflict was at the "bilateral negotiating table."

Quoting former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Livni will told the General Assembly that Israel respects the Palestinians and has no desire to rule over them.

"Israel believes in the vision of two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security," Livni said.

"Last year a distinguished man stood here, Ariel Sharon, who said 'the Palestinians will always be our neighbors. We respect them and we have no ambitions to rule over them. They are deserving of freedom and to establish their own sovereign state.'"

"These words were not the voice and vision of one person," Livni told the General Assembly, "but the voice and vision of a nation."

She added: "in practice, the realization of this shared dream which ties together Israel, moderate Palestinians and the international community, serves the goals and objectives of two nations and serves as a basis for a true and sustainable peace," she will say."

20,000 rally for release of abducted IDF soldiers
More than 20,000 people, including Jewish and Christian groups, took part in a demonstration of solidarity for Israel near UN headquarters in Manhattan on Wednesday.

According to Jewish leaders, the rally, to show support for an immediate release of Israel's kidnapped soldiers, was one of the biggest since the 1970s-era mass demonstrations for the Jews of the Soviet Union.

The scene of the rally, on 47th Street between Second and Third Avenues, was a sea of people, many of whom held signs with pictures of the soldiers. According to the organizers, some 150 buses brought the demonstrators, some of whom had traveled from as far away as California and Nebraska, to the event.

Many participants were members of Christian organizations from across the United States that support Israel.

Livni, who spoke at the rally, told participants that Israel did not need legitimization from anyone, and called for the immediate release of the soldiers.

