Israel did not provide advance warning to the United States on its alleged Israeli airstrikes on Syria, a U.S. intelligence official said.
Israeli jets devastated Syrian targets near Damascus on Sunday in a heavy overnight air raid that Western and Israeli officials called a new strike on Iranian missiles bound for Lebanon\’s Hezbollah.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the international community on Wednesday to threaten Iran with \”military sanctions,\” saying economic measures are failing to curb Tehran\’s nuclear drive.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pointed on Monday to North Korea\’s latest nuclear test as proof the world must keep up pressure on Iran to prevent it acquiring atomic weapons.
Addressing a delegation from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about the Iranian nuclear threat and said he looked forward to President Obama’s upcoming Israel trip.
A U.S. official sought to reassure Israel this week on President Barack Obama\’s determination to curb Iran\’s disputed nuclear program, as the clock ticks on a threatened Israeli pre-emptive strike.
President Obama\’s visit to Israel will focus on Syria and Iran, and he will not initiate new peace moves, the White House said.
Two men with links to the terrorist organization Hezbollah were implicated in a terrorist attack in Bulgaria that killed six, including five Israelis, a Bulgarian official has said.
Syria warned on Thursday of a possible \”surprise\” response to Israel\’s attack on its territory and Russia condemned the air strike as an unprovoked violation of international law.
A couple of years ago a private conversation between then French President Nicholas Sarkozy and President Obama was caught on a live mike. Sarkozy said I can\’t bare Netanyahu, he\’s such a liar.\” Obama responded: \”You\’re fed up with him but I have to deal with him more than you do.\”
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