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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

Enrico Letta

Italian Democratic Party's leader Matteo Renzi talks to journalists at the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome after talks with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. (photo creditAP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
February 17, 2014, 5:23 pm
Italy’s Renzi gets nod to form new government
39-year-old Florence mayor says he’ll need a few days, plans electoral reform to make country more governable
By Nicole Winfield
Florence mayor Matteo Renzi greets couples that have been married for over 50 years during a ceremony on Valentine's Day in Florence, Italy, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Fabrizio Giovannozzi)
February 17, 2014, 5:11 pm
Italy’s PM-to-be is tough on Iran, empathetic to Israel
Matteo Renzi supported the 2009 ‘Green Movement’ against the ayatollahs, and has urged ‘more careful consideration of Israel’s stances’
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reviews the honor guard during an intergovernmental summit with Italian Premier Enrico Letta in Rome, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia)
December 2, 2013, 10:51 pm
Netanyahu: Iran deal insubstantial ‘political theater’
Unnamed Israeli officials pan Obama’s lack of ‘political stomach’ for addressing nuclear program; PM urges Western powers not to compromise on demands
By Yifa Yaakov
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (photo credit: CC BY European People's Party - EPP, Flickr)
October 24, 2013, 7:59 am
Merkel to Obama: Stop tapping my phone ‘immediately’
Washington denies it monitors the German chancellor’s conversations, but will look into Berlin’s concerns
By Geir Moulson and John-Thor Dahlburg
US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands for the media on the occasion of their meeting at Villa Taverna, the US Ambassador's residence in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Claudio Peri, Pool)
October 23, 2013, 4:10 pm
Iran must prove nuclear program peaceful, Kerry says
Meeting with Netanyahu ends after five hours, sides discuss peace talks and diplomatic initiatives to stop Tehran’s nuclear work
By Lazar Berman and AP
A general view of Hebron with the Tomb of the Patriarchs (Najeh Hashlamoun/Flash90)
October 22, 2013, 11:49 pm
On eve of Kerry meeting, PM reaches out to Hebron Jews
Netanyahu set to talk peace process and Iran in Rome on Wednesday, but message to settlers might complicate matters
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with his Italian counterpart Enrico Letta, following a meeting in Rome, on Tuesday, October 22, 2013. (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)
October 22, 2013, 8:44 pm
In Rome, Netanyahu says eased Iran sanctions would be ‘tragic’
Meeting with Italian PM focuses on Islamic Republic’s nuclear program; on Wednesday, Israeli leader due to talk with Kerry to discuss peace process
By Lazar Berman
August 31, 2013, 8:11 pm
Syrian deputy FM blasts US ‘hostile schemes’
In Italy, Faisal Mekdad says his country complied with UN’s chemical weapons probe, accuses Kerry of hypocrisy
By Yifa Yaakov and AP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a press conference following his meeting with Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta at the Palestinian Presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 30, 2013 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
July 2, 2013, 5:46 pm
Abbas upbeat on negotiations, his PA allies less so
‘The door to peace is completely shut,’ says senior PLO member following Kerry’s fifth visit to the region
By Elhanan Miller
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets with Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta upon his arrival in the West Bank city of Ramallah Tuesday, July 2, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Fadi Arouri)
July 2, 2013, 2:48 pm
Abbas says he is optimistic about peace talks
Day after PM reiterates offer to sit in ‘peace tent,’ Palestinian president calls Kerry’s suggestions for restarting talks ‘constructive’
By ToI Staff and AP
Benjamin Netanyahu (right) holds a joint press conference with his Italian counterpart Enrico Letta, in Jerusalem, Monday (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)
July 1, 2013, 4:40 pm
Netanyahu ‘willing to sit in tent for peace’
Prime minister also tells Italian counterpart Europe must designate Hezbollah a terrorist organization, block Iran’s nuke progress
By Aaron Kalman
Shimon Peres meets with Enrico Letta and Italian leaders (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO)
May 1, 2013, 3:06 pm
Peres honored by the people of Assisi
President asks city to pray for an end to bloodshed
By ToI Staff
President Shimon Peres meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on April 30, 2013. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
April 30, 2013, 5:42 pm
Pope Francis says he wants to visit Israel in near future
Peres tells pontiff the sooner he makes journey the better it will be for the peace process; no date set for trip, which would be Bergoglio’s second, after a sojourn at start of 1973 Yom Kippur War
By ToI Staff
President Shimon Peres meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on April 30, 2013. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
April 30, 2013, 4:57 pm
Peres invites Pope to make (second) visit to Israel
President tells pontiff trip would be welcomed with ‘enthusiasm and love by all’
By ToI Staff
President Shimon Peres seen with El Al CEO Eliezer Shkedi before boarding a plane on his way for an official visit with the Pope in Rome, Italy, April 29. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
April 29, 2013, 9:06 pm
Peres heads to Rome to meet the pope
President to invite Francis to make what would be his second visit to Israel
By ToI Staff
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