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Time is short: Belligerent rhetoric and Iran’s nuclear ambitions

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Iran has toughened its already belligerent rhetoric and is threatening U.S. forces in the region. The aerospace division (More...)

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In bid to belong, Israeli Arabs sign up for Israel’s army

Saleh Khalil, 20, an Israeli Arab soldier from the Desert Reconnaissance battalion takes part in a drill near Kissufim in southern Israel

By Rinat Harash

KISUFIM, Israel (Reuters) – A battalion of soldiers crawls across the desert sand with assault rifles cocked. (More…)

Netanyahu to discuss ‘bad’ Iran deal with Trump, Kerry stresses settlements

Benjamin Netanyahu

By Jeffrey Heller and Arshad Mohammed

JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would discuss (More…)

Obama, trying to protect legacy, unlikely to act on Mideast peace

President Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu

By Arshad Mohammed and Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama, keen to preserve his legacy on domestic (More…)

Israel arrests 13 on suspicion of arson over mass wildfires

Firefighters work as a wildfire burns in the village of Beit Meir near Jerusalem

By Maayan Lubell

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police arrested 13 people on Friday on suspicion of arson, authorities said, after (More…)

Wildfires tear across Israel, Netanyahu calls arsonists ‘terrorists’

By Rami Amichai

HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – Wildfires tore across central and northern Israel on Thursday, forcing tens of thousands (More…)

Israel’s Netanyahu congratulates Donald Trump as President Elect

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) stands next to Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trum

Israel leader Benjamin Netanyahu sent out social media this morning congratulating the victory of Donald Trump’s bid for the White (More…)

Islamic State abducts more than 200 near Mosul, retreats with thousands

A family fleeing fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi army in Intisar disrict of eastern Mosul, make their way to safer territory, Iraq

By Tom Miles

GENEVA (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters abducted 295 former Iraqi Security Forces members near the militant stronghold (More…)

Israel says ‘no’ to Middle East peace conference in Paris

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem

By Luke Baker

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel on Monday formally rejected France’s invitation to take part in a Middle East (More…)

Rivals, regional powers grow uneasy with Palestinian leader

Palestinians take part in a rally in support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah

By Ali Sawafta and Nidal al-Mughrabi

RAMALLAH/GAZA (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other Arab states are piling pressure on (More…)

Israel says ancient papyrus supports its claim to Jerusalem

Archaeologist working in Jerusalem, Israel

By Jeffrey Heller and Rinat Harash

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli archaeologists have made public a fragment of an ancient text (More…)