Christian Science Monitor | As the New Iranian Leader Gets a Warm Reception, Israel Calls for Caution New York Times JERUSALEM — With the United States and other nations extending an increasingly warm welcome to the new president of Iran at the United Nations this week in New York, Israel finds itself in a bind: eager to unmask what it sees as an empty charm ... Iranian leader's smooth diplomacy poses new challenge for Israel Iranian press lauds Obama's UNGA speech, dismisses Israel as 'isolated ... Israel on sidelines as world rushes to embrace Iran's Rouhani (+video) |
NBCNews.com (blog) | Israel eyes Syria warily from border buffer zone in Golan Heights NBCNews.com (blog) By Geraint Vincent, Correspondent, NBC News. GOLAN HEIGHTS, Israel – From a closed military zone a few yards inside Israel's border with Syria, the sound of shelling and plumes of smoke are clear -- evidence of the nearby civil war. Soldiers from a ... US nudists rebuff Israel critics |
Israel: New Unlawful West Bank Demolitions Human Rights Watch The Israeli military should end its unjustified attempts to forcibly remove a decades-old community. Israeli forces didn't just rough up diplomats, they demolished every single building in Mak-hul and ordered the residents to leave and never come back. |
San Francisco Chronicle | Kerry: Israel, Palestinians agree to intensify peace talks with increased US role Jerusalem Post Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst. UNITED NATIONS - Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to intensify their peace talks and to increase the US role, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday in a rare comment on the negotiations. Speaking to ... Israel, Palestinians agree to intensify talks, greater US role Israel easing restrictions on Palestinians John Kerry Says Israel, Palestine Aim For Final Deal |
Wall Street Journal | Iran's New Charm Offensive Has Israel Watching Warily Wall Street Journal The prospect of an international rapprochement with Iran's President Hasan Rouhani has some Israeli officials missing his more blunt predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Though Mr. Ahmadinejad made threats about the destruction of Israel and engaged ... |
Israel warns West that Iran is playing for time USA TODAY JERUSALEM — Israel warned Tuesday that Western offers of negotiations to get Iran to end its nuclear program will risk giving the Islamic state time to complete work on an atomic bomb. President Obama told the United Nations General Assembly on ... |
Israel demolishes Bedouin village in E1 — that Obama declared was key to two ... Mondoweiss A week ago today I visited E1, a mountainous patch of land east of Jerusalem that is famous because the Israelis have designated it for more settlements that will further fragment the West Bank and limit Palestinians' movements, as the State Department ... |
Washington Post (blog) | Israel to boycott Iran's UN speech, signaling deep skepticism of Rouhani Washington Post (blog) Israel's representatives at the United Nations plan to walk out from Tuesday afternoon's address by new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. The diplomatic boycott is a show of Israel's deep skepticism about Rouhani, whose entreaties for detente with the ... |
Iran's President Tones Down Anti-Israel Rhetoric ABC News The Iranian president's first speech to world leaders toned down anti-Israel rhetoric and offered up negotiations with the U.S. and its allies over the disputed nuclear program, showing a more moderate face of the hard-line regime in Tehran. However ... |
The Guardian | Nairobi attack: Israel takes lead role in advising Kenyan forces The Guardian Israel has taken the leading role among foreign countries in aiding and advising Kenyan forces after al-Shabaab Islamist extremists attacked the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, according to security and intelligence sources. A host of other ... What's the Connection Between Israel and the Kenyan Mall Attack? Israel aids Kenya terror probe as Shabaab leader confirms mall attack Attack in Kenya |