October 23, 2012
1:42 am

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, left, and US President Barack Obama face off during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY on October 16 (photo credit: AP/David Goldman)

Final debate comes down to leadership

Analysis: In Florida, Obama and Romney are appealing to a TV audience that is weary of war but no longer consumed by it

By Ben Feller

October 23, 2012
1:07 am

President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney shake hands at Monday night's foreign policy debate, while moderator Bob Schieffer looks on (photo credit: Charlie Neibergall/AP)

Romney slams Obama’s ‘apology tour’ of Arab world; Obama: I went to Yad Vashem as a candidate

Here’s how we liveblogged the final debate: Challenger says Iran noticed that president ‘skipped Israel’ on Mideast trip; president sneers at Romney’s fundraiser in Jerusalem; both candidates insist they’d have Israel’s back, and stop Iran

By Times of Israel staff, Haviv Rettig Gur and Sam Ser

October 23, 2012
12:26 am

Two statuettes depicting President Barack Obama, left, and Republican rival Mitt Romney are backdropped by the Stars and Stripes in a shop which sells Christmas nativity figures in Naples, Italy, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, hours ahead of their third and final presidential debate in Boca Raton, Florida. (photo credit: Salvatore Laporta/AP)

Face to face: It’s the final Obama-Romney debate

Candidates spar over Middle East policy in last direct confrontation of tight presidential race

By David Espo and Kasie Hunt

October 22, 2012
2:52 pm

Rabbi Bernhard Rosenberg (photo credit: Courtesy)

Head of Rabbis for Romney: ‘The pulpit is for Torah, not politics’

Bernhard Rosenberg says he only launched his group to balance Rabbis for Obama, wants the election taken out of the synagogue, calls Obama ‘a fine man’ who isn’t doing enough on Iran

By Haviv Rettig Gur

October 22, 2012
1:21 pm

US President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, greet each other as they arrive for the presidential debate, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (photo credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP)

Things that go stump in the night

Obamney prepares to bump helmets on foreign policy, with ISRAEL sure to feature prominently in the debate. Take that, Tuvalu

By Joshua Davidovich

October 22, 2012
9:12 am

Former Mossad head praises Obama’s handling of Iran, says Romney’s policy leaves only military option

Efraim Halevy: Goal of sanctions is to convince Tehran to give up on nukes, not to prepare the ground for a military strike

By Ron Friedman and Times of Israel staff

October 22, 2012
3:48 am

Candidates prep for final debate as polls tighten up

Monday night’s encounter sure to feature questions on Iran, Benghazi

By Steven R. Hurst

October 21, 2012
6:26 pm

US President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One en route to Las Vegas for a campaign rally on Sunday (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Presidential contest now tied, according to NBC poll

From the Web An NBC and Wall Street Journal survey finds Obama and Romney in a draw at 47% apiece two weeks before elections

October 21, 2012
4:09 pm

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, left, and US President Barack Obama wave to the audience before the first presidential debate at the University of Denver earlier this month (photo credit: AP/Charlie Neibergall)

In third debate, will Romney offer the clarity on Iran that Israel has sought from Obama?

Analysis: The challenger has yet to set out a clear vision that differentiates him from the president on the most immediate, significant threat to Israel and world security: a nuclear-armed Iran

By Haviv Rettig Gur

October 21, 2012
7:45 am

Tactics set, Obama, Romney hurtle toward finish

Analysis: Neither campaign feels it needs to make significant shifts in strategy in the closing days of a deadlocked race, top strategists say

By Thomas Beaumont and Charles Babigton

October 21, 2012
7:23 am

Republican Jewish Coalition volunteers in Cleveland preparing to protest Obama at the Browns-Eagles NFL game, Sept. 9, 2012. (photo credit: Courtesy RJC/JTA)

After backing Romney, pro-Israel groups may find themselves locked out of White House

From the web Conservative groups risk waning influence in Washington should Obama win second term, Politico reports

October 21, 2012
12:27 am

Iranian technicians work at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in 2010 (photo credit: AP/IIPA, Ebrahim Norouzi)

US officials say Iran has agreed to nuclear talks

From the web NY Times: Israeli ambassador to UN calls direct talks ‘reward’ for Tehran, prefers tougher sanctions

October 20, 2012
10:35 pm

Former UN chief Kofi Annan, left, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem meeting in Damascus in July (photo credit: AP/SANA)

Annan warns military intervention won’t work in Syria

Former UN chief says Republican VP candidate Paul Ryan is ‘dead wrong’ regarding the failure of a diplomatic push

By AP and Yoel Goldman

October 20, 2012
5:16 pm

Biggest Utah paper endorses Obama

From the web The Salt Lake City Tribune claims Mitt Romney will say anything to get elected, slams him for not providing specifics regarding ‘radical’ economic policies

October 20, 2012
11:00 am

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivering a foreign policy speech at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Va. in early October. Romney promises to stand up to Russia and Vladimir Putin if he's elected president. (photo credit: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Romney promises to stand up to Russia, America’s ‘biggest foe’

Some analysts believe he’ll have to tone down his anti-Moscow rhetoric if elected

By Desmond Butler

Topic: US elections