Italy To Boycott UN Racism Conference
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni that his country would not participate in the international anti-racism con...
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni that his country would not participate in the international anti-racism con...
Haaretz | Mazal Mualem, Yair Ettinger and Nadav Shragai | Posted 02.27.2009 | World
Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu failed to persuade his centrist rival, Kadima party leader Tzipi Livni, to join him in a broad coalition F...
Mustafa Barghouthi | Posted 02.26.2009 | World
Throughout his campaign, the cornerstone of Netanyahu's policy toward the 'Palestinian Question' suggests an intention to deepen the conflict rather than solve it.
The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 02.24.2009 | World
The 18th Knesset was sworn in today in Israel as Benjamin Netanyahu continues to try to form a coalition government. Israeli President Shimon Peres o...
Jerusalem Post | JPOST.COM STAFF, GIL HOFFMAN and AP | Posted 02.22.2009 | World
Joining a Likud government would be a breach of Kadima voters' trust and an act of self-delusion, Kadima leader Tzipi Livni said on Sunday evening ahe...
Freddy Deknatel | Posted 02.20.2009 | World
Under the terror of jets and shelling, the Israeli siege of Beirut, Darwish is making coffee.
AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 02.20.2009 | World
JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu appealed to his moderate rivals Friday to join a unity government _ a tricky alliance that would let the hawkish ...
MJ Rosenberg | Posted 02.19.2009 | World
It's time to let Bibi be Bibi. Let him try to govern from the right and see how well that works.
Haaretz | Posted 02.19.2009 | World
Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman, meanwhile, endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu for prime minister on Thursday, all but guaranteeing that the Liku...
Al Jezeera | Posted 02.18.2009 | World
Shimon Peres, the Israeli president, is set to begin work on deciding who will become the country's next prime minister and lead a governing coalition...
Bradley Burston | Posted 02.17.2009 | World
The majority vote was cast for a leadership -- the right wing -- that the public thinks can end the relationship with the most assets for Israelis and preferably no alimony at all for the spouse."
Jerusalem Post | SHELLY PAZ | Posted 02.17.2009 | World
Nearly two-thirds of Israelis would like Kadima and the Likud to form a unity government, a survey conducted by Market Watch the day after last week's...
Haaretz | Raphael Ahren | Posted 02.16.2009 | World
"I do believe Israel is fighting for existence not only because it's the only democracy in the Middle East, but also because it's the only Jewish stat...
Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 02.16.2009 | World
What is best for Israel in these trying times is forming a coalition government that is secular in nature and with a solid support in the Knesset.
Jerusalem Post | By GIL HOFFMAN | Posted 02.12.2009 | World
The Likud and Kadima will be able to form a government together under the leadership of Likud chairman Binyamin Netanyahu, on the basis of equality be...
The Independent | By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem | Posted 02.12.2009 | World
Both claiming to have won Israel's general election, foreign minister Tzipi Livni and Likud opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday each began ...
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 02.11.2009 | World
The real political story in this election is the rightward drift of the Israeli electorate embodied by the frightening emergence of the ultra right wing nationalist Avigdor Lieberman and his "Yisrael Beitenu" Party.
The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 02.11.2009 | World
Israel's new coalition government will be led by Kadima's Tzipi Livni or Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu. Tzipi Livni is the foreign minister of Israel. ...
Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 02.11.2009 | World
UPDATE: 2pm The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it would work with whatever new government is formed in Israel, Haaretz reports. At a Washingto...
MJ Rosenberg | Posted 02.11.2009 | World
It will be easier for President Obama to deal with Netanyahu than with the almost equally hawkish Tzipi Livni because Livni seems dedicated to ending the conflict.
AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 02.11.2009 | World
JERUSALEM — Israel's new coalition government _ whether led by hard-line Benjamin Netanyahu or his moderate rival Tzipi Livni _ is likely to tak...
MJ Rosenberg | Posted 02.10.2009 | World
Tuesday, the right wing coalition won a clear majority. It is, I believe, inevitable that President Peres will give Netanyahu the first shot at forming a government and that Bibi will succeed.
Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 02.10.2009 | World
***UPDATE Feb 11 12:05AM*** AP reports: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and hard-line rival Benjamin Netanyahu both claimed victory Tuesday in Israel's p...
AP | STEVEN GUTKIN | Posted 02.10.2009 | World
JERUSALEM — Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and hard-line rival Benjamin Netanyahu both claimed victory Tuesday in Israel's parliamentary election,...
Karin Kloosterman | Posted 02.09.2009 | World
Unlike America's Obama, Israel has no great political "hero" lined up at the ballot box to save us from a nuclear Iran, Hamas terrorists in Gaza, mounting threats from the Syrians, and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
So, lesson learned: do not cancel on The Daily Show. Or at least do not do whatever...
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RNC Chair Michael Steele, who's made all of the wrong kinds of news this week after...
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Arianna appeared on CNN's "Larry King...
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Rachel Maddow fulfilled her duties as NBC phenom by appearing on "The Tonight...
Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, a Republican in a deeply Democratic Louisiana district, was welcomed on...
(SCROLL FOR SLIDESHOW)Michael Jackson held a press conference in London...
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PASADENA, Calif. — An asteroid about the size of one that leveled more...
***Scroll down for photos.*** WASHINGTON — "Do you want some...
Yediot Ahronot | Roni Sofer | Posted 03.05.2009 | World