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Israel's Foreign Minister Told He Will Be Indicted for Fraud

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli attorney general today told Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman that, pending a hearing, he will be indicted for fraud, money laundering and witness-tampering, a move that could eventually bring the collapse of the government. Lieberman faces up to 10 years in jail if convicted. The draft...

Israel Strikes Hard in Gaza After School Bus Hit

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli aircraft and tanks pounded Gaza on Friday, killing seven Hamas militants and five civilians in a surge of fighting sparked by a Palestinian rocket attack on an Israeli school bus the day before. Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers seemed on the brink of another round of intense violence, just a...

Israeli Officials Celebrate After Goldstone Rethinks War Crimes Report

JERUSALEM -- Israeli officials feel vindicated after Judge Richard Goldstone retracted part of his harsh criticism of Israel's conduct in Gaza two years ago, and have launched a major diplomatic effort to get the United Nations to rescind the Goldstone Report. "I found it hard to believe that Judge Goldstone, a Jew and...

Israeli Airstrike Kills 2 Gaza Militants

JERUSALEM -- Israeli aircraft struck a Palestinian rocket squad in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing two militants as the military prepared to activate a new defense system to shoot down incoming rockets. Islamic Jihad, a militant group that frequently attacks Israel, confirmed two members were killed in the airstrike,...

One Dead, Dozens Injured in Bombing Outside Jerusalem Bus Station

JERUSALEM -- A 59-year-old woman was killed and 30 people were wounded when a bomb exploded this afternoon across from Jerusalem's central bus station. Police said the 3-pound bomb placed in a bag opposite the station was a terrorist attack. "We are talking about a terror attack," said police spokesman Micky...

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Ehud Barak, Israel Defense Minister, Says Country Should Consider 'Unilateral Action' If Peace Negotiations Stall

Defense Minister Ehud Barak abruptly proposed on Wednesday that Israel consider "unilateral action" if long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians don't resume and produce a deal â suggesting Israel may be thinking of withdrawing from part of the West Bank, as it did from the Gaza Strip seven years ago.

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Jerusalem Divided: Ehud Olmert, Former Israel PM, Says City Must Be Partitioned

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday urged Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want peace, contending in a pair of interviews that years of government neglect have kept the Jewish and Arab sectors irreparably divided.

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Benjamin Netanyahu Downplays Relationship With Mitt Romney

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is describing his relationship with Mitt Romney in terms that are not quite as close as those used by the former Massachusetts governor.

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Netanyahu Creates a Big New Government to Do Nothing but Survive

Benjamin Netanyahu, ever the master maneuverer, has done it again.

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Israel New Coalition Faces First Rifts

The first rifts in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's expanded coalition emerged just a day after the Israeli leader brought the main opposition party into his government, with religious and secular parties exchanging threats Wednesday over draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews. Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the...

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05/30/12 Israeli Lawmaker Apologizes for Calling Migrants a... Source: The Jewish Exponent - Philadelphia PA Israeli lawmaker Miri Regev apologized for calling African migrants in Israel "a cancer in our body."
05/30/12 Israeli Defense Minister Alludes To Unilateral Pullout... Source: International Business Times (Australia) However, Israel previously initiated a unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005, conducting an evacuation of 8,500 settlers and the removal of thousands of troops, ending a 38-year occupation of the Palestinian territory.
05/30/12 Israeli leaders skeptical of new diplomatic efforts on... Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC The Israeli statements, ahead of another planned round of talks in Moscow in June, reflect concerns that the sense of urgency that pervaded earlier discussions on Iran has faded in recent months and that Washington and other nations are allowing the Iranian leadership to gain more time to pursue what Israel says is a drive toward nuclear weapons.
05/30/12 Israel's Barak: Weigh 'unilateral action' Source: Houma Today - Houma LA Ehud Barak's proposal of undefined unilateral action came as a surprise, given Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opposition to the Gaza pullout and the prevailing sentiment in Israel that the 2005 withdrawal was a failure because violently anti-Israel Hamas militants soon overran the territory.
05/30/12 Israel may pull out of West Bank Source: Gulf News Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak abruptly proposed on Wednesday that Israel consider "unilateral action" if long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians don't resume and produce a deal â suggesting Israel may be thinking of withdrawing from part of the West Bank, as it did from the Gaza Strip seven years ago.

Background on benjamin netanyahu

Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (; born 21 October 1949) is the current Prime Minister of Israel. He serves also as the Chairman of the Likud Party, as a Knesset member, as the Health Minister of Israel, as the Pensioner Affairs Minister of Israel and as the Economic Strategy Minister of Israel.

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