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NETANYAHU SPEECH What will he say?: At times, Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama barely seem to tolerate each other. Today’s speech by the Israeli Prime Minister…
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NETANYAHU SPEECH What will he say?: At times, Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama barely seem to tolerate each other. Today’s speech by the Israeli Prime Minister…
JERUSALEM — During Israel’s 50-day war against Hamas in Gaza last summer, residents of Israel’s border communities lived in fear of rocket or mortar attacks, or the possibility that Hamas…
Expecting Netanyahu to issue withering criticism of President Barack Obama’s moves toward a nuclear deal with Iran, the White House was planning to go on the offense, dispatching two high-profile…
I was visiting from Europe, where terrorism was a fact of life, and I was scared. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s in Europe, and even beyond, far-left and far-right extremists,…
* Netanyahu arrives in U.S. for speech to Congress * Kerry doesn’t want speech to be a “political football” * Partisan nature of visit has angered U.S. officials (Adds Netanyahu…
JERUSALEM — At Jerusalem’s bustling Mahane Yehuda market, a traditional bastion of support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conservative Likud Party, Israeli divisions played out among the fruit and vegetable…
A senior Israeli official traveling in Netanyahu’s delegation, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said the Israeli government had “a good understanding of the agreement we can…
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Sunday that it was “arrogant” for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to presume to speak for all Jews on a potential nuclear deal between the…
“I fear for the fate of the state of Israel, and therefore I’ll do everything I can to ensure the security of our future.” A few dozen Democrats plan to…
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu took his campaign against a nuclear deal with Iran to Jerusalem’s sacred Western Wall on Saturday, on the…
For six years, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been on a collision course over how to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions, a high-stakes endeavor both men…
A few dozen Democrats plan to skip the speech, the White House isn’t done blasting the prime minister and Republicansespecially presidential hopefulsare using it all as red meat. In Israel,…
WASHINGTON — Jeremy Bird, the architect of the grass-roots and online organizing efforts that powered President Obama’s presidential campaigns from Chicago, is advising a similar operation in Tel Aviv. But…
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli police say a fire has damaged a Greek Orthodox seminary in Jerusalem in what they suspect is a hate crime. – The attacks have been condemned…
In both cases, the buildings were defaced with anti-Christian and anti-Arab slurs. – Officials suspect the acts may be “price tag” attacks, a term frequently used by radical Israeli settlers…
Credit Shehab Uddin Credit Jules Aarons Credit Shalmon Bernstein Credit Martin Lehmann – A public transport bus that plunged over the side of the Queen Elizabeth Bridge in Johannesburg, South…
In his sharpest criticism yet, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says world powers “have given up” on stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons in ongoing negotiations. Netanyahu made the comments…
WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined on Tuesday an invitation to meet with U.S. Senate Democrats during his trip to Washington next week. “Though I…
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — A Palestinian official says Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian during an overnight raid in the West Bank. – Go to Home Page »
WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Two senior U.S. Senate Democrats invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to a closed-door meeting with Democratic senators during his upcoming visit to…
Privately the same year, the Israeli spy agency Mossad assessed the threat as more remote, according to reports by Al Jazeera and The Guardian newspaper, which both cited leaked intelligence…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new campaign ad compares the leader’s defiance in addressing the U.S. Congress with legendary Israeli leader David Ben Gurion’s refusal to bow to U.S. State…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hired a well-known lawyer described in the Israeli press as a “specialist in white-collar crime” to represent him and his wife if they face…
WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice met with her Israeli counterpart, Yossi Cohen, at the White House on Thursday for a discussion on Iran’s nuclear…
EL BUREIJ, Gaza Strip — It was not much of an escape. Moments after Ibrahim al-Awawda climbed over the nine-foot fence separating the Bureij refugee camp on Gaza’s eastern edge…
JERUSALEM, Feb 15 (Reuters) – After a deadly shooting at a Denmark synagogue, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday such attacks will likely continue and Israel would welcome…
WASHINGTON — A nonpartisan grassroots group in Israel has come under fire from conservative Jews — in both Israel and in the U.S. — for using American funds and expertise…
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said in a statement Tuesday he would skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress next month. – “I don’t want…
The debate follows mounting criticism of Netanyahu’s move to use the high profile address to criticize President Barack Obama’s policy on Iran. While a range of ideas are being discussed…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to speak before Congress on March 3, but there’s a growing chorus of voices calling on him to cancel the appearance. The latest…