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Palestinian leader violates taboo on refugees
The Palestinian president has set off a strident debate by shattering a once-inviolable taboo, publicly suggesting his people would have to relinquish ...
Israeli premier: Efforts to block migrants worked
Israel's prime minister says his government has successfully halted the flow of African migrants sneaking into Israel from Egypt. Benjamin Netanyahu ...
Awaiting the winner: Job woes, debt, war and more
The next president will be under fire to get millions of people back to work, shrink a soaring federal debt, end America's longest war, unite a ...
In Israel, media stars are turning to politics
They spent their journalistic careers analyzing, covering and skewering Israel's politicians. Now, a striking number are vying to join their ranks.
Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues, in brief: ABORTION and ...
Poll shows Israel opposition party wiped out
A new poll says Israel's current main opposition party would not receive enough votes to secure a spot in the next parliament. The local Dahaf poll ...
Hollande stands tough against anti-Semitism
The French president on Thursday promised Jewish children targeted in a deadly attack by an Islamist militant that their country will protect them and ...
Israeli, French leaders push for Iran sanctions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won pledges Wednesday from France's president to push harder for new sanctions against Iran to keep it from ...
Israeli official vows to end draft exemptions
Israel's new hawkish bloc will do away with a contentious system of draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men if it forms the next government, Israel's ...
Israel's Barak hopes to extend political career
He's been Israel's prime minister, military chief, the country's most decorated soldier and, for the past five years, its defense minister and ...
Israel's Likud to vote on merger with Lieberman
Israel's governing Likud Party will be deciding on whether to merge with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's nationalist Israel Beiteinu faction.
Polls show new Israeli bloc will retain power
A pair of polls show that the Israeli premier's new alliance with his hard-line foreign minister has failed to produce a boost but could keep them in ...
Palestinians to seek UN recognition next month
The Palestinian president is moving forward with his plan to seek upgraded observer status at the United Nations next month, despite American and ...
UK holds talks with US on possible Iran scenarios
Britain is involved in military contingency planning with the United States over Iran and other potential flashpoints in the Middle East, officials ...
Israeli PM's party to ally with ultranationalists
Israel's prime minister announced Thursday that he was joining forces with his hard-line foreign minister in upcoming elections, instantly creating ...
Israel keeps silent on mysterious Sudan airstrike
Senior Israeli officials accused Sudan on Thursday of playing a key role in an Iranian-backed network of arms shipments to hostile Arab militant ...
Italian premier says Iran sanctions are effective
Italy's premier says stepped up European sanctions against Iran are proving effective. Speaking Thursday alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...
Jerusalem's secular Israeli minority showing life
Hundreds of people packed a Jerusalem community center recently for what many in Jerusalem consider a subversive act: They attended a lecture on ...
Gazans fire rockets at Israel, bringing airstrikes
Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired dozens of rockets and mortar shells into southern Israel on Wednesday in the heaviest bombardment on the area ...
Iran weighs tougher line in stalled nuclear talks
Iran is weighing a more confrontational strategy at possible renewed nuclear talks with world powers, threatening to boost levels of uranium ...
WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election
A selection of issues at stake in the presidential election and their impact on Americans, in brief: ___ Abortion: Abortion and birth control are ...
With election near, sober Romney on foreign policy
Mitt Romney abruptly moderated his foreign policy positions in this week's debate on issues like ending the war in Afghanistan and averting another ...
Palestinians give cool reception to US debate
Palestinians complained Tuesday that the Mideast peace process barely got a mention in the final U.S. presidential campaign debate, saying American ...
Israel's premier vows to build in Jerusalem
Israel's prime minister vowed Tuesday to continue building in a contested Jerusalem district, just days after European Union criticism of Jewish ...