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Israel silent over Syria strike claims
Israel was on Thursday tightlipped over Syrian claims it had bombed a military site near Damascus, while stressing that any transfer of advanced weaponry to Lebanon’s Hezbollah would cross a red line. Israeli officials and the military refused to confirm or deny any involvement in the alleged attack and had…
U.S. declines to comment on Israel raid against Syria
The United States on Wednesday declined to comment on an Israeli air raid against a weapons convoy from Syria as senior officials hosted Israel’s director of military intelligence for talks. “I don’t have any comment for you on those reports,” said White House spokesman Jay Carney when asked about an…
NY Rep. Israel challenges House GOP to defy ‘intolerant tea party base’ on immigration
Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) defied the GOP members of the House of Representatives on Monday to stand up to their tea party constituents in the wake of recent developments promising a deeper bipartisan push on immigration. “What this comes down to now is, will these House Republicans, who have pandered…
Israel’s Netanyahu faces coalition challenge
Israel’s rightwing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who narrowly won Tuesday’s election ahead of a new centrist party, now has the complicated task of forming a new coalition government. Despised by much of the local media, and the target of jabs by foreign leaders, the 63-year-old Netanyahu was riding high in…
Israel orders Palestinian protest camp removed
The Israeli army ordered Palestinian demonstrators on Sunday to evacuate a protest encampment in the West Bank consisting of four tents and a building under construction, a military spokesman said. Three of the tents and the building near the Palestinian village of Beit Iksa were on land owned by the…
NY Rep. Israel targets 3-D printed gun magazines
A New York lawmaker will introduce a bill designed to ban people from making gun magazines with 3-D printers, following a demonstration of a working model by a Texas firearms group. According to Long Island.com Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) will push to renew the Undetectable Firearms Act with an added…
EU ‘to propose’ peace plan after Israel vote
The European Union is drawing up a detailed new plan to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, and expects to present it after this month’s Israeli general election, Yediot Aharonot reported Sunday. Citing diplomatic sources in Jerusalem, Israel’s top-selling daily said the plan was intended to “bring about the establishment of a…
Catholic bishops slam Israel’s security barrier
A delegation of Roman Catholic bishops from Europe and North America pledged on Thursday to press their governments to act against the “injustice” of Israel’s West Bank separation barrier. During a three-day trip ending on Thursday, the eight prelates visited Christian congregations in the Gaza Strip, Bethlehem, the West Bank…
Pentagon nominee Chuck Hagel vows ‘total support’ for Israel
Chuck Hagel, bracing for a bruising Senate confirmation as the next US defense secretary, pledged Monday “total support” for Israel after lawmakers criticized his views on the Middle East. There is “not one shred of evidence that I’m anti-Israeli, not one vote (of mine) that matters that hurt Israel,” the…
Dem rep.: Republicans questioning Clinton concussion think moon landing was staged too
Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) says that the Republicans who hyped a conspiracy theory that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faked her concussion to avoid testifying about September attacks in Benghazi were the “same people who said that the moon landing was staged in a Hollywood set.” MSNBC host Richard Lui…
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