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, also called for the release of the prisoners, and added a demand that Syria and Iran stop supporting terror.
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  1.   Too Bad 23:42  |  Chris 20/09/06
  2.   WHAT there is some left in NY 00:04  |  CHEEWAWA 21/09/06
  3.   biased 00:18  |  Omar 21/09/06
  4.   Livni`s chutzpah!!! 00:20  |  Mosheh Wolfish 21/09/06
  5.   I want to see the IDF soldiers released... 00:31  |  Mark 21/09/06
  6.   lunatic 00:31  |  ashley 21/09/06
  7.   I wish the soldier will be back soon 00:39  |  mb 21/09/06
  8.   Make that 20,001 00:41  |  Matt 21/09/06
  9.   Too too bad 00:42  |  yup 21/09/06
  10.   Free Them Now 00:46  |  Frank 21/09/06
  11.   That all? 00:50  |  Seanirl 21/09/06
  12.   # 3 01:23  |  very true 21/09/06
  13.   JORDAN IS `pALISTINE! 01:37  |  Jeff 21/09/06
  14.   Mark i am going to need some sources on 01:50  |  Omar 21/09/06
  15.   palestinians prisnors women,and civilians 01:55  |  pele 21/09/06
  16.   Release of 3 and more 01:56  |  kimpeter 21/09/06
  17.   Who cares about Ehud, Eldad, or whoever? 01:57  |  Hannah 21/09/06
  18.   MoshesH Wolfish my response 01:58  |  Omar 21/09/06
  19.   Mouth-opening experience 02:02  |  Hannah 21/09/06
  20.   Livni`s mental capacity in question... 02:13  |  marios polycarpou 21/09/06
  21.   Haaretz blogs 02:18  |  michael E 21/09/06
  22.   Mosheh Wolfish 02:41  |  Avi 21/09/06
  23.   DON`T AWARD PROMISED LAND TO TERRORISTS.STOP ALL NEGOTIATIONS!))) 02:57  |  -VOICE of MOSHIACH)) 21/09/06
  24.   #12, Hannah 02:57  |  Czech Man 21/09/06
  25.   #13 03:04  |  Czech Man 21/09/06
  26.   # 20 03:12  |  Excellent post 21/09/06
  27.   Blah Blah Blah Ms Tzipi Livni 03:33  |  Darwish 21/09/06
  28.   Message of Marios Polycarpou 03:35  |  Isaac 21/09/06
  29.   "Hannah"`s blessed mouth 03:36  |  MI Quacker 21/09/06
  30.   Dear Ms. Livni.Talk is cheap 03:41  |  Baz Mann 21/09/06
  31.   Hannah 04:06  |  Danite 21/09/06
  32.   Hannah from Canada 04:13  |  GR 21/09/06
  33.   NUCLEAR IRAN 04:15  |  Dewey Figtree 21/09/06
  34.   THE UN SHOULD DISARM ISRAEL.... 04:20  |  Dutch 21/09/06
  35.   CHEEWAWA idiot 04:23  |  Dewey Figtree 21/09/06
  36.   Mister Very True #12 your name is an oxymoron 04:53  |  Jabadini 21/09/06
  37.   Pele - 14% of prisoners freed from 93-99 attacked Israel again 04:55  |  Jabadini 21/09/06
  38.   Kimpeter here is a question for you 04:57  |  Jabadini 21/09/06
  39.   THE WILL NEVER BE ISLAMIC OCCUPATION FROM TURKISH BORDER TO CANAL 04:58  |  Like it is. 21/09/06
  40.   Omar the ceasefire was pressure from Bush 05:01  |  Jabadini 21/09/06
  41.   Marios Polycarpou - Irans quest for global domination 05:05  |  Jabadini 21/09/06
  42.   Where is Amira hass now ? 05:12  |  Joseph E . 21/09/06
  43.   Demonstration 05:28  |  Mike 21/09/06
  44.   Re: Omar #3 05:32  |  Greg 21/09/06
  45.   u dondt deserve our support 05:56  |  US citezen 21/09/06
  46.   World`s Threat? 05:59  |  Dave 21/09/06
  47.   Iran was responsible for 9-11 06:13  |  Aldous Huxley 21/09/06
  48.   Cease fire 06:16  |  Mike, NY 21/09/06
  49.   Livni`s cool Haaretz picture and comments 06:18  |  Joseph E . 21/09/06
  50.   Response to CHEWAWA 06:23  |  truth 21/09/06
  51.   Occupied Persia 06:26  |  Parviz 21/09/06
  52.   # 20 marios polycarpou, your IQ test is revealed by your post 06:26  |  Joseph E . 21/09/06
  53.   Israel and Palestinian Muslims? 06:38  |  Parviz 21/09/06
  54.   #19, so called Hannah 06:41  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 21/09/06
  55.   The message # 30 of Dutch 06:46  |  Isaac 21/09/06
  56.   Can we strike Iran before they strike first? 06:48  |  Michael M. 21/09/06
  57.   Dewey Figtree 06:50  |  Brutus 21/09/06
  58.   I gotta Idea 06:50  |  Lev Ha"tove 21/09/06
  59.   Message # 45 of Parviz from Shiraz 06:54  |  Isaac 21/09/06
  60.   #31 Disarm Israel? 06:59  |  Toby 21/09/06
  61.   #31 Disarm Israel? 06:59  |  Toby 21/09/06
  62.   Why Western Countrys Even Waste Their Time Speaking At The UN 07:03  |  The Warrior 21/09/06
  63.   What America really thinks about the Iranian president 07:08  |  MIKE 21/09/06
  64.   To Hannah 07:09  |  Shlomzion 21/09/06
  65.   Iran & Israel were allies 07:29  |  Naheed 21/09/06
  66.   Israel is the greatest threat to world`s values 07:44  |  Dutch 21/09/06
  67.   to #52 07:50  |  Parviz 21/09/06
  68.   Reply to #3 07:51  |  BRL 21/09/06
  69.   To No. 59: Naheed. Iran & Israel 07:57  |  Shlomzion 21/09/06
  70.   #9 08:05  |  jeff 21/09/06
  71.   to #59 naheed 08:10  |  israeli girl 21/09/06
  72.   ahmadinejad doesnt have power in iran 08:22  |  glen