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Topic: United States

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December 1, 2012
5:56 pm

US extradites rabbi to Australia to face sex charges

From the web David Kramer faces allegations he abused four boys while teaching at Jewish school in Melbourne

December 1, 2012
12:52 am

Iranian technicians work at a facility producing uranium fuel for a planned heavy-water nuclear reactor, outside Isfahan, in 2009. (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)

IAEA: Leaked Iranian graph on nuclear weapons is flawed, but supports suspicions that Tehran’s vying for a bomb

Documents show Iran ran computer simulations for a nuke with triple the explosive force of the one used on Hiroshima

By George Jahn

November 29, 2012
6:29 pm

The results of a draft resolution on Palestinian status are posted in the United Nations headquarters, Thursday, November 29 (photo credit: AP/Kathy Willens)

UN General Assembly votes 138-9, with 41 abstentions, in favor of nonmember status for ‘Palestine’

Celebrations in Ramallah after General Assembly approves upgraded observer status; Netanyahu slams Abbas’s ‘hate-filled speech’; US regrets ‘unfortunate, counterproductive’ vote

November 29, 2012
6:08 pm

Twenty conclusions from Pillar of Defense

Israel’s strategic position got a boost from Hamas’s impotence, the IDF’s response and the country’s unity under fire.

By David Bedein

November 29, 2012
12:42 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a visit to an exhibition marking 35 years since Egyptian president Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel, at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, on Thursday, November 29 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

‘There is no power in the world that can disconnect the Jewish people from the land of Israel,’ Netanyahu says

Germany announces it will abstain at the General Assembly, Abbas brushes off ‘heavy’ pressure to abandon UN upgrade gambit

By Aaron Kalman and Gabe Fisher

November 29, 2012
10:25 am

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Nov. 16 (photo AP/Majdi Mohammed)

Abbas brushes off Israeli threats surrounding UN bid

While supporters call General Assembly vote on Palestine a ‘historic moment,’ Jerusalem downplays the bid as ‘a virtual move’

By Aaron Kalman

November 29, 2012
6:13 am

IAF pilots near a plane after training (Illustrative photo: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

US overseeing construction of mysterious underground IDF project

From the web Army Corps of Engineers called in to supervise five-story Site 911 at air force base near Tel Aviv, Washington Post reports

November 29, 2012
12:55 am

Palestinian security officers slide down a building next to a banner of President Mahmoud Abbas with Yasser Arafat, in the West Bank town of Jenin on Wednesday. Arabic on the left reads "our hero prisoners, the covenant is the covenant and the section is the section, your liberty will stay our first priority," and right, "all your people (are) with you."(photo credit: AP/Mohammed Ballas)

Palestinians reject 11th-hour bid by US to stop statehood gambit

PA remains committed to going ahead with request for nonmember state status at UN after Abbas meets with top State Department officials

By Joshua Davidovich and AP

November 26, 2012
10:22 pm

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas leaves the podium after speaking during the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, September 27, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Seth Wenig)

US still working to thwart Palestinian UN bid, senior official says

America said to be pursuing several avenues to counter PA’s initiative to gain nonmember status

By Michal Shmulovich

November 24, 2012
4:53 pm

The Israeli nuclear reactor at Nahal Sorek (Photo credit: Yaakov Naumi/ Flash 90)

Regional conflicts put nuke-free Mideast conference on hold, US says

Israel declines participation due to Arab countries’ stance on disarmament

November 23, 2012
1:44 am

Thank you, Prime Minister

You opted to question accepted ‘truths’ and create the possibility for hope

By Donniel Hartman

November 22, 2012
1:52 am

A plane taking off from the USS Nimitz in 2008. (photo credit: Steven Maksinchuk/US Navy, Department of Defense)

Mechanical problem forcing US to shrink Gulf presence

Carrier scheduled to be deployed to region delayed by propulsion issues

November 20, 2012
7:03 am

Hillary Clinton meets Mohammed Morsi in Cairo in June. (photo credit: AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

US ties with Turkey, Egypt strained by Gaza fighting

From the web Washington Post: US’s Middle Eastern partners have come out against Israel in conflict with Hamas, driving a wedge between them and the White House

November 19, 2012
11:33 pm

US President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra hold a joint news conference at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Nov. 18 (photo credit: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Washington working behind scenes to broker Hamas-Israel truce

Diplomacy yet to have significant effect as Egypt leads mediation efforts

November 18, 2012
8:07 pm

US President Barack Obama, left, and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra hold a joint press conference at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. (photo credit: Sakchai Lalit/AP)

Obama defends Israel’s right to protect itself, while cautioning against escalation

US president says that ‘ramping-up’ military activities bad for both sides in conflict

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