Israeli newspapers were dominated Friday morning by a Washington Post report that Turkey betrayed Israeli spies to Iran.
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As Iran and the West Make Progress in Geneva, Israel Grumbles From the Sidelines
On Tuesday night, about the time U.S. diplomats prepared to sit down alone with their Iranian counterparts in Geneva, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the Golan Heights. The contrast was not incidental. The …
Israel to Run for Seat on U.N. Security Council
Israel announced on Oct. 3 that it plans to run for a seat on the U.N. Security Council for the 2019-2020 rotation, according to a Reuters report.
The Security Council has five permanent veto-wielding members–the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China–and ten rotating members that serve two-year terms. The non-permanent …
At U.N., Israel’s Netanyahu Warns of Iranian Nuclear Threat
Updated at 3:48 p.m., Oct. 1
Benjamin Netanyahu began his career in politics talking toward the glossy black eye of the television camera. With no particular background in the give-and-take of retail politics back home in …
Netanyahu Dismisses Iran’s ‘Charm Offensive’
‘A wolf in sheep’s clothing’
Murder of Israeli Soldier by Palestinian Colleague Stirs Hatreds
The death of an off-duty Israeli soldier, allegedly at the hands of a Palestinian acquaintance who aimed to trade the corpse for the freedom of his own imprisoned brother, plays to the deepest fears of Israeli Jews. Whether or not the outrage has an impact on nascent peace talks aimed at creating two states — which seems, at first …
Cheer Up, Obama. Israel Is Happy With Your Syria Plan
Whatever is being said elsewhere about U.S. President Barack Obama’s performance in the Syria crisis, the verdict from Israel can be read in the morning papers: “Wise”… “Credible” ….“An American victory.” The …
Israel Paying $1.1 Million to Family of Alleged Spy
The family of alleged Mossad spy Ben Zygier, who committed suicide in prison, will receive $1.1 million from Israel, the Justice Ministry said Wednesday. Zygier, a Jewish Australian who became an Israeli citizen and joined the army, was detained in 2010 by the Israeli government, according to Reuters. Australia’s Fairfax newspapers and …
Iran Doesn’t Deny the Holocaust, New Foreign Minister Says on Twitter
Iran’s new U.S.-educated Foreign Minister offers latest indication of rapprochement
Senior Palestinian Claims Peace Talks With Israel Are Going Nowhere
An aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that peace talks with Israel are proving pointless and won’t yield much if there is no pressure from Washington
Israelis Line Up for Gas Masks as U.S. Ponders Syria Missile Strikes
Israeli Security Officials Speak to TIME of Their Own Snowdens
In Israel, the headlines call Edward J. Snowden “the American Vanunu,” which perhaps sounds like an island nation in the South Pacific. Mordechai Vanunu is the Israeli man who in 1986 left his job at the nuclear power …
The Syrian War: Israel and U.S. Coordinating How to Target Assad’s Arsenal
52 days after an Israeli general publicly declared that Syria has used chemical weapons against rebels, the Obama administration reached the same conclusion, and used the finding to justify announcing it would send small arms to …