Nowhere are the urban legends and mythologies more enduring and destructive than those that currently surround Israel and U.S. foreign policy.
Israel\’s defense minister, Ehud Barak, called the recent deployment of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf \”impressive\” and suggested that the United States is prepared to deal with Iran.
President Obama said the U.S. commitment to Israel\’s security \”must not waver\” and that the world must unite against Iran\’s nuclear ambitions.
A group of African migrants remain trapped at the border with Egypt after Israel\’s Supreme Court decided to hold another hearing next week on their situation.
The vice chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. James Winnefeld, is in Israel to discuss security and defense issues.
Robert Wexler, a former congressman who is a chief Jewish surrogate for President Obama, told the Democratic National Convention that reelecting Obama was the better choice for a secure Israel.
Naim Reuven was only 8 when he left Baghdad more than 50 years ago, but he still remembers going with his father to catch fish in the Tigris River.
A group of some 20 African migrants is trapped between Israel\’s border fence with Egypt and Israeli soldiers who have been ordered not to let them in.
Many Gazans have long lamented that there’s not much to do in the Gaza Strip. There are no movie theaters, pool halls or bowling alleys — all of which are seen as “un-Islamic.” And it’s not getting any better. In fact, now, curbs are being extended further – to the Internet.
The evacuation of all 50 Jewish families in Israel’s Migron outpost was completed on Sunday evening without major incident. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the successful and peaceful evacuation—but vowed that his government would continue to strengthen Jewish communities in the West Bank.
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