EFTA02348241.pdf

"From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 8:31 PM Subject: November 16 update"

"Office of Terje Rod-Larsen"

"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping the offensive in the Gaza Strip wins his Likud party more votes"

"public opposition to the leaders who launched Pillar of Defense."

"Following the rise to power of Mr. Assad's father, Hafez, in 1970"

"For more than a year, Mr. Assad's government has been committing crimes against humanity in Syria. ... Sunni areas were shelled by artillery and tanks"

"Eric Trager is the Next Generation Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy."

"Hu Jintao has stepped down not only as the Communist Party's general secretary... That Mr Xi, who is 59, would succeed Mr Hu as party chief"

"Hu Jintao has stepped down not only as the Communist Party's general secretary"

"breaking its international commitments, as the Brotherhood would like Morsi to do"

"Jiang Zemin and the late Deng Xiaoping, both kept the military post for a couple of years after leaving the Politburo"

"he not only recalled his ambassador from Israel but is sending his prime minste, Hesham Kandil"

"killing on Wednesday of its top military commander... Ahmed al-Jabari"

"Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas prime minister"

"The membership of the Politburo Sta=ding Committee, the party's ruling body, bears Mr Jiang's imprint."

"This is unlikely to displease Mr Xi, himself counted a Jiang-ist."

"Li Keqiang, are the only two left from the outgoing committee"

"One is Wang Qishan... has now acquired a very p=werful role as the party's chief anti-corruption official."

"the=head of the party's Organisation Department, Li Yuanchao"

"Both are seen =s Mr Hu's men and are reputed to be relatively liberal."

"the Syrian government has a=l but guaranteed that there will be reprisals against these communities if=Mr. Assad falls"

"Simon Adams is executive director =f the Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect"

"Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, a form=r Brotherhood leader"

"Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, a form=r Brotherhood leader"

"Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr issued a bland statement"

"Brotherhood political party chairman Saad al-Kat=tny"

"The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood -- Hamas' Egyptia= cousin"