NPR (blog) | In Israel, A Vote To Choose A Leader And An Identity NPR (blog) Israel's March 17 election is two years earlier than it should be, thanks to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government in December. Contributing to the breakup was an impassioned debate over whether a stronger legal ... LETTER: The biggest threat to Israel is Netanyahu Obama said he would 'always have Israel's back' |
The Guardian | Palestinian Council Questions Security Arrangement With Israel New York Times RAMALLAH, West Bank — A Palestinian leadership body called Thursday night for curtailing longstanding security coordination with Israel, but left decisions on when or whether to take such a step to President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority ... PLO leadership votes to suspend security cooperation with Israel Palestinian leaders say they'll cut security coordination with Israel PLO Calls for Ending Security Coordination With Israel |
The Economist | Israel's prime minister The Economist To repeated ovations from Republicans and a divided response from Democrats, the Israeli prime minister mostly explained his conviction that an agreement currently being brokered by the American government and other world powers is so bad that it ... Netanyahu's Speech Divides Israel, Too The answer for Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu is war against Iran The day the prime minister of Israel was booed at AIPAC |
Jewish Journal | Israel asks Congress for missile defense aid despite public row CNN International Washington (CNN) Publicly the U.S. and Israel have been clashing over Iran's nuclear program, but quietly Israelis have been making another appeal: getting more U.S. funds for missile defense systems to defend against Iran's growing ballistic missile ... US budget caps could complicate Israel's missile funding request |
Frontlines Podcast: Post-speech, what Israel can do if a 'bad deal' with Iran ... Jerusalem Post Israel News Brookings Institution Fellow Dr. Natan Sachs joins us from Washington DC to give his take on the speech, its political repercussions, and the limited options Israel has for dealing with Iran. Post-speech, what Israel can do if a 'bad deal' goes through. |
Press TV | Photos prove cooperation between Israel and al-Nusra Press TV The photos obtained by Press TV show Takfiri militants from the terrorist al-Nusra Front next to Israeli soldiers. Israel is known to have been providing medical, intelligence and military support for militants fighting to topple the government of ... The next battle in the Israel-Hezbollah war is unfolding in southern Syria Iran plotting fresh offensive on Israel's northern border Syria's Iranization becoming real strategic threat for Israel |
Reuters | Palestinian president calls Israel a 'gangster' Reuters Opening a two-day meeting of senior Palestinian officials, when overall ties with Israel and the possibility of suspending security coordination with the Israelis will be discussed, Abbas described the tax move as a provocation. "How are they allowed ... Israel surprises with unexpected military drills in West Bank Abbas says talks with Israel still on table As Israel goes to the polls, Palestinians expect little change |
Haaretz | Meet the new tourists to Israel (who don't care for hummus) Haaretz Perhaps even more significant is that unlike the traditional markets of North America and Europe, these new markets were hardly affected by Israel's 50-day war with Gaza this summer, when large swaths of the country were under constant rocket barrage. |
Daily Beast | A History of U.S.-Israel Breakups and Makeups Daily Beast Last week, administration anger against Israel and its prickly prime minister metastasized. “Fuck the Jews,” a leading official reportedly muttered. “They'll vote for us anyway.” “We're conducting foreign policy, this isn't a synagogue,” the Secretary ... |
Haaretz | Before Israel's election, parties loath to talk about cutting defense spending Haaretz Less than two weeks before the election and Israel's political parties are vying for voters on a host of socioeconomic issues. But no party has touched the contentious issue of defense spending. Economically speaking, that doesn't make sense. At some ... |