Latest news from BICOM http://www.bicom.org.uk/news A report in the New York Times earlier this week quoted a top US nuclear physicist as saying that Iran now possessed sufficient nuclear material to assemble a primitive nuclear… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5402 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5402 Tensions between Jewish settlers and Israeli security forces in Hebron are running high at the moment, following a High Court decision to order the evacuation of settlers from a disputed… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5400 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5400 President Shimon Peres yesterday received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II, at Buckingham Palace. President Peres was awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St.… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5398 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5398 Mr. SpeakerLord Speaker Distinguished lords, members of Parliament, Ladies and Gentlemen,While addressing the Israeli Knesset, Prime Minister Gordon Brown shared with us a story of his father.… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5390 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5390 VISIT BY PRESIDENT OF STATE OF ISRAEL SHIMON PERES TO A JOINT MEETING OF BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION WEDNESDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2008    MARTIN LINTON MP Thank you first of all… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5386 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5386 As Israeli political parties prepare to launch their election campaigns, current polls are suggesting a widening lead for the opposition Likud party of Benjamin Netanyahu. According to a poll conducted… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5374 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5374 Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defence Minister Ehud Barak met yesterday with Jordanian King Abdullah II, at the king's palace in Amman. According to Israel media reports, the king asked… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5372 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5372 On the second day of his official visit to the UK, Israeli President Shimon Peres yesterday became the first Israeli leader to address members of both houses of the British… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5370 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5370 British Foreign Secretary David Miliband began an official visit to Syria yesterday. This is the first official visit by a senior British official to Damascus since 2001, and represents a… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5354 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5354 President Shimon Peres, who is currently visiting the UK, spoke to reporters yesterday about his hopes for the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians and the negotiations with Syria. … http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5352 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5352 A Palestinian Authority official yesterday accused Hamas of staging the latest electricity blackouts in the Gaza Strip as part of an effort to gain sympathy and undermine the West Bank… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5350 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5350 Key Points- The Saudi backed Arab Peace Initiative has received increased attention in recent weeks.- The plan appeals to those actors in the region who share an interest in promoting… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5338 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5338 Major-General Amos Yadlin, Head of IDF Military Intelligence, said yesterday that the probability of a planned attack on Israel by one of its neighbours in the coming year was low.… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5330 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5330 Mohammed AlBaradei, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), confirmed yesterday that samples taken by IAEA investigators from soil around the site of a Syrian facility destroyed by the… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5328 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5328 Former IDF chief of staff Moshe Ya'alon yesterday announced that he will be running for the Knesset on the Likud list in the upcoming general elections. General elections are set… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5326 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5326 British Foreign Secretary David Miliband yesterday began an official visit to Israel and is also scheduled to visit the Palestinian territories, Syria and Lebanon in his trip to the region.… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5316 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5316 Thirty trucks carrying humanitarian aid and supplies including medicine and foodstuffs are to be permitted to enter the Gaza Strip today, via the Kerem Shalom crossing. The decision to allow… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5314 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5314 A group of Jewish settlers that have been inhabiting a large apartment building in Hebron since last year must leave the house in three days, the Israeli High Court ruled… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5312 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5312 Israeli defence officials said last night that Israel intends to hold the ceasefire agreement with Hamas in Gaza and believes that Hamas is also in favour of maintaining the truce,… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5298 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5298 President Shimon Peres and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni yesterday met with outgoing US President George W. Bush on the sidelines of a UN interfaith conference that the three leaders were… http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5296 http://www.bicom.org.uk/news#5296