Israeli aircraft bombed Hamas government buildings in Gaza on Saturday, including the prime minister\’s office, after Israel\’s cabinet authorized the mobilization of up to 75,000 reservists in preparation for a possible ground invasion.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “see eye to eye” on the Iran threat and U.S.-Israel ties.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Israel to discuss United States-Israel defense ties and the potential threat of a nuclear-armed Iran.
According to Jewish tradition, prophecy cased with the end of the Biblical era, , but it doesn’t take a prophet to predict that Israel will not be attacking Iranian nuclear installations, at least not for a while.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will meet with President Obama on Friday morning, according to sources.
President Obama called for keeping up international pressure on Iran amid news reports that Israel may be preparing for war with the Islamic Republic.
After meeting with U.S. leaders, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak predicted that comprehensive talks with the Palestinians on all final status issues would begin within months.
Fifteen years after Ehud Barak walked into politics wearing the warrior\’s mantle, he is easing into the diplomat\’s lapels.
President Obama told Israel\’s defense minister that the United States is committed to Israel\’s security.
Barack Obama arrived in Israel and stressed the historic ties between the United States and the Jewish state. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is on a Middle East and European tour aimed at shoring up his foreign policy credentials.
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