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Israeli prosecutor Mazuz unafraid of powerful politicians

Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009

You could call him Israel's Patrick Fitