The European Union is expected to issue a statement Monday condemning the use of European passports - some of them forged - during the assassination of Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai last month.
If Mahmoud al-Mabhouh were sitting in an Israeli prison instead of posthumously starring in the international media, his name would be on the list of prisoners whom Hamas is demanding in exchange for Gilad Shalit.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Monday for an immediate embargo on Iran's energy sector, saying the United Nations Security Council should be sidestepped if it cannot agree on the move.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with members of a Mossad hit squad and approved their mission to kill a top Hamas official, a British newspaper reported.
US Deputy Secretary of State Jacob J. Lew arrived on Wednesday for a four-day visit to Israel and the West Bank that will include talks on trade, technology, and humanitarian aid, the State Department said.
Interpol published wanted notices and images on Thursday of 11 suspected hit squad members involved in the slaying of senior Hamas terrorist Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai last month.
Israeli agents tipped off British intelligence that they were going to carry out an 'overseas operation' using fake British passports before assassinating a Hamas official in Dubai
Dubai police chief Dahi Khalfan Tamim said he is 99 percent sure Israel was involved in the January killing of a Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh at a Dubai luxury hotel.
Britain summoned Israel's ambassador Thursday to clarify what London called an "identity theft" in which the passports of six British Israelis were used by assassins.
