Tzipi Livni, Israeli Foreign Minister and candidate for Kadima party leadership, casts her vote during the Kadima elections in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 17, 2008. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is being forced from office by an alleged corruption scandal and the three-year-old Kadima Party is holding its first primary to select a new chief to replace him. The two front runners are Livni and Shaul Mofaz, a former military chief and defense minister. (UPI Photo/Bernat Armangue/Pool)
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Will Obama Talk to Hamas?
PARIS -- The six-month truce between Israel and Hamas is due to expire on Dec. 19. It was concluded under Egyptian auspices on June 19. Will it be renewed, or is another bloodbath in prospect for the starved and battered 1.5 million people of the Gaza Strip?
Disinvestment From West Bank Settlements Gains Momentum
JERUSALEM -- In an endeavor to breathe some life back into the moribund Israeli-Palestinian conflict the British government is taking steps to encourage disinvestment from illegal Israeli settlements in the Palestinian West Bank by labeling all produce manufactured and produced by settlers.
Iran Turns Tables, Threatens Strike on Israel
JERUSALEM -- In an upping of the tit for tat rhetoric between Tel Aviv and Tehran, several senior Iranian officials have recommended a pre-emptive strike on Israel in order to neutralize any Israeli attempt to bomb the Islamic republic's alleged nuclear facilities.
Livni Battling to Form New Israeli Government
JERUSALEM -- Israeli Foreign Minister and the leader of Israel's ruling Kadima Party Tzipi Livni has just three weeks to cobble together a coalition government. If she is able to do this she will be Israel's next prime minister, the second female to hold this post since the late Golda Meir.
Livni the Dove May Turn into a Hawk
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has been elected the leader of the ruling Kadima party, beating her opponent, Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz, by a mere 2 percent.
Tough Task Ahead for Livni
JERUSALEM – Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, the newly elected leader of Israel's ruling Kadima party, began negotiations last Friday to form a new cabinet following her narrow win in the party primaries over closest rival Shaul Mofaz.
Israel's Kadima to Choose Olmert's Successor
JERUSALEM -- A top peace negotiator and a hawkish former general battle it out on Wednesday in a party vote that could give Israel its next prime minister and determine the course of Middle East peace efforts.
Israeli Attack on Iran Timed Between November and January?
Almost a year ago to the day, in a totally surprising move, the Israeli Air Force bombed a suspected nuclear facility in Syria. Interestingly, over the previous summer, Israel had reportedly warned the George W. Bush administration. Despite opposition from U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Israel moved to eliminate what it believed was an imminent threat.
Olmert Grasps at Straws as Kadima Primary Heats Up
JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is trying desperately to salvage what remains of his tattered reputation in a last ditch bid to achieve some success on the Palestinian-Israeli front before he steps down as premier in the next couple of weeks.
Rice Returns Once More to 'Complicated' Mideast
AMMAN -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice began on Monday what has become a routine visit to Israel and the West Bank as the U.S. administration of President George W. Bush races against time to try to clinch a peace deal in fewer than 150 days; but despite an Israeli "goodwill" gesture in releasing 198 Palestinian prisoners, there were no new signs that deal was near.
