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Netanyahu Announces Early Elections

His coalition government won't be able to agree on budget, he believes

(Newser) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that national elections will be held within three months—some eight months ahead of schedule—because he knows his conservative coalition government won't be able to agree on a budget. "For the benefit of Israel," the elections will be held "...

Israel Launches Fresh Airstrike on Gaza

Meanwhile, Iran says drone flyover proved Israeli weakness

(Newser) - Israel launched a round of airstrikes on Gaza today, wounding two militants and eight bystanders, including some children. Israel says the attack was retaliation for a round of Palestinian rockets fired yesterday, which Palestinians say were in response to another Israeli airstrike earlier in the day, Reuters reports. More than...

Iran: We Stopped Hack on Oil Rigs

Cyberattack blamed on Israel

(Newser) - Iranian oil platforms' communication networks have been hit with an attempted cyberattack—but the country's tech experts have managed to deflect it, says an official. "This attack was planned by the regime occupying Jerusalem"—not-so-subtle code for Israel—"and a few other countries," says the...

Drone Retaliation: Israeli Jets Buzz Lebanon

Lawmaker accuses Hezbollah of launching Iranian drone

(Newser) - Israeli fighter planes flew low over Lebanese towns today in apparent retaliation for a mysterious drone that crossed Israel this weekend, the AP reports. The military didn't directly blame Hezbollah—a powerful Shiite group in Lebanon—for the drone, but Haaretz pointed a finger at them and an Israeli...

Israel Downs Drone Near West Bank

Aircraft flew in from Mediterranean Sea near the Gaza Strip

(Newser) - Israel shot down an unwanted visitor this morning: a drone that flew in from the Mediterranean Sea, the Jerusalem Post reports. The Israeli military first noticed the aircraft near the Gaza Strip and followed it with air force jets as it moved about 35 miles east across the Negev desert,...

US Tourist Opens Fire, Kills 1 at Israeli Hotel

Eilat shooting believed to be personal dispute

(Newser) - A young American man grabbed a security guard's gun and opened fire in a hotel in Israel this morning, killing one person before being shot dead by a counterterrorism unit, reports the Jerusalem Post . The American, a man in his 20s visiting Israel on a program that brings American...

Netanyahu, Barak Feud Over US

Defense minister using Netanyahu's prickly relations with Obama against him

(Newser) - Mitt Romney isn't the only one making political hay out of the rift between Barack Obama and Israel. People loyal to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say his defense minister—and longtime political rival—Ehud Barak intentionally exacerbated that rift during their recent trip to New York to make...

Netanyahu&#39;s Top Donors Also Show Mitt the Money
 Netanyahu's Top Donors 
 Show Mitt the Money
PLUS, ROMNEY ON MIDEAST
Oct 1, 2012 1:01 PM CDT

Netanyahu's Top Donors Show Mitt the Money

Romney writes op-ed criticizing Obama foreign policy

(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu hasn't done such a great job concealing that he'd prefer a President Romney to President Obama, and as it happens, his donors feel the same way. Nineteen of Netanyahu's wealthiest US donors also contribute to the Romney campaign, the Republican Party, and/or other GOP candidates,...

Netanyahu: Iran Could Have Bomb Next Summer

And he has a cartoon drawing to prove it

(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu made good on his promise to demand that the world draw a "clear red line" to stop Iran's nuclear weapons program, reports AP . In his speech at the UN today, the Israeli leader:
  • Said Tehran is less than a year away from a nuclear weapon. "
...

Netanyahu Will Push UN for Iran 'Red Line'

Mahmoud Abbas delivers speech today, too

(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had his turn in front of the UN General Assembly yesterday, and today is Benjamin Netanyahu's. The Israeli prime minister will press for a "clear red line" on Iran and its nuclear ambitions, Reuters reports. Though some Israelis were disappointed that President Obama didn't issue...

