Russia plans to press ahead with plans to sell two surface-to-air rocket units armed with missiles to Damascus in a deal worth 300 million dollars; Israel fears weapons could fall into hands of Hezbollah.
British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed concern with the current stalemate in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, during a meeting this week in London with visiting Israeli President Shimon Peres.
US President Barack Obama will next week welcome Israeli President Shimon Peres to the White House for lunch, at a time of intense upheaval in the rebellion-torn Middle East.
Israeli President Shimon Peres will be Wednesday evening among movie stars, singers and politicians from around the world at a charity gala event at the Royal Albert Hall in London in honor of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev who celebrated his 80th birthday this month.
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday visited CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, near Geneva on the French-Swiss border, as part of a two-day state visit to Switzerland aimed at boosting scientific cooperation between the two countries.
srael wants clarifications from Argentina over a report it offered Iran to stop investigating bombings on Jewish centres in Buenos Aires in the 1990s in exchange for better trade ties, an Israeli foreign ministry official.
Turkish PM says Syria is working on reforms in the wake of anti-government protests which have been sweeping the country for over a week; Syrian activists call for protests ahead of expected Assad speech.
Rebels continue to push west with NATO air support; Libyan TV: Gaddafi in Tripoli; rebels seize oil terminals; witnesses hear explosions in Sirte, Tripoli; NATO agrees to implement all aspects of UN resolution.
