Israel's Prime Minister Designate Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to form a government any day now, but his right-far right coalition still hasn't given up courting a broader membership. The target right now is the center-left Labor Party led by Defense Minister Ehud...
A top Russian defense official today confirmed that a contract has existed for two years to supply the high-end S-300 surface to air defensive missile system to Iran, something which has long been rumored to be the case. Russian spokesmen would not discuss the...
Talks between Israel's outgoing Kadima government and Hamas appear to have fallen through, and there will be no prisoner swap to free jailed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in return for hundreds of Hamas detainees. Official rhetoric which emphasized the enormous value...
In an interview today on the Charlie Rose show, Admiral Michael Mullen cautioned that a unilateral Israeli attack on Iran could endanger the stability entire region, leading to an escalation that could imperil American forces in the Gulf region. Then Mullen spoke...
Charles "Chas" Freeman, the former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, withdrew his acceptance of the position of chairman of the National Intelligence Council, citing the media furor around his alleged anti-Israel views. In a statement issued after he withdrew himself...
When Yisrael Beiteinu chief Avigdor Lieberman issued his demands for joining a Netanyahu-led government, the enormity of what he was asking shocked a lot of experts: three major ministerships, including foreign affairs - an unprecedented amount for a 15 seat party....
Speaking at an Israeli cabinet meeting today, Military Intelligence chief Major-General Amos Yadlin declared that Iran "has crossed the technological threshold, so that reaching a military nuclear ability is only a matter of matching the strategy to the goal of...
Avigdor Lieberman, the controversial leader of the Yisrael Beiteinu party which scored a major gain in last month's elections, seems set to join Benjamin Netanyahu's would-be coalition government, putting the role of foreign minister in the hands of one of these least...
A report issued today by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) warned that the Israeli government believes that it still retains the ability to destroy Iran's nuclear program with a unilateral attack, and as the international community's diplomatic...
Top Israeli officials are reportedly concerned that a potential rightist government led by Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu would establish that the Annapolis peace process is dead, and this "will undoubtedly harm Israel's relations with the US." An unnamed official...