Wake Up, Obama; Iranian &#39;Barbarians&#39; Want Blood
 Wake Up, 
 Obama; Iranian 
 'Barbarians' 
 Want Blood 
Wall Street Journal
Sep 26, 2012 1:34 PM CDT

Wake Up, Obama; Iranian 'Barbarians' Want Blood

The Wall Street Journal thinks it's time to take Ahmadinejad seriously

(Newser) - George Orwell once remarked that seeing "what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." It's a struggle President Obama is failing when it comes to Iran, the editors at the Wall Street Journal opine in today's paper. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad this week dismissed...

Iran Ready for 'Pre-Emptive Attack' on Israel

...But Ahmadinejad says he doesn't take Israeli threat seriously

(Newser) - If Iran really thought Israel was going to attack, it would launch a pre-emptive strike, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard general was quoted as saying yesterday. "Iran will not start any war," he said, according to Iran's state-run Arabic language station, "but it could launch a pre-emptive...

Israel's Co-ed Combat Unit Finally Gets Some Credit

Caracal battalion responded to last week's shootout

(Newser) - A deadly shootout last week along Israel's border with Egypt has shone a spotlight on Israel's only mixed female and male combat unit, granting some recognition to a group that has faced much skepticism and often been the butt of jokes since its inception. The Caracal battalion's...

4 Dead After Shootout on Israel-Egypt Border

Israeli soldier dead, along with three militants trying to cross over

(Newser) - An Israeli soldier died today in a shootout that also killed three Islamic militants attempting to infiltrate the country from Egypt with an eye toward carrying out a terror attack in the Jewish state, the Israeli military said. The attack highlighted the growing threat of violence along Israel's border...

More Romney Video: Peace in Middle East Impossible

We'd 'kick the ball down the field': candidate

(Newser) - Mother Jones has more from the Mitt Romney fundraiser that yielded yesterday's off-the-cuff footage . This time, Romney is discussing foreign policy, particularly his feeling that "there's just no way" to establish peace between Israel and Palestine. The Palestinians, he says in the tape, have "no...

25 Nations Practice War Against Iran

Naval armada plays 'war game' in Persian Gulf

(Newser) - A whole lot of firepower is headed to the Persian Gulf today as Israel and Iran pound their war drums and Benjamin Netanyahu urges Washington not to let Tehran score a nuclear "touchdown." The US, Britain, France, and 22 other countries are sending a naval armada to the...

Iran: 'Nothing Will Remain' of Israel in Attack

As Netanyahu seeks to draw 'red lines' around Tehran

(Newser) - Iran and Israel are rattling the sabers in earnest today, with the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard brashly warning that "nothing will remain" of Israel if it should attack Tehran over its nuclear program. Speaking at a news conference today, Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari said that, if attacked,...

Obama Has Abandoned Israel
 Obama Has Abandoned Israel 
charles krauthammer
Sep 14, 2012 12:15 PM CDT

Obama Has Abandoned Israel

Krauthammer: His 'incoherent' policy on Iran is proof

(Newser) - Here are a few of the ways Charles Krauthammer describes President Obama's policy on Iran in today's Washington Post : "incoherent," "in shambles," "beyond feckless," and "knowingly and obviously contradictory." No wonder Israel is angry , he writes. Obama insists he won'...

Egypt's Morsi Gets 'Blunt' Call From Obama

Officials there seem to acknowledge they didn't respond well to violence

(Newser) - President Obama delivered what the New York Times calls a "blunt" message to Egypt's Mohamed Morsi by phone, demanding that the nation better protect Americans there. It illustrates the new government's tight spot: Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood are under fire from the Obama administration for their...

Jewish DNC Delegate: Jerusalem Deserved Boos
Jewish DNC Delegate: Jerusalem Deserved Boos
OPINION
Sep 10, 2012 1:03 PM CDT

Jewish DNC Delegate: Jerusalem Deserved Boos

Alex Yudelson says the Democrats' platform change was wrong

(Newser) - When Democrats clumsily changed their party platform to include the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Alex Yudelson was among those booing lustily—even as a fellow New York delegate shouted, "Aye!" When asked why he'd voted in favor, that delegate shrugged. "I don'...

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