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/ 17 February 2010
The Mossad was in the hot seat on Wednesday over the murder of a top Hamas man in Dubai.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conditional acceptance of a Palestinian state came under fire on Monday.
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/ 8 February 2009
Israel votes on Tuesday in the wake of the war in Gaza, with the ballot expected to shift the country to the right.
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/ 31 December 2008
Israel mulled proposals for a truce to its Gaza offensive on Wednesday but ruled out any temporary halts.
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/ 30 January 2008
Blankets of snow brought the Holy City of Jerusalem and other cities across the Middle East grinding to a halt on Wednesday as icy weather gripped the mainly desert region. Snow blocked roads to the Jordanian capital, Amman, and schools, universities and banks were shut in the desert kingdom.
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/ 23 November 2007
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned on Friday that the failure of new peace efforts would be ”deadly” as new polls showed Israelis and Palestinians equally pessimistic about its chances of success. Most Israelis and Palestinians do not think the meeting, opening on Tuesday in the United States, will succeed, according to separate opinion polls.
Battered Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert remained defiant on Friday after a mass rally called on him to quit over his failure in the Lebanon war, with the next few weeks seen as key to whether the master politician can cling to power. "The prime minister does not intend to resign," Olmert spokesperson Miri Eisin said.
Israel said on Monday it was cautiously open to an Arab peace initiative, amid reports that secret talks are being held with the aim of jump-starting the stalled Middle East peace process. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said the so-called Saudi initiative on a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace deal had some good points, but needed work.
During his second mandate Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to steer back toward Soviet ways on the domestic front while pushing through economic reforms in an effort to attract more Western investment. After his first four years at the helm, Putin has managed to accumulate astounding power reminiscent of the omnipotence of Soviet leaders.