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December 23, 2012
1:32 am

A construction site in Yazd, Iran. New sanctions will target steel imports to Iran. (photo credit: CC BY Paul Keller, Flickr)

Iranian president says country has managed to weather sanctions

Ahmadinejad claims Tehran is fighting back in ‘smart economic war’ with West

By Joshua Davidovich

December 19, 2012
5:03 am

A Red Cross vehicle passes through the Rafah border crossing, October 17, 2011 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Hamas bars EU observers from border crossing with Egypt

Rafah is a ‘Palestinian-Egyptian crossing only, and there is no place for foreigners in it,’ Gaza parliamentarian says

By Elhanan Miller

December 12, 2012
1:04 am

Avigdor Liberman (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)

For Europe, Israel’s destruction is ‘a matter of course,’ Liberman charges

Foreign minister launches scathing attack on EU, also warns that next missile attacks will lead Israel to send in ground forces and ‘take complete control of Gaza’

By Times of Israel staff

December 11, 2012
10:10 pm

US President Barack Obama (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama planning direct talks with Iran; US will strike in 4-5 months if they don’t bear fruit, Israeli TV report says

Channel 10 News says US president keeping Israel out of the loop, holds Netanyahu personally responsible for leaks from UN reports

By Aaron Kalman

December 11, 2012
2:26 pm

Netanyahu, Obama and Abbas during a meeting in New York in 2009 (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

Obama reportedly adopting mellow approach to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Daily Beast columnist Peter Beinart says White House shifting to ‘benign neglect’ of Israel under Netanyahu, ready to let Europe confront him

By Ron Friedman

December 11, 2012
12:46 pm

Israeli President Shimon Peres and EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, at a meeting in October 2012. The EU has condemned Israel for its plans of increased settlement building (photo credit: Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)

Abandonment issues

Nurses are set to walk off the job; EU wants Israel to walk away from settlement activity; and have Netanyahu’s antics caused America to walk away from Israel?

By Yossi Nachemi

December 11, 2012
9:50 am

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)

Liberman calls for Israeli troops to respond with lethal fire when attacked by PA police

Foreign minister also compares Europe’s silence on Mashaal’s call for jihad against Israel to its inaction during Holocaust

By Ron Friedman

December 10, 2012
8:12 pm

EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, left, speaks with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle during a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, Dec. 10 (photocredit: AP/Virginia Mayo)

EU slams Israel over settlements, but stops short of calling for sanctions

Regarding E1, European foreign ministers say they will ‘closely monitor the situation and act accordingly’; Israel rejects statement as one-sided, says it reward Palestinian rejectionism

By Raphael Ahren

December 10, 2012
6:26 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a Hanukkah reception with foreign reporters, in Jerusalem, on Monday, December 10 (photo credit: Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

Netanyahu blasts international community for staying quiet amid Hamas calls for Israel’s destruction

PM says ‘deafening silence’ of European governments and PA President Abbas over Mashaal’s comments this weekend is unacceptable; EU does issue statement, soon after PM’s critique

By Raphael Ahren and AP

December 10, 2012
5:17 pm

People walk with torches to protest against the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the EU bloc in Oslo, Norway, Sunday December 9, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Yves Logghe)

EU receives Nobel Peace Prize for taking continent from war to peace

Amnesty International says Europe should not ‘bask in the glow of the prize,’ warns xenophobia and intolerance are on the rise

December 10, 2012
8:23 am

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, right, being greeted by his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Liberman in Jerusalem last year. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Swedish foreign minister says E1 settlement plan has changed EU’s view of Israel

European ministers expected to slam Israeli moves at meeting in Brussels, without imposing concrete punitive measures like boycotting West Bank goods

By Times of Israel staff and AP

December 6, 2012
10:59 am

The European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium (photo credit: CC BY-SA stevecadman, Flickr)

Despite souring relations with Israel, Europe not about to boycott settlement goods, sources predict

But EU still expected to ratify condemnation of settlement activity

By Raphael Ahren and Joshua Davidovich

December 6, 2012
6:55 am

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, in green, at an olive harvest in the West Bank in October. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

EU said to be mulling boycott of settlement goods amid deepening diplomatic crisis

Netanyahu expected to tell German leader he won’t back down from plan to develop sensitive E1 corridor