Qatar says Syria protocol not being implemented
“We cannot be there to waste time while the killing is continuing,” Qatari prime minister says.
“We cannot be there to waste time while the killing is continuing,” Qatari prime minister says.
Barack Obama has an Israel problem. The president still can’t decide whether he wants to pander to the Israeli prime minister or pressure him.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel detained an ultra-Orthodox man on Wednesday on suspicion of calling a woman soldier a “whore” on a public bus for refusing his appeals that she move to the back of the vehicle, a police spokesman said. The incident came days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to crack down on acts of harassment by religious zealots, with the publicity surrounding these …
JERUSALEM, Dec. 26 (UPI) — Israel will not negotiate with the Palestinian Authority if it establishes a unity government with Hamas, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said.
Hamas official tells London paper “the liberation of Palestine is bigger than Hamas”; Prime Minister’s Office slams deal.
The discussion of Israelis overseas just won’
Israel is considering releasing tax money it has been withholding from the Palestinian Authority in response to their bid for UNESCO membership, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.

Daily NationIsrael-Kenya deal to help fight Somalia’s al-Shabab
BBC News
Israel has offered to help Kenya secure its borders as it tackles Somalia’s Islamist group, al-Shabab, the Kenyan prime minister’s office has said. It said Kenya got the backing of Israel to “rid its territory of fundamentalist elements” during Prime …
Israel pledges support for Kenya’s operation against terror groupDaily Nation
Kenya PM asks Israel for help fighting terroristsSacramento Bee
Israel pledges to help Kenya with securityCapital FM Kenya
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A dual U.S.-Israeli citizen imprisoned in Egypt on spy suspicions since June will be released soon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement Monday.
JERUSALEM – A dual U.S.-Israeli citizen imprisoned in Egypt on spy suspicions since June will be released soon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement Monday.
Listen to the Audio KWAME HOLMAN: Israel and Hamas announced a deal late today, exchanging some 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for Israeli Sgt. Gilad Shalit. He’s been held in Gaza since 2006, when the militant Islamic group captured him in a raid along the border. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu convened his cabinet this evening to approve the deal. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, Israeli prime minister …

Hurriyet Daily NewsTurkish Prime Minister Erdogan poses challenge for Obama
Los Angeles Times
But the Turkish premier’s feud with Israel and a tendency to make threats are problematic. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks under a portrait of himself in Gostivar, Macedonia. (Ognen Teofilovski, Reuters / October 11, 2011) By Paul …
Relations with Israel are again going undergroundHurriyet Daily News
Erdogan means business when it comes to regional leadershipJerusalem Post
Assertive Turkey is making enemiesgulfnews.com
World Politics Review
After beating out Amir Peretz, the party’
Israel and Greece have invoked their new, secret mutual defense pact to counter heavy Turkish sea and air movements in the eastern Mediterranean. debkafile discloses that Israel may gain the new advantage of a military presence at Greek bases following a long phone conversation Wednesday night Sept. 14 between the Israeli and Greek prime ministers. They also agreed to share intelligence. Israel’s expanded cabinet of eight was called into session over the Turkish threat to its off-shore oil and gas rigs.
Tossing out an ambassador, suspending defense ties and boosting Turkey’
This week, Israel celebrated Tu Be’
In the wake of the protests going on, this poll sheds light on where the majority of Israelis stand –including those out in the streets — on our major political candidates. Most polls usually fail to give anyone a majority, but Prime Minister Netanyahu’
The motley group which two weeks ago set up a “tent city”to protest the unavailability of affordable housing has assumed attributes of the Arab uprisings: It enjoys backstage foreign political support – some from certain circles in Washington; it exploits genuine popular grievances for political capital; it wants regime change, namely, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s head – and is building up to achieve this as the UN votes on Palestinian statehood. A new government will then recognize Palestine within 1967 borders.
Yeah well colour me skeptical but we’ll see how ‘dramatic’ and more importantly if these ‘dramatic reforms’ actually get implemented like, in my lifetime:
From Jpost: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to present a series of reforms aimed at solving the housing crisis in a press conference at the Prime Minister’