Israel Seals West Bank Ahead of Close National Election

In less than 24 hours Israel elects a new government, and in the hours beforehand the West Bank will be sealed down. Israel's hard liners surged ahead in public perception in the days leading up to the elections,...

Israel Warns Hamas of Gaza Strip Invasion After Rocket Attacks

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared on Arab television warning militants in the Gaza Strip to stop launching rocket attacks on Israel from the disputed region.  Olmert issued a dire final warning that...

US Imposes Banking Sanctions on Iran...again?

As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, congratulated the US President-elect Barack Obama on his recent victory and his government expressed expectation over a change in bilateral relations, the incumbent Bush administration pushed for further financial sanctions....

Israel PM Livni: No interim deal with Palestinians

As the celebration of the anniversary of the Annapolis Conference draws near, it is clearer that a Israel-Palestina deal would not be reached prior to the end of term of American President George W. Bush. ...

Israel: Livni 'to call' for early polls

Unable to form a coalition after ultra-Orthodox Shas party decided to walk off negotiations, Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, is now pondering over a call for early national elections in February 2009....

Syrian paper urges Livni to show desire for peace

" © AP 2008-09-20 15:53:03 - DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - A Syrian government newspaper expressed hopes Saturday that Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni would show real desire to make peace with Syria as new...

Israel second woman PM-in waiting earned her spurs as a spy

According to the paper, Livni had a dangerous, youthful stint as a spy in Mossad, one of the world's most respected and feared secret services, in Paris in the early 1980s.Read More

Tzipi Livni, Israel's new Prime Minister must form coalition

Israeli Foreign Minister, and former Mossad agent, Tzipi Livni has won the leadership of the country's ruling Kadima party, and has 42 days to form a coalition with opposition party leaders in order to officially...

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