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December 8, 2012
5:33 pm

British Foreign Secretary William Hague (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90/File)

Hague warns Assad regime may use chemical weapons

UK foreign secretary says intelligence shows Damascus might employ its stockpiles against rebels, adds that Washington shares Britain’s concern

December 3, 2012
2:52 pm

Chicago mayor and former White House chief of staff Rahm Emmanuel (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90)

Seeing the worst

London, Paris and Washington are not pleased with Netanyahu, Kadima doesn’t want to live and let Livni, and now Tel Avivians can get a degree in prophesying doom

By Joshua Davidovich

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
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 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 15, 2012
1:11 am

Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaking with Ehud Barak at the Defense Ministry in 2012 (photo credit: Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry/Flash90)

Washington says it stands behind Israel’s right to defend itself

‘No justification for violence Hamas and others are employing against Israel,’ State Department says; PM speaks to Obama by phone; UN chief expresses concern to Netanyahu

By Joshua Davidovich

November 8, 2012
1:54 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listening as President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting in Washington in March 2012 (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama win puts Netanyahu between Barack and a hard place

PM, widely seen as having backed defeated Romney, will have to overcome chilly relationship and find a way to curry favor with Washington

By Josef Federman

November 3, 2012
3:23 am

Washington to distribute gasoline in storm-struck areas

12 million gallons of unleaded and 10 million of diesel to assist coast recover from superstorm Sandy

November 2, 2012
8:00 am

Hillary Clinton at the Friends of Syria conference in Istanbul in April. (photo credit: AP)

Syrian rebels hesitant over US overhaul of opposition

Washington plan to create more unified leadership against Bashar Assad comes under fire

By Karin Laub and Zeina Karam

October 28, 2012
2:48 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman at a joint press conference, announcing the merger of their respective parties, in Jerusalem in October (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

The end of Bibermania?

The Israeli press wonders whether the union of Likud and Yisrael Beytenu could fall apart before it gets off the ground

By Ilan Ben Zion

October 28, 2012
6:49 am

A mural outside the former US Embassy in Tehran. (photo credit: CC-BY-SA davehighbury, Flickr)

Obama offered to reestablish full ties with Iran, Israeli paper reports

Israel was told about and opposed president’s diplomatic incentives package, initiated soon after he took office, and Iran rebuffed it, according to Maariv

By Joshua Davidovich

October 1, 2012
9:20 am

An American predator drone (photo credit: AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Suspected US drone kills two near Afghan border in Pakistan

Officials: Missile hit two foreigners riding a motorcycle in insurgent-heavy North Waziristan

September 19, 2012
1:46 am

Egyptian protesters run for cover from tear gas during clashes near the US Embassy in Cairo earlier this month (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Despite anti-US unrest, Washington set to open tap for billions in aid to Egypt

Several protest move to funnel foreign aid to Cairo in wake of Islamist takeover

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Washington

Hague warns Assad regime may use chemical weapons

UK foreign secretary says intelligence shows Damascus might employ its stockpiles against rebels, adds that Washington shares Britain’s concern

Seeing the worst

London, Paris and Washington are not pleased with Netanyahu, Kadima doesn’t want to live and let Livni, and now Tel Avivians can get a degree in prophesying doom

‘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

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’

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

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

Washington working behind scenes to broker Hamas-Israel truce

Diplomacy yet to have significant effect as Egypt leads mediation efforts

Washington says it stands behind Israel’s right to defend itself

‘No justification for violence Hamas and others are employing against Israel,’ State Department says; PM speaks to Obama by phone; UN chief expresses concern to Netanyahu

Obama win puts Netanyahu between Barack and a hard place

PM, widely seen as having backed defeated Romney, will have to overcome chilly relationship and find a way to curry favor with Washington

Washington to distribute gasoline in storm-struck areas

12 million gallons of unleaded and 10 million of diesel to assist coast recover from superstorm Sandy

Syrian rebels hesitant over US overhaul of opposition

Washington plan to create more unified leadership against Bashar Assad comes under fire

The end of Bibermania?

The Israeli press wonders whether the union of Likud and Yisrael Beytenu could fall apart before it gets off the ground

Obama offered to reestablish full ties with Iran, Israeli paper reports

Israel was told about and opposed president’s diplomatic incentives package, initiated soon after he took office, and Iran rebuffed it, according to Maariv

Suspected US drone kills two near Afghan border in Pakistan

Officials: Missile hit two foreigners riding a motorcycle in insurgent-heavy North Waziristan

Despite anti-US unrest, Washington set to open tap for billions in aid to Egypt

Several protest move to funnel foreign aid to Cairo in wake of Islamist takeover

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