US Congress

A senior official at the Arab League has called the US Congress "more dangerous than the Knesset" because of its stand on the Palestine-Israel conflict. Ambassador Mohamed Sobeih, the...

The Israeli embassy in Washington has been preoccupied with organising a number of meetings between the Israeli Minister of Defence, Ehud Barak, and several members of the US Congress....

Israel is expected to face a $500 million reduction in aid it receives from America due to Barack Obama's budget cuts. Direct military aid which helps to develop anti-missile...

Veteran PLO official Hanan Ashrawi has stressed that the rights of the Palestinian people are inalienable, and the right of return is at the top of those rights. Citing...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif told American magazine Time on Monday that new sanctions would kill the recent Geneva Deal on Iran's nuclear programme. Answering a question about...

A number of Republican members of the US Congress have submitted a bill saying that Israel should annex the occupied West Bank if Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas carries...

Reports from Israel claim that the US government has allocated tens of millions of dollars from the 2012 budget to help the Israelis to develop the "Iron Dome" anti-rocket...

Reports in the Israeli media claim that the US Congress has agreed to allocate an extra $1 billion for the development of Israel's "Iron Dome" missile defence system. Hebrew...

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has expressed his concern that the Jordanian regime is threatened by the ongoing Syria conflict, pointing out that King Abdullah is moderate and America's ally...

American Congress members have described the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation and even accused them of being behind the 11/9 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New...

In the days following the official resumption of US-led "peace talks" between Israel and Palestine, the Israeli government decided to expand its list of illegal settlements eligible for government...

Thirteen years ago I knew very little about Israel-Palestine. Like most Americans, this seemed to be a distant, confusing conflict that had little to do with me. I was...

By Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban The children gathered around what was, moments ago, their safe haven, the reservoir of their memories, the focus of their happiness, the link between them...

Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has destroyed any hope for peace in the Middle East in the short term. In his speech to the US Congress on the 24th...

It has become a tradition amongst American presidents to begin their period of office by visiting Israel, especially over the past three decades during which time the Israel Lobby...