The decision to form a massive unity government in Israel instead of going to early elections is being presented as a means for working on major issues in the country, including national security concerns. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the…
Just hours after setting plans in motion to move the next Israeli national elections up to September 4, the two largest politcal parties instead teamed up in massive unity government that keeps elections set for 2013. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported…
The Israeli national elections are expected to be a year early after the Israeli Cabinet on Monday gave the go-ahead to begin the process of moving the vote up to September 4 of this year. The Israeli vote is now…
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is set to meet Iran in Vienna on May 14-15, just months after the IAEA expressed open disappointment in Iran’s lack of transparency regarding its nuclear program. The meeting between the sides will come…
Israel added another twist to the political transition in the Middle East on Sunday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has raised the prospect of moving elections forward. Ynet reported that national parliamentary elections, currently scheduled for 2013, could be moved…
An announcement from Israel on Sunday sent out a “severe travel warning” regarding Israelis traveling in the Sinai Peninsula, due to concerns about an immediate terrorist threat. The statement from the National Security Council Counter-Terrorism Bureau “underscores” the Sinai warning…