PM en route to Washington says ''sometimes being right also means being smart,'' stresses he will bring up ''principal matters'' regarding Israel's existence with Obama during meeting.
Top Republican contenders for the White House in 2012 accused President Barack Obama on Thursday of betraying staunch US ally srael in his new long-shot push for Middle East peace.
Comment reported in New York Times comes amid growing tensions between Washington and Jerusalem over the U.S. President's backing of a Palestinian state within 1967 borders.
PM responds to Obama's proposal for two state solution based on 1967 borders, says such a solution would leave many Israelis in the West bank outside Israel's borders.
In major Mideast policy speech, U.S. president says U.S. opposes Palestinian action against Israel at UN; Obama also says Syria's Assad must lead transition to democracy or 'get out of the way.'
Former Egyptian president being probed for abuse of power, embezzlement, and for role in the deaths of protesters; ruling military says it doesn't interfere in judicial affairs.
While Turkish leader Erdogan touts his friendship with Syria's Assad, cracks are starting to show in the two countries' relationship, writes Zvi Bar'el.
A new flotilla aiming to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip threatens to deal a fresh blow to Turkish-Israeli ties, a year after a bloody Israeli seizure of a Turkish activist ship.
