U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed grave concern on Monday about a recent flare-up in violence between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, while the United States condemned rocket attacks from the Hamas-controlled enclave.
Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan said Israel should hold off on attacking Iran and that he would \”prefer\” that the United States execute any attack.
An international naval blockade of Iranian oil exports should be considered as an option to stop Iran\’s nuclear program, U.S. Sen. Carl Levin said.
Israeli President Shimon Peres visits DreamWorks Animation on March 9.
Egyptian intelligence officials have been leading efforts to mediate between Israel and Hamas in the last few days, in order to calm the escalation on the Israel-Gaza border.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to the Holocaust in his March 5 speech at AIPAC for the same reason that President Shimon Peres referred to it in his speech the day before and President Obama alluded to it in his news conference the day after: Because in the debate over Iran\’s nuclear weapons program, Auschwitz is relevant.
When I learned of the murder of dozens of members of my family in the Holocaust and then met my Israeli relatives whose Auschwitz numbers could hardly be missed on their arms, I decided to dedicate my life to challenging war, the denial of human rights, the hatred of minorities, and social and economic injustice.
Israel proved itself to be a leader in technological innovation based on its strong showing at the Mobile World Congress.
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