Israel did not provide advance warning to the United States on its alleged Israeli airstrikes on Syria, a U.S. intelligence official said.
Vice President Joe Biden said President Obama is \”not bluffing\” when he says he will stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
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.
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.
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.\”
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed close to Tel Aviv on Thursday, in the first attack on Israel\’s biggest city in 20 years, raising the stakes in a military showdown between Israel and the Palestinians that is moving towards all-out war.
Iran will return to talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency next month, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday, the latest push to seek a peaceful end to a dispute that has raised fears of a new Middle East war.
The moment in the final presidential debate when President Obama described his visit to Israel’s national Holocaust museum and to the rocket-battered town of Sderot seemed to be aimed right for the kishkes.
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