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Huge issues: Israel is wait-and-see

WASHINGTON — Heading into a period of intense diplomatic activity, Israel and the pro-Israel community are taking what may appear to be an atypical wait-and-see...

Rocket attacks on Israel

WITH peace talks underway, the expected sabotage threats of Hamas seemed to come to fruition this week as hostilities and tensions increased dramatically on the...

Initial peace talks: Each gives a little

WASHINGTON — Tell us what you want. Now listen to what your partner wants. Now tell us what your partner wants. In slow, almost excruciating increments, talks between...

Israel boycotted

JERUSALEM — In Israel’s latest diplomatic flap, actions by Mossad agents in Greece have caused a normally friendly foreign ministry to sever ties with the Israeli...

Major Gen. Yoav Galant nominated as IDF chief, compelling Gabi Ashkenazi to retire

By Edgar Asher, Ashernet Defense Minister Ehud Barak recommended that that theIsraeli government choose the current commander of IDF Southern Command, Major General Yoav...

‘Peace talks’

WASHINGTON — It’s a peace conference where nothing is off the table — or on it, for that matter. The Obama administration’s invitation to Palestinian and Israeli...

Eight months to Iran attack?

JERUSALEM — If the US doesn’t attack Iran’s nuclear facilities within the next eight months or so, Israel probably will. So says journalist Jeffrey Goldberg in the...

Bedouin demolitions raising tensions in Israeli land dispute

JERUSALEM — A standoff between the Israeli government and an unrecognized Bedouin village in the Negev Desert is raising tensions over land rights in southern Israel....

Bibi, ‘Nothing to hide’ — Israel joins UN inquiry on flotilla raid

NEW YORK — The decision by Israel to participate in the UN probe of the Turkish flotilla incident marks a stark departure from Jerusalem’s practice of opposing the...

Violence breaks out on the Lebanese border

JERUSALEM — An Israeli officer was killed during border clashes between Lebanese and Israeli troops. Lt. Col. Dov Harari, 45, a father of four, was shot Tuesday, Aug....