Benjamin Netanyahu

Fears grow of clash between Israel and Syria

2013-05-19 09:48:00

JERUSALEM — Fears about a possible escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday amid renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons caches and Syria's warnings of retaliation. After decades of relative calm along the two nations&...

Palestinians in West Bank's Area C suffer in limbo

2013-05-18 18:45:00

MALEH, West Bank — In remote Palestinian villages of the northern Jordan Valley, children read by gas lamp, and water must be purchased from miles away, even when electricity lines and water pipes to Israeli settlements run directly past their...

U.S.-Russia 'reset' thwarted by Syrian war, spy scandal

2013-05-15 05:00:00

Just when it seemed that Russia was poised to collaborate with Western powers on a new peace mission for Syria, a spy scandal has erupted to revive Cold War-era mistrust and division. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State...

Israeli anger grows over Netanyahu expenses: $1,450 for hair, makeup

2013-05-14 08:57:00

JERUSALEM -- Embarrassing disclosures about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s household spending habits are stoking public anger as Israelis brace for new government-approved austerity measures, including tax hikes and reduced social benefits. A...

Review: 'State 194' takes smart look at Israeli-Palestinian dispute

2013-05-16 19:30:00

Two years, two states. In 2009, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad laid out a plan to end the decades-long territorial stalemate between Israel and the Palestinians. But by 2011, despite Fayyad's efforts, including a successful campaign...

International court to explore investigating Israeli flotilla raid

2013-05-15 08:19:00

JERUSALEM -- The International Criminal Court will hold a preliminary inquiry to decide whether a full investigation into Israel's deadly 2010 raid on a Turkish ship will be opened, according to a court statement Tuesday.� In May 2010, Israeli naval...

Amid reports of airstrike, Israel says it's keeping an eye on Syria

2013-05-04 10:33:00

JERUSALEM -- Amid reports that Israeli warplanes struck a weapons cache in Syria this week, a senior Israel defense ministry official said Saturday his nation was closely monitoring unrest in its neighbor but remained confident that Syria’s chemical...

2 killings shatter relative calm between Israelis, Palestinians

2013-04-30 08:43:00

JERUSALEM -- Tensions rose Tuesday between Israelis and Palestinians after two separate killings -- one by each side -- shattered what had been a period of relative calm in recent months. At a northern West Bank hitchhiking stop, an Israeli settler...

Israel's Netanyahu visits China but avoids Palestinian leader Abbas

2013-05-07 09:23:00

BEIJING -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured Shanghai on Tuesday, paying tribute to the city’s role sheltering Jews during World War II and conveniently avoiding Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who was visiting Beijing....

Israel says strikes in Syria target arms for Hezbollah

2013-05-05 21:03:00

JERUSALEM — With three airstrikes against Syria since January, Israel has inserted itself forcefully into the "Arab Spring's" most intractable conflict, heightening fears that Syria's civil war could spiral into a regional conflagration. The...

Israel's likely targets in Syria: Iran and Hezbollah

2013-05-05 10:05:00

JERUSALEM – With three air strikes on targets in Syria since January, Israel is inserting itself into the Arab Spring’s most intractable conflict, heightening fears that the civil war could spiral into a regional conflagration. But as some...

Syria blames Israel for predawn blasts near Damascus

2013-05-04 21:59:00

BEIRUT — Huge explosions were reported in Damascus early Sunday, just two days after a reported Israeli airstrike in Syria targeting surface-to-air missiles possibly destined for neighboring Lebanon and the militant group Hezbollah. Syrian state...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with Cabinet Secretary Avichai Mandelblit during a weekly meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday.

2013-05-19 09:15:43

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, reportedly urged Russian President Vladimir Putin during their Kremlin meeting Tuesday to scratch delivery of S-300 missiles to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

2013-05-13 23:38:17