„Asked by reporters on Tuesday about the North Korean delay, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said it was up to Kim to decide if he wants to talk to the United States. “We continue to be interested in finding a way to get to dialogue but that’s up to him,” Tillerson told reporters. „

Moon, in a televised speech Tuesday on the anniversary of the end of World War II and the Korean Peninsula’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule, said that Seoul and Washington agree that the crisis over the North’s nuclear program should “absolutely be solved peacefully,” and that no U.S. military action on the Korean Peninsula could be taken without Seoul’s consent.

(28.6.2017) On 22 June, Yediot Achronot’s chief military-security correspondent, Alex Fishman, confirmed the Journal’s report and explored the motivation behind it:

“A not insignificant portion of the Syrian rebels in the Golan have adopted the extreme Salafist ideology of Jabhat al-Nusra, an offshoot of al-Qaeda…The Israeli view is that the religious extremist views of the Syrian rebels are less relevant [than their capacity to combat Israel’s enemies – Iran and Hezbollah]. Israel believes that what interests them [the rebels] above all is survival; and that it’s possible to buy their loyalty through material aid which helps guarantee their own security.

„The Journal article gives one the impression that Israel doesn’t always examine closely the views of its allies as long as it gets from them a useful security exchange. According to Israel’s perspective, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. And if Jabhat al-Nusra fights against IS in the southern Golan, and each of them in turn fights against Hezbollah and the Syrian army in the Deraa region – all the better.”

(1.12.2014) 5. In view of the heavy fighting, which was approaching close to the UNDOF headquarters at Camp Faouar and the mission’s positions in the central part of the area of separation, the Force Commander briefed both parties early in September on the Force’s plans to relocate its personnel and assets should the Nusra Front or other extremist fighters who posed a clear threat to the mission endanger the safety and security of the United Nations personnel. It should be noted here that from information posted on social media as well as in the course of its efforts to secure the release of the peacekeepers, the United Nations learned that its personnel had been taken and held by members of the Nusra Front. There were indications that the Nusra Front intended to detain additional UNDOF personnel and take from UNDOF more weapons and vehicles as opportunities arose. (…)

12. Crossing of the ceasefire line by civilians, primarily shepherds, was observed on an almost daily basis. On 24 October, United Nations observation post 73 observed 12 IDF soldiers who detained one civilian between the Alpha line and the Israeli technical fence south-east of the observation post and subsequently took him away. IDF informed UNDOF that they released the person within one hour at the same location. On 27 October, position 80 observed two IDF soldiers east of the technical fence returning from the direction of the Alpha line towards the technical fence. UNDOF observed IDF opening the technical fence gate and letting two individuals pass from the Bravo to the Alpha side. Following the evacuation of UNDOF personnel from position 85 on 28 August, UNDOF sporadically observed armed members of the opposition interacting with IDF across the ceasefire line in the vicinity of United Nations position 85.

(4.12.2014) UN troops monitoring the 1974 ceasefire between Israel and Syria have witnessed interactions between members of the Israeli Defence Forces and the Al Nusra Front who have taken over a large part of the Golan Heights.

(2.8.2017) According to the Lebanese-based Al Mayadeen news channel, Russia is building a military base in the area of Quneitra and Dara’a, on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights.

To his credit, Netanyahu was unafraid to openly express his major disagreement with both super powers, after whispering it through quiet diplomatic channels had failed.

It worked. He got the Administration’s attention.

Israel is dissatisfied with the fact that its security interests were not reflected in the draft cease-fire agreement being formulated by the United States and Russia. A senior Israeli official said the delegation was expected to try to persuade senior administration officials that parts of the cease-fire agreement in southern Syria should be amended to include clearer statements about the need to remove Iranian forces, Hezbollah and Shi‘ite militias out of Syria.

„Today, a new chapter in Iran‘s foreign policy has started. Iran considers the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as neither a threat to any country nor surrendering to any power; but rather a win-win and balanced agreement in the path of cooperation and confidence building with the world“.

He also said: „The reason why the new US administration is seeking pretexts to violate their commitments, Iran‘s success in living up to its commitments and defending its rights and US failure are because of greed“.

„Iran has lived up to its commitments and will monitor any violation by other sides of the agreement, responding accordingly to them. Those who are trying to return back to the language of sanction and threatening, are imprisoned in their own past illusions and are depriving themselves of the benefits of peace by making up enemies and promoting fear“.

He also said: „Those who have been speaking about tearing up the JCPOA in recent months are accusing Iran of violating the spirit of the agreement. This is while the last 7 reports by the IAEA have verified that Iran has completely been working within the JCPOA“.

„The world saw in the recent months that it is the United States of America, especially during Trump‘s term of office, which is ignoring international agreements from their commitments in the JCPOA to the Paris Agreement, agreements with Cuba, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), showing the world or even their allies that US is not a good partner and a trustable negotiation party,“ Rouhani added.

He also went on to say: „Throughout is glorious history, the Islamic Republic of Iran has always lived up to its international commitments and will continued to do so, but will defend the rights of the Iranian people against violations and lack of commitment“.

Addressing the new US officials, the president also added: „They must know that it was the failed experience of sanction and imposition that took their previous administrations to the negotiating table and if they are willing to get back to those experiences, Iran will definitely return to a much more advanced state of the pre-negotiations era in a short time; it is just the matter of hours or days“.

„The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is the model for priority of peace and diplomacy over war and unilateralism. Although this is what the Islamic Republic of Iran prefers, it will not be its only choice,“ the President continued.

Then he listened to General Kim Rak Gyom‘s decision on the Strategic Force‘s plan for an enveloping fire at Guam at the command post.

He examined the plan for a long time and discussed it with the commanding officers in real earnest.

He praised the KPA Strategic Force for drawing up a close and careful plan as planned and intended by the Party and examined the firing preparations for power demonstration.

After listening to the commander of the Strategic Force that it is waiting for the order of the Party Central Committee after rounding off the preparations for the enveloping fire at Guam, he said with great satisfaction that the spirit of Hwasong artillerymen is very high and he was freshly determined, seeing by himself the combat preparedness and the sky-high spirit of the Hwasong artillerymen of the large combined unit.

He said that the U.S. imperialists caught the noose around their necks due to their reckless military confrontation racket, adding that he would watch a little more the foolish and stupid conduct of the Yankees spending a hard time of every minute of their miserable lot.

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Nach Gesprächen mit seinen Generälen kündigte Kim an, das Verhalten der USA „ein wenig länger“ beobachten zu wollen, wie es am Dienstag in einem Bericht der staatlichen Nachrichtenagentur KCNA hieß.

Südkorea will seine diplomatischen Anstrengungen ausweiten, um die nordkoreanische Nuklearkrise zu lösen. Ziel sei es, einen Krieg auf der koreanischen Halbinsel zu verhindern.

Dies sagte Staatspräsident Moon Jae-in bei der Feier des 72. Unabhängigkeitstages von der japanischen Kolonialherrschaft am Dienstag.

Die Regierung hat am Dienstag in Seoul eine Zeremonie anlässlich des 72. Unabhängigkeitstags veranstaltet.

Anwesend waren über 3.000 Personen, darunter auch solche, die für die Unabhängigkeit Koreas gekämpft hatten. Die Regierung lud erstmals offiziell zwei Opfer der Sexsklaverei der japanischen Armee zur von ihr veranstalteten Feier zum Unabhängigkeitstag ein.