Former State Department official says Israel may feel it has more room to act alone in an election year, and may only inform the U.S. after the planes take off.
France summoned the Israeli ambassador in Paris Yossi Gal to a meeting at the foreign ministry Wednesday to protest after an air strike wounded a French diplomat in Gaza along with his wife and daughter.
Iran parliament speaker Ali Larijani denies press speculation about Israeli involvement in blast near Tehran that killed high-ranking Revolutionary Guard commander, calling it 'fiction'.
Speaking to CNN, President advocates for 'moral attack' on Tehran; Peres also rejects notion that Israel stands alone in facing Tehran's nuclear program, says Iran is as global an issue as the economic crisis.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy might visit Israel in January to try to clarify ''misunderstandings'' following comments on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he made recently during a private conversation with US President Barack Obama.
U.S., Turkey also do not seem to support military option against Iranian facilities; EU, U.S. want to impose sanctions, but China, Russia, some Gulf states have trading ties with Iran.
US President Barack Obama Sunday refused to discuss an overheard conversation he was party to in which French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Israel's leader Benjamin Netanyahu a ''liar.''
Western intelligence source tells Time Magazine that he believes the Mossad was responsible for deadly blast near Tehran which killed key figure in Iran's missile program.
European Union Foreign Ministers are likely to broaden sanctions against Syria, in the form of new travel restrictions for individuals involved in the repression and financial sanctions, at a monthly meeting in Brussels on Monday.
