Sen. Nelson: Netanyahu raised no concerns about Hagel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised no concerns about President Obama’s choice of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense, US Senator Bill Nelson said in Israel Tuesday. Nelson, a Florida...
View ArticleDaniel Levy: What Israeli elections results mean on global front
Former Israeli peace process advisor Daniel Levy analyzes the global implications of Israel’s election results in a private memo for the European Council on Foreign Relations. The upshot: while the...
View ArticleIsraeli military intel chief traveling to Washington
IDF intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi is traveling to Washington for consultations with American officials, defense sources told Al-Monitor. Israeli officials declined to confirm the focus of...
View ArticleIsraeli jets said to have struck target near Syria border
The Lebanese Army reported the heavy presence of Israeli jets over its airspace on Wednesday, as sources in the region said Israeli Air Force jets had struck a target, possibly anti-aircraft systems,...
View ArticleObama to visit Israel in spring
President Obama is planning to visit Israel this spring, the White House confirmed to Al Monitor Tuesday. It will be his first trip to the Jewish state since taking office. “When the President spoke...
View ArticleIsrael’s Ehud Barak heads to Washington
Israel’s outgoing Defense Minister Ehud Barak departed for Washington on Monday, ahead of the arrival later this week of a high-level Israeli delegation coming to Washington for consultations,...
View ArticleRoundup: Bibi’s all male Octet, women lead Knesset opposition
(Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, AFP/Getty.) Mazal Mualem: Women dominate opposition bloc in new Israeli Knesset. Akiva Eldar: Bibi’s kitchen cabinet “Octet” has not a single woman. Shlomi...
View ArticleRoundup: Obama to dine with Miss Israel; Iran’s man in Iraq
Obama nominates former US Ambassador to Kuwait Deborah K. Jones as Libya envoy to succeed slain Chris Stevens. US spy chief says Syria military showing strains, opposition fragmented. Former US...
View ArticleRoundup: Upbeat start to Obama Israel trip
Operation Desert Schmooze off to upbeat start. Palestinians, feeling neglected, seek Obama’s attention. On Obama’s Israel agenda, bolstering US standing in the region. Netanyahu’s new security team...
View ArticleNetanyahu apologizes to Turkey over Gaza flotilla raid
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday apologized to Turkey for a 2010 raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla that killed 10 Turks, in what US officials hailed as “a first step” toward...
View ArticleRoundup: Hale for Lebanon, Palestinian PM reconsiders resigning; US trained...
President Obama on Friday nominated Middle East peace envoy David Hale US Ambassador to Lebanon, as previously reported was in the works. POTUS nominated Mike Hammer, Assistant Secretary of State for...
View ArticleIsrael’s US envoy Michael Oren to step down
Israel’s ambassador to the United States Michael Oren said Friday he will step down in the fall, after serving in the post for four years. “After more than four years, during which I had the honor of...
View ArticleIsrael names Ron Dermer next envoy to Washington
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday named his longtime political advisor Ron Dermer Israel’s next ambassador to the United States. “Ron Dermer has all the qualities necessary to...
View ArticleIsrael bristles at EU measure as Kerry arrives in Amman to push peace talks
Israel on Tuesday bristled at a new European Union directive curtailing EU financial agreements with Jewish settlements built outside Israel’s 1967 borders. The move comes as US Secretary of State John...
View ArticleThe Closer: Why Ron Dermer may be Bibi’s perfect peace envoy
Ron Dermer, Israel’s next envoy to the United States, may be a sharp-elbowed Republican partisan who appeared to openly back Barack Obama’s opponent in the 2012 presidential campaign, and who has lived...
View ArticleSigns of progress in Kerry peace bid
Signs of progress? The State Department released this photo of Secretary of State John Kerry meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas today in Ramallah, amid reports Friday suggesting...
View ArticleKerry says agreement for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to resume
Secretary of State John Kerry announced Friday that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators would come to Washington next week to begin peace talks, but said that details for resumed negotiations remain to...
View ArticleKerry may tap Indyk as peace envoy
Former US ambassador to Israel and Clinton Near East envoy Martin Indyk may take a lead role in helping US Secretary of State John Kerry conduct Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, diplomatic...
View ArticlePeace talks to get underway, Kerry names Indyk envoy
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks will resume in Washington Monday after a three year hiatus, the State Department announced. Secretary of State John Kerry will host Israeli and Palestinian negotiators...
View ArticleKerry aims for Israel-Palestine peace accord in 9 months
Flanked by Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that the United States will play the role of facilitator in final status talks between the parties that he...
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