Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed President Shimon Peres that he has succeeded in building a new coalition government, during a meeting Saturday night at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem.
Days before the arrival of US President Barack Obama in Jerusalem, a poll shows that 64 percent of US citizens currently support Israel. US citizens are overwhelming supportive of Israel.
Gallup poll finds that in run up to President Obama's visit to Israel, Americans' sympathies lean heavily toward Israelis over Palestinians, 64% vs. 12%; matches high from 1991 poll taken during Gulf War.
The United Nations confirmed that the death of Gaza-based BBC Arabic service journalist Jihad al-Mishrawi’s infant son, which was widely blamed on the Israeli army offensive during last November’s ’Operation Pillar of Defense’, was in fact the result of a Hamas rocket fire.
Will the European Union take a decision to lift its arms embargo on supplying arms to the Syrian rebels fighting against the regime of President Basha al-Assad ?
EU rejects Franco-British push to lift arms embargo to Syrian rebels; Merkel warns lifting of embargo would lead Iran, Russia to step up arms supplies to Assad, says weapons could fall into hands of Hezbollah.
