Israelis piqued by nuclear "confirmation"
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Robert Gates, the incoming U.S. secretary of defense, won plaudits in Washington this week for his candor on the Iraq war.
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A slip of the tongue by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert about Israel's nuclear policy ballooned into a domestic crisis Tuesday for the Israeli leader, who came under criticism from across the political spectrum.
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Israel was abuzz with excitement yesterday over the arrival of Madonna, its biggest celebrity visitor in years. The singer and her friends went to Israel yesterday
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert flew to Moscow on Thursday in a surprise visit to discuss Iran's nuclear program with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who just returned from talks with Iranian leaders in Tehran.
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While senior Israeli and Palestinian officials were cautiously optimistic about the rapprochement between them, some political analysts and people on the street said they could not shake their pessimism about the future, despite signs that things could get better.
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The site believed to have been attacked by Israel last month no longer bears any traces of what some analysts said appeared to have been a partly built nuclear reactor.
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Hope and skepticism as Israel and the Palestinians try again
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Israel's image in the United States may be tarnished and relations with its main ally suffer even if suspicions a Pentagon analyst gave secrets to the Jewish state prove false, Israeli officials said Sunday.
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Some laud moves with the two nations. Others are suspicious.
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A number of Egyptian overtures toward Israel this week are designed to prepare the Egyptian public and Arab world for better relations with the Jewish State, Israeli officials said on Wednesday.
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JERUSALEM - Israeli officials predicted Sunday that allegations the government spied on the Pentagon would prove false, but analysts said damage had already been done the Jewish state's image and that of its lobbying ally in Washington.    American officials said Saturday that the FBI had spent more than a year investigating whether a Pentagon analyst funneled highly classified material to Israel...
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Some participants at the Arab-Israeli talks believe a strong resolve to seek an agreement has been established. Not so fast, say the pessimists
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Israel's public security minister, a former intelligence chief with a reputation for toughness, offered a surprisingly optimistic view Monday of prospects for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, despite what he called a big push by Iran to sow discord in the region.
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Israeli officials say approval has been given for hundreds of new homes in settlements in the West Bank.
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Israel's prime minister on Tuesday brushed aside suggestions that the threat from Iran's nuclear program has receded, saying he remains convinced that Tehran is "moving forward" with plans for an atomic weapon.
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Israeli officials predicted Sunday that allegations the government spied on the Pentagon would prove false, but analysts said damage had already been done the Jewish state's image and that of its lobbying ally in Washington.
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Israel held firm Thursday to its policy of not admitting it possesses nuclear weapons, in the face of an acknowledgment from the incoming U.S. Defense Secretary that Israel has the bomb.