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Time (Free subscription) | yesterday
Obama ate a smoked salmon and local cheeses breakfast with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak Wednesday at the King David Hotel. Barak’s office says they discussed “all the relevant issues.” Next, Obama talked with opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu, where they discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power. Netanyahu tells reporters Obama...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
... not pressure Israel to accept concessions with Palestinians that would compromise security for Israelis. He also sought to allay concerns over his proposal to negotiate with Iran. "A nuclear Iran would be a game-changing situation not just in the Middle East but around the world," Obama told reporters. "Iranians need to understand that, whether it's the Bush administration or an Obama...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... was trying to allay fears on both sides on how he would tackle their stubborn conflict.
Many Israelis are concerned that Obama - a first-term U.S. senator with little foreign policy experience - would push Israel too hard in negotiations with the Palestinians. His family's Muslim roots have added to the unease, even though Obama is a Christian.
Palestinians doubt Obama...
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CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jul 23, 2008 6:00 am US/Eastern Obama Meeting With Israeli, Palestinian LeadersObama Meeting With Israeli, Palestinian LeadersJERUSALEM (AP) ? Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama toured Israel's Holocaust memorial Wednesday, laying a wreath in memory of the 6 million Jews who died and saying, "Ultimately, this is a place of hope." Obama toured the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jerusalem - US Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama opened an intense day of talks in Israel and the West Bank Wednesday, by discussing regional threats, including Iran, with Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak. He then met Israeli Oppositi...
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Alarabiya.net (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's centrist Kadima party has voted to change its charter to pave the way for a September primary that could replace him, the party said on Tuesday. The decision was won by a narrow vote Monday night, with just 91 of the 180 members of the party's central
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
AMMAN, Jordan — Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama intends to visit a southern Israeli town that is a frequent target of rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, campaign aides accompanying him on his Mideast trip said today.
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama intends to visit Sderot, a southern Israeli town that is a frequent target of rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, on Wednesday as part of his Mideast trip, campaign aides said Tuesday.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Jerusalem - Lawyers for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday resumed their cross-examination of the key state witness in the corruption case in which Olmert is suspected of - among others things - having accepted bribes. US Jewish businessman...
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Raw Story (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
BETHLEHEM -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday demanded that Israel cease settlement construction and promised more money to jump-start the battered Palestinian economy...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Jerusalem - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday called for an end to Israeli settlements and pledged additional financial assistance and support for the Palestinian Authority. Brown was speaking in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank at a j...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Effort to discredit businessman might be Olmert's only lifeline Lawyers defending the Israeli prime minister against a web of corruption allegations launched their cross-examination of a key witness yesterday by painting him as a lying, litigious businessman with an unsavory reputation and a faulty memory.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's attorneys, in a crucial cross-examination begun Thursday, tried to undermine the key state witness in a corruption case that has been threatening the premier's political future. Throughout their questi...
