US President Barack Obama on Tuesday dodged a question regarding Israel’s nuclear program and called on all countries to join the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty.
More than three quarters of the U.S. Senate urged the Obama administration not to allow tensions with Israel to harm relations or the prospects of a return to Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
The American administration postponed "until further notice" the appointment of an ambassador to Damascus, Kuwaiti daily Al-Rai Al-Aam said over the weekend.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy told the American news network CBS on Tuesday that an Israeli military attack against Iran would be "disastrous" and that Israel must understand that "we are determined to ensure its security."
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Friday called for a "world leadership" to force all the parties to the Middle East conflict to negotiate, describing U.S. President Barack Obama as the "ideal person" to head the effort.