Enough is enough

Regev repeated Israel's refusal to include areas it annexed to Jerusalem as part of any accommodation of Obama's calls for "restraint" in West Bank settlement growth:” Prime Minister Netanyahu, in order to get the peace process back on track, is willing to adopt the policy of the greatest possible restraint concerning growth in the West Bank -- but this applies to the West Bank," Regev said.” Jerusalem is Israel's capital and will remain as such," he said, stating an Israeli position not recognized by world powers and contested by Palestinians who want to establish a state with Jerusalem as its capital. U.S. Over. "In Tripoli, the Libyan organizers said the Am althea would not obey an Israeli order to leave the area on Tuesday night.” The ship is still heading to Gaza and there has been no decision to change course," Youssef Sawani, Executive Director of the Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation, which organized the aid ship, told Reuters by telephone. Israel’s handling of attempts by pro-Palestinian activists to break the Gaza blockade -- and the blockade itself -- have been under intense international scrutiny since naval commandos killed nine Turks in the botched May 31 boarding of an aid ship. ROUTE A RUSE? The Am althea set sail from Greece on Saturday on a voyage that would normally see it arrive in Gaza by Wednesday. LABOUR REVOLT More than 150 MPs, many of them from the Labour Party, have signed a motion opposing the partial sale of the company, which traces its history back to the 16th century. Labour has a working majority of 63 in the Commons so is likely to depend on support from the Conservatives to pass the legislation. The plan has aroused strong passions across the country, where Royal Mail's red vans and postboxes have long been part of the landscape. The government says Royal Mail must deal with its pension fund deficit and modernize or it will run out of money to provide its current level of service. Opponents fear the sale could spell the end of "universal service" -- Royal Mail's commitment to deliver mail for the same price to all parts of the country, including remote rural areas -- and be the first step to full privatization. One union leader has threatened a strike over the plan, fearing it will mean job losses among Royal Mail's 160,000 workforces. The row is a new headache for Brown, whose party has fallen well behind the Conservatives in the opinion polls as the country slumps into recession. Heads of state at a summit in Swaziland were also reviewing an $8.5 billion economic recovery plan for Zimbabwe and agreed to urge Western states to end sanctions on the country. Madagascar’s former President Marc Ravalomanana, who quit under pressure from the military after it backed his young rival Andry Rajoelina, briefed SADC leaders on the political crisis. Delegates at foreign ministers' meeting Sunday, which was to make proposals for the summit, suggested Madagascar could be suspended from the SADC and called for early elections. The SADC stance would further isolate Rajoelina, a 34-year-old former disc jockey who took power in a move that was condemned as a coup by the international community.” This unconstitutional takeover of power by the de facto regime in Madagascar violates the basic principles, protocols and treaties of SADC and is therefore not acceptable," Swazi King Mswati III said as he opening the summit. The African Union suspended the Indian Ocean Island on March 20 and told the new administration to hold an election within six months as provided for by the constitution. Rajoelina, who has set a 24-month transition, remains defiant.