6% see US administration as pro-Israel

Only 6 percent of Jewish Israelis consider the views of American President Barack Obama’s administration pro-Israel, according to a new Jerusalem Post-sponsored Smith Research poll.

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Haaretz poll: Netanyahu approval rating leaps after policy speech

U.S. President Barack Obama has reservations, the Arabs are protesting and the Europeans are doubtful, but for the Israeli public, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on Sunday evening was a big success. Right and left, Kadima and Likud, new immigrants and old-timers all found something they liked in the address at Bar-Ilan University.

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Sheikh Salah: Netanyahu wants to rebuild Temple

Leader of Islamic Movement’s northern branch warns Muslim students at Haifa University that prime minister intends on completing plans from his first tenure. ‘If they suggest we give up our holy sites, we would rather die and will welcome death,’ he says

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Israel looking for a new super power ally?

US President Barack Obama’s Cairo speech was a historic event in many aspects. First of all it was remarkable that a Western leader felt legitimized to talk about Islamic truths, as if he were a Muslim theologian. Secondly, he approached the Israeli-Palestinian conflict even-handedly, as if the Jewish right to Israel and the Arab resistance […]

‘Netanyahu’s Jewish state condition ruining peace chances’

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak blasted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech on Sunday saying "Netanyahu’s demand that Palestinians recognize Israel as the Jewish state is ruining the chance for peace," Egyptian news agencies reported on Monday.

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Wow and who didn’t see this coming? Go figure the Arab world doesn’t want Israel to exist? […]

Israelis tell ‘Bibi: Reject Obama’s demands

A strong majority of the Israeli people this week messaged their prime minister to withstand US pressure aimed at bulldozing the creation of an Arab state on historic Jewish lands.

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Netanyahu to Palestinians recognize Israel

In a much-anticipated foreign policy address Sunday night Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called for the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state alongside Israel, but only if the Palestinians recognize Israel’s nature as a Jewish state.

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Well, you can bet this will never work. Israel is not going to give up Jerusalem and […]

What would an Israel attack on Iran look like?

Whatever the outcome of Iran’s presidential election tomorrow, negotiations will not soon — if ever — put an end to its nuclear threat. And given Iran’s determination to achieve deliverable nuclear weapons, speculation about a possible Israeli attack on its nuclear program will not only persist but grow.

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U.S. skeptical Netanyahu will back down: diplomats

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States doubts a policy speech Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to deliver next week will satisfy President Barack Obama‘s peacemaking demands, Western diplomats said on Thursday.

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Israel tells US envoy it won’t halt natural growth in settlements

While outwardly US envoy George Mitchell tried to downplay tensions between Washington and Jerusalem, the settlement construction issue continued to be a central source of contention when Mitchell met with Israel’s leaders on Tuesday.

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