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A week after the Israeli general election and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still waiting for congratulatory calls from world leaders. Maariv newspaper claimed at the weekend that no...

American journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, who is close to Barack Obama, claims that the US president told him that Benjamin Netanyahu displays "cowardice" on the Palestinian issue and is "leading...

The head of the Hamas political bureau, Khaled Meshaal, has said that his movement does not pin any hopes on Barack Obama to find a solution to the Palestine-Israel...

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...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have frozen his concerns about Iran's nuclear programme in order to give himself time to follow up the military coup in Egypt,...

A Washington correspondent for Israel's Channel 10 television station has quoted a White House source as saying that the main current obstacle to the resumption of direct negotiations between...

The Council of Rabbis in Israel has written to US President Barak Obama calling on him to "terminate" the Palestinian state, just as America "terminated" Osama bin Laden. Reports...

The White House has called on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to clarify his controversial remarks about Jerusalem which have outraged Palestinians. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said that...

A spokesman for the Islamic Resistance Movement has expressed the wish for newly re-elected President Obama to be more "impartial" in the Middle East peace process. Hamas official Sami...

Despite the fact that American president Barack Obama has said the US did not take sides during the recent coup against the elected president in Egypt, US federal government...

The 13th of September will mark 20 years since the White House lawn signing ceremony between Yasser Arafat and Yitzak Rabin, flanked by former US President Bill Clinton. The...

By Yvonne Ridley Hold the front page! The docile White House Press Corps has got itself all steamed up about something and finally taken a scalp. The Capitol Hill...

By Attorney-d. Mahmoud Ramahi Any neutral person looking at the Palestinian situation would see that there is an underlying theme: "negotiations" is a euphemism for Palestinian concessions. This is...

The fatal shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin shocked a nation, inspired tens of thousands to march for justice and even prompted the US President to declare, "If I...

With the approach of the 2012 U.S. presidential elections scheduled for November, difficult questions have arisen about the significance of the Jewish lobby in those elections on the one...

THE results of US elections are eccentric. While re-electing Barack Obama to the White House, voters also chose members of the opposing party as their representatives in Congress. Pundits...

Since Egypt's president, Mohammed Morsi, was ousted in a military coup on 3 July, the US has been in an awkward position. An automatic Congressional instrument halts military aid...

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...

What is going on in the White House? By Bilal Alhassan A year ago US President Barack Obama outlined a clear and straightforward policy through which he wanted to improve...