United States

A senior Israeli official has warned that it would be a "diplomatic mistake" for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit the Gaza Strip. Reports in the Jerusalem...

The Israeli media has for the first time revealed the extent of the "brain drain" of scientists from the Jewish state. The online version of the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth...

A spokesman for President Morsi has claimed that Egypt has not received any official objections from Israel to the deployment of tanks in Sinai. Speaking to Aljazeera, he stressed...

The Head of the Office for Refugees' Affairs in Gaza, Dr. Essam Odwan, has called upon the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, to...

Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper has reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is threatening to "act independently" if negotiations between the West and Iran fail. The newspaper quoted Netanyahu as...

It has been reported in the Israeli media that the United States has $800 million worth of military equipment, including arms and ammunition, stockpiled in Israel. This, it is...

Israeli sources have revealed that the United States has called upon the King of Jordan to appoint a new ambassador in Tel Aviv. According to a radio report on...

The Supreme Guide of the Iranian Islamic revolution has warned the United States and Israel that any attack on his country will be met with an "iron fist". Ayatollah...

Veteran Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi has called on the United States to change its policies in the region if it wants to influence Palestinian public opinion. The senior member...

Israel's online economic magazine Globes is reporting that Israel has refused an American offer to solve the dispute with Lebanon over the maritime borders in the Mediterranean. According to...

The U.S president Barak Obama renewed his commitment to Israel's security in a recorded speech transmitted to a conference in Tel Aviv over the weekend to commemorate the 14th...

A new report claims that the United States could cut its strategic alliance with Israel in the event of the Jewish state mounting a strike against Iran. This would...

The US Senate has called on the Obama administration to launch a diplomatic campaign "to convince the world not to recognise a Palestinian state, in case the matter is...

By David Hearst The United States is sending a succession of envoys to engage with Hamas but lacks the bravery to talk to the Islamist movement openly, its leader,...

By John J. MearsheimerThere is no question that the United States has a relationship with Israel that has no parallel in modern history. Washington gives Israel consistent, almost unconditional...

Los Angeles Times. .  Andrew J. Bacevich 05/12/2010The United States today finds itself in the position of a suitor proffering his beloved ever more munificent gifts while receiving in return ever more...

The attack on the Gaza relief flotilla jeopardizes Israel itself. By John J. Mearsheimer Israel's botched raid against the Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla on May 31 is the latest sign...

By Maidhc Ó Cathail It would be hard to think of anyone who has done more to undermine American freedoms than Joseph Lieberman. Since 9/11, the Independent senator from...

The recent call by U.S. Senator Charles Schumer for increased rail safety funding and the creation of a "no-ride" list for Amtrak trains is yet another reminder of just...

At least a quarter of a million Israelis protested in August over the cost of living. In Tel Aviv alone, 200,000 people took to the streets. The protests, however,...

By Roger Higginson On 4 December 2009, the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported that the United States had failed to persuade its partners in the so-called 'Quartet' to issue a...

by Maidhc Ó Cathail(Wednesday, October 28, 2009) "The influence the Israel Lobby wields in Washington has ensured that the United States has long been complicit in Israel's barbarism. And...

By Omar Radwan The Israeli government has announced that it will refuse any invitation to start direct negotiations with the Palestinians issued by the diplomatic Quartet responsible for mediating...

By Dr. Bouthaina ShaabanNews that a "strategic dialogue" was to take place between Israel and the United States was very brief; the news agencies hardly mentioned it. The names...

Reports from the United States say that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to ask for the release of convicted spy Jonathan Jay Pollard. A report in the New...

After protests calling for the removal of dictatorial regimes broke out across the Arab world, Palestinians echoed them with their own protests.  However, they were not calling for the...

The United States must support the Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations this month or risk losing the little credibility it has in the Arab world. If...

While much attention has been paid to Admiral Mike Mullen's allegations that Pakistan's security service, the ISI, was behind recent attacks on American targets in Afghanistan attributed to the...

Israel wants to punish the Palestinians because they obtained full membership of UNESCO; the United States wants to punish UNESCO because it granted Palestine full membership. In the presence...

By Bilal Al-Hassan The United States is basically a self-appointed leader of the "peace process" between the Palestinians and Israel. It also happens to be the world's remaining superpower....