Barak tells 'The Daily Telegraph' Tehran's decision to use uranium for civilian purposes postponed military nuclear program, predicts sanctions, diplomacy will fail, says Israel, US to make decision on attack ''next year.''
The Central Committee of Israeli Prime Minister’s Likud party has approved the deal with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu under which they would run together on a joint list in the January parliamentary elections.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says vote for unity will change the Likud and the state of Israel, puts to rest rumors of ''inheritance,'' asserting that he intends to lead country for many years to come.
The murder of former premier Yitzhak Rabin by a rightwing extremist was ''one of the worst crimes,'' Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday as Israel marked the 17th anniversary of the assassination.
The planned controversial visit to Iran by a delegation of five members of the European Parliament was cancelled Saturday after Tehran refused to let them meet with two jailed Iran dissidents who were awarded on Friday a prestigious human rights prize by the EU institution.