Israeli Public Radio Israel to employ 2,000 laborers from Romania and Bulgaria to build new settlements In his recent visit to Romania and Bulgaria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to employ 2,000 laborers to participate in Israeli settlement projects illegally built in the Palestinian territories. The Israeli radio said according to the prime minister's office, the decision came in the framework of the preferential policies that Israel adopts towards friendly countries. In related news, channel two of Israeli TV said the Romanian and Bulgarian leaders agreed to oppose the Palestinian step to gain the international recognition in front of the U.N. in September. Yediot Ahronot The Israeli Army prepares a plan to protect Israeli air from ballistic missiles Yediot Ahronot revealed that the Israeli army is preparing a plan to protect Israel's airspace from missile attacks. The Israeli newspaper added that the plan includes developing an active defense system against missiles. It said the Israeli government will allocate eight million shekels for the plan as an emergency plan. It added that the plan will focus on developing defense systems to counter ballistic missiles and short-distance missiles, confirming that the systems will be examined at the beginning of next year. The newspaper said the U.S. also allocated large amounts of money to produce a missile to counter ballistic missiles. It said the new U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, invited his Israeli counterpart to visit Washington to discuss the measures taken by the two countries to confront ballistic and nuclear threats in the Middle East. Marriv A secret document proves Turkish role in preventing Israel from joining economic organizations Marriv revealed a secret document from Israel's Foreign Ministry proving that Turkey works to preventing Israel from joining the international economic organizations through offering recommendations to refuse the Israeli membership in any international economic organization. Marriv quoted a Turkish high-profile diplomat as saying, "We have inclusive recommendations from Ankara to refuse any Israeli request to join any international economic organization." The newspaper said Israel had been prevented from joining the World Trade Organization and the International Labor Organization due to Turkish recommendations. Haartez "Israeli boycott" law sparked wave of anger against Tel-Aviv International criticism targeted Israel recently because of the "Israeli boycott" law passed by the Kenesset which takes punitive action against those who call for boycotting Israel. European countries view such a law as aiming to impede the freedom of speech. Haartez said the U.S. Department of State criticized the law, saying, "We know that issuing the law is an Israeli internal affair but the U.S. criticizes preventing peaceful demonstrations or impeding the freedom of expression that are considered main principles of democratic countries." In the same context, the Israeli Anti-Defamation Assembly confirmed that passing the law aims at depriving the people from their legal and democratic rights, demanding the Israeli Higher Court to review the law and to resolve it problems.
