JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected on Sunday a description of President Barack Obama as Israel’s “greatest disaster,” a phrase a best-selling newspaper attributed to an anonymous confidant of the premier. World ...
BY JOSHUA MITNICK IN TEL AVIV AND JAY SOLOMON IN MOSCOW Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday to discuss “confidence-building” measures aimed at restarting peace talks and damping a diplomatic conflict with Washington. Shortly afterward, Israeli aircraft bombed six targets in the Gaza Strip, including smuggling tunnels ...
By Middle East correspondent Anne Barker Updated March 17, 2010 12:26:00 ...
JERUSALEM – The Obama administration is demanding that Israel call off a contentious building project in east Jerusalem and make a public gesture toward the Palestinians to help defuse one of the worst U.S.-Israeli feuds in memory, officials on both sides said Monday. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed little sign of yielding, saying Jewish ...