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March 11, 2013
11:10 am

Alan Shatter, Ireland's minister of justice and defense, volunteered as a young man on a kibbutz.

Israel may finally have some luck with the Irish

Currently presiding over the EU, Ireland sends its Jewish defense minister — a longtime supporter — on Monday

By Eamon Delaney

March 7, 2013
9:14 pm

Free Syrian Army fighters pray inside a cave at Jabal al-Zaweya in Idlib, Syria, Sunday Feb. 24, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese Palestinians entering Syria to fight Assad

Fatah leader in Lebanon denies that Al-Qaeda affiliate has infiltrated Lebanon’s refugee camps along with Syrian refugees

By Elhanan Miller

March 7, 2013
4:51 am

Shimon Peres and Herman Van Rompuy in Brussels Wednesday. (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

Condemn terror, not settlements, Peres tells EU

President rebuffs EU designation of West Bank building as obstacle to peace, calls for Hamas and Hezbollah to get terror label

By Joshua Davidovich

March 3, 2013
5:48 pm

Suspected price tag vandalism at a mosque near Ramallah in the West Bank in June (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Jerusalem ‘price tag’ cases doubled in 2012, police say

Suspects were arrested in less than a quarter of the incidents, capital cops say; no charges filed

By Adiv Sterman

March 1, 2013
5:33 pm

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in Jerusalem on October 24, 2012 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

EU foreign policy chief wants settlement goods labeled

Despite Cartherine Ashton’s letter, Europe unlikely to ban West Bank products, EU official tells Times of Israel

By Raphael Ahren

February 28, 2013
9:55 pm

President Shimon Peres meets with US under secretary of state for political affairs Wendy Sherman on Thursday, Feb. 28 (photo credit: Yosef Avi Yair Engel)

US’s top Iran negotiator updates Peres on latest talks

Welcoming Wendy Sherman, president says he’s ‘convinced Obama is determined to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapon,’ congratulates Hagel on confirmation

By Ilan Ben Zion

February 27, 2013
7:15 pm

Diplomats participate in the fourth round of high-level talks with an Iranian delegation, right, aimed at stopping the Islamic regime's nuclear program from making atomic weapons in Almaty, Kazakhstan in February. (photo credit: AP/ Shamil Zhumatov, Pool)

Iran calls eased sanctions offer a ‘turning point’ in talks

Restrictions on oil would remain, but Tehran would be allowed to keep enriching uranium for research reactor

February 27, 2013
12:17 pm

Construction work at the Jewish settlement of Har Gilo, July 2012. (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

Harsh EU report likely won’t spell settlement sanctions

European consuls recommend reduced trade with Israelis over the Green Line, slam construction in East Jerusalem neighborhoods

By Raphael Ahren

February 24, 2013
9:41 am

Supporters wave flags in front of a giant monitor broadcasting a message by Silvio Berlusconi during a center-right coalition rally in Naples, Italy, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Salvatore Laporta)

Italians go to the polls in parliamentary elections

EU countries and investors the world over focus on vote that promises to have a profound impact on the continent’s faltering economy

By Colleen Barry and Victor L. Simpson

February 23, 2013
6:20 pm

Time to call a terrorist group a terrorist group

The EU’s reluctance to list Hezbollah as a terrorist group paves the way for more murder and mayhem

By Magnus Norell

February 21, 2013
3:03 pm

President Shimon Peres speaks at a ceremony at Tel Hai, in northern Israel, on February 21, 2013. (photo credit: Mark Neiman/GPO/La'am)

Peres urges EU to brand Hezbollah as terrorists

President warns Lebanon not to initiate violence against Jewish state, says Shiite group threatens Beirut more than Israel

By Ilan Ben Zion

February 21, 2013
11:16 am

Cyprus man admits Hezbollah ties, stalking Israelis

Currently on trial, Lebanese defendant also carries Swedish passport

February 20, 2013
4:42 am

Demonstrators in Dublin protest Israeli military operations in Gaza in early 2009. (Photo credit: CC BY/albertw via Flickr.com)

Amid plenty of pro-Palestine talk, Irish temper their tone on Israel

Home to an outspoken anti-Israel camp, Ireland also counts plenty of supporters — including at the highest levels of government