US Secretary of State: Before going to war with Iran over its nuclear program, Obama has an obligation “as a matter of leadership” to pursue a peaceful solution to the crisis.
Jordan warned on Wednesday that it might review a 1994 peace treaty with Israel after Israeli MPs began a debate on allowing Jewish prayers at Jerusalem's sensitive Al—Aqsa mosque compound.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to pay a 24-hour visit to Israel Monday with sixteen members of her cabinet who will participate in consultations with the Israeli government at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.
Republican senators are trying to attach sanctions language onto bills relating to other subjects; Israeli envoy to US says pressure on Iran ''dissipating,'' as monthly oil exports increase.
''There is no question of a boycott of Israel. This is certainly not the policy of the European Union and it will not be its policy,’’ the EU ambassador to Israel, Lars Faaborg-Andersen told a seminar on EU-Israel trade opportunities in Tel Aviv
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton flies Monday to Kiev where she is expected ‘’to meet key stakeholders and discuss the support of the European Union for a lasting solution to the political crisis and measures to stabilise the economic situation,’’ her office announced.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who started Monday night a 24-hour visit to Israel, said for almost 50 years her country has worked “shoulder to shoulder” with Israel to secure its future.
