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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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Netanyahu tells settlers of worries of possible U.S. action at U.N.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opens the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office moments after he was informed about a shooting attack in Jerusalem

By Ori Lewis

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday expressed concern that U.S. President Barack Obama, (More…)

U.N. adopts resolution denying Jewish ties to Temple Mount and Western Wall

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he opens the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office on September 11, 2016.

By Kami Klein

The United Nations cultural and heritage body, UNESCO, has voted on a resolution sponsored by several Arab (More…)

United States government condemns new Israeli plan on settlements

A general view shows houses in Shvut Rachel, a West Bank Jewish settlement located close to the Jewish settlement of Shilo, near Ramallah

By Doina Chiacu and Ori Lewis

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States sharply criticized Israel on Wednesday over  plans to (More…)

Israeli aircraft attack Hamas after rocket hits Israeli town

Smoke rises following what witnesses said was an Israeli air strike, east of Gaza City

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli aircraft attacked Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, wounding at (More…)

Peres funeral, attended by Obama, briefly brings Israeli, Palestinian leaders together

Still image taken from video of Israeli politician's funeral

By Jeffrey Heller and Jeff Mason

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian leaders shook hands during a brief chat and (More…)

Thousands of Israelis file past coffin of former president Peres

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton stands with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein next to the flag-draped coffin of former Israeli President Shimon Peres, as he lies in state at the Knesset plaza,

By Jeffrey Heller

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Thousands of Israelis filed past the flag-draped coffin of Shimon Peres outside parliament on (More…)

Israel’s elder statesman, Shimon Peres, dies at 93

A photograph of former Israeli President Shimon Peres is displayed before the start of a special cabinet meeting to mourn the death of Peres, in Jerusalem

By Ori Lewis

JERUSALEM, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Former Israeli president and elder statesman Shimon Peres, a joint winner of the (More…)

Trump tells Netanyahu he would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu departs after meeting with Republican presidential nominee Trump at Trump Tower in New York

By Alana Wise

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (More…)

Bloomberg: Trump and Netanyahu Discuss Border Fence, Status of Jerusalem

By Ben Brody

Donald Trump “discussed at length Israel’s successful experience with a security fence that helped secure its borders” (More…)

Assailant shot outside Israeli embassy in Turkey: officials

Riot police near Israeli Embassy in Turkey

By Umit Bektas and Jeffrey Heller

ANKARA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A suspected assailant was shot and wounded near the Israeli embassy (More…)