Jerusalem – Channel 2: Secret Meetings Between Netanyahu, Livni
Jerusalem - Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu held secret meetings with Tzipi Livni ahead of the formation of the 19th Knesset, Channel 2 reported on Monday.
The report gives cr...
Washington – Kerry Has ‘Big Heels To Fill’ At State Dep’t
Washington - New Secretary of State John Kerry reported for duty Monday, acknowledging that as Hillary Rodham Clinton's successor he has "big heels to fill" and promising to protec...
Munich – After Biden’s Offer Iran Says US Changed Approach To Iran
Munich, Germany - Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday he saw U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden's offer this weekend of bilateral dialogue between their two countri...
Jerusalem – One Million People Without Cell Service As Pelephone Network Crashes
Jerusalem - Service for one of Israel's largest cellphone providers has been disrupted.
In a message on its website, Pelephone said the service went down Sunday evening and that...
Los Angeles, CA – Stories Of Holocaust Survivors Retold By Holograms
Los Angeles, CA - For years, Holocaust survivor Pinchus Gutter has told the tragic story of watching his parents and 10-year-old twin sister herded into a Nazi death camp's gas ch...
Munich – Iran Positive But Noncommittal About Talks With US
Munich - Iran's foreign minister on Sunday welcomed the United States' willingness to hold direct talks with Tehran in the standoff over its nuclear program but didn't commit to ac...
Damascus – Assad Says Syria Can Confront Threats After Israel Strike
Damascus - President Bashar al-Assad accused Israel on Sunday of trying to destabilize Syria by attacking a military research base outside Damascus last week, and said Syria was ab...
Washington – Republicans To Obama: Don’t Send F-16 Jets To Egypt Following Morsi’s Anti-Jewish Comments
Washington - Members of Congress are asking the Obama administration to reconsider sending F-16 fighter jets to Egypt due to popular protests against the government and its use of ...
Munich – Israel Suggests Responsibility For Syria Airstrike
Munich - Israel's defense minister indicated Sunday that his country was behind the airstrike on Syria last week, in the first public comments from his government on the attack tha...
Damascus – Syrian TV Airs Purported Images Of Israel Strike (video)
Damascus, Syria - Syrian television is broadcasting images of what it says is the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on Syria earlier this week.
U.S. officials say the Wednesday ...
Rishon Lezion – Court: Rabbi Must Explain Referrals Of Marrying Couples To Private Firm
Rishon Lezion - The High Court of Justice demanded on Thursday that Rishon Lezion Chief Rabbi Yehuda David Wolpe explain why he sends couples seeking to register for marriage to a ...
Washington – Kerry Likely To Move Cautiously On Middle East Peace
Washington - The United States has hinted it might try Middle East peace-making once again, but Secretary of State-designate John Kerry is likely to move cautiously, in contrast to...
Washington – Clinton Lashes Out At Benghazi Critics
Washington - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is leaving office with a slap at critics of the Obama administration's handling of the September attack on a U.S. diplomatic ...
Washington – U.S. Skeptical About Argentina-Iran “Truth Commission”
Washington - The United States on Thursday voiced doubt that Argentina and Iran's planned "truth commission" would bring to justice those responsible for the deadly 1994 bombing of...
Beirut – Official: Israeli Warplanes Fly Over Lebanon
Beirut - Israeli warplanes flew over southern Lebanon Friday, two days after the Jewish state launched an airstrike near Damascus, as Syria's army chief of staff warned against tes...
United Nations – UN: Unable To Verify Syria Complaint About Israel, Cites Bad Weather
United Nations - U.N. peacekeepers in a demilitarized zone between Syria and Israel were unable to verify a Syrian complaint that Israeli planes had flown over the Golan Heights ar...
Israel – Arye Deri Recommends PM; Hands Peres Letter From Ovadia Yosef
Israel - Arye Deri, of the Shas party on Thursday recommended Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to form the next government.
Deri said, "According to the meetings that we had wi...
Damascus – Syria And Iran Threaten Serious Consequences Against Israel
Damascus - Syria and Iran have threatened to retaliate for an Israeli air raid near the capital Damascus.
Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul-Karim Ali says Damascus has "the...
Cairo – Egypt Curfew Scaled Back As Mursi Seeks End To Bloodshed
Cairo - Egyptian authorities scaled back a curfew imposed by President Mohamed Mursi, and the Islamist leader cut short a visit to Europe on Wednesday to deal with the deadliest vi...
Berlin – Germany Marks 80th Anniversary Of Hitler’s Rise
Berlin - On the 80th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's rise to power, Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to always fight for their principles and not fall into the complacency that...