As domestic scandals clouded Washington, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived for a U.S. visit enveloped in …
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Hizballah and Israel Spar as Syria’s Conflict Threatens to Spin Out of Control
A dangerous game of brinkmanship is unfolding in the Middle East pitting Israel against Syria and its militant Shi‘ite ally Hizballah in what threatens to expand the two-year Syrian civil war into a full-blown regional …
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Haiti’s cholera victims threaten to sue the U.N., the Israeli government moves to end gender segregation in public spaces and the growth in Nigeria’s consumption of champagne is second to France
Key Netanyahu Ally’s Corruption Trial Marks Pivotal Moment in Israeli Politics
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may find himself politically damaged if his former Foreign Minister is convicted of fraud and breach of trust
Tapping the Promised Land: Can Israel Be an Energy Giant?
In 2009 an Israeli geologist discovered oil embedded in rock in the ground southwest of Jerusalem. There’s lots of it — and it could change the Middle East forever
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The ruler of Qatar proposes a $1 billion-fund to help Palestinians in East Jerusalem, Peru declares an environmental state of emergency in its rainforest, and British judges have ruled that an Islamic preacher wanted on terrorism …
Bibi and Barack: A Buddy Movie Opens in Israel
The two leaders seem to be going out of their way to show how friendly they have become
Did Israeli Doctors Force Contraception on Ethiopian Immigrants?
The Israeli Health Minister has announced an investigation into reports that Ethiopian immigrant women have been injected with contraceptives for years without consent
Thwarted by Two Rising Stars, Israel’s Netanyahu Gets More Time to Form Coalition
Five weeks after managing only a thin victory in an election he was expected to dominate, and four weeks after being formally asked to assemble a government, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked for a final extension …
British Member of Parliament Walks Out of Debate Against Israeli Student
The British MP George Galloway walked out of a debate at Oxford University on Wednesday evening when he discovered that his opponent was an Israeli citizen
The Shadow War Between Iran and Israel: The Bulgaria Front
How an attack on a bus in Bulgaria plays into a broader but secretive conflict between Israel and Iran (and Tehran’s Hizballah ally)
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China appoints a new governor for Tibet, former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is in exile but wields influence from afar and Israel boycotts the U.N. Human Rights Council review
Iran’s Agenda: Why Tehran Plays Hard to Get on Nuclear Diplomacy
“A decade of war in now ending,” President Barack Obama told Americans on Monday, vowing to “show the courage to try and resolve our differences with other nations peacefully – not because we are naive about the dangers we face, …
