President Barack Obama struck out with Turkey earlier this week after the White House released a photo showing the US leader holding a baseball bat while talking on the phone with the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) responded to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s allegations of a “horrendous Zionist clan ruling world affairs” with caution Thursday, as it warned of the danger of such statements as “a hallmark of the hate filled and irrational nature of the Iranian regime”.
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman travelled to Albania on an official visit, where he opened a new embassy, according to a statement by the Israeli Foreign Minister
US Defence Secretary met with the Israeli Premier and his counterpart Ehud Barak on the first day of his visit to Israel Wednesday, as Benjamin Netanyahu warned him “neither sanctions nor diplomacy have yet had any impact on Iran’s nuclear weapons program”.
Exclusive: Maj.-Gen. (res.) Aharon Ze’evi Farkash fears an attack on Iran’s nuclear weapons program may be imminent but would be premature and lack the necessary international legitimacy.
The British government has stepped in as intermediary in ongoing efforts to bridge the diplomatic gulf between Israel and Turkey, reported Israeli media Wednesday.
An aide to Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Wednesday a disputed letter from Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi was sent by the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv and cleared for publication by officials there.
Responding to Iranian president's call for world forces to annihilate Israel, Netanyahu spokesman pushes need to deny Tehran nuclear weapons, calls Ahmadinejad's language ''par for the course for Iranian leadership.''
At joint press conference with visiting US secretary of defense, Netanyahu says time running out on Iranian nuclear issue, adds Iran doesn't believe int'l community serious about stopping it; Panetta touts bilateral ties.
Mohamed Morsi’s office denied Israeli media reports Tuesday evening of the Egyptian President having reached out to his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres to express his wishes for peace.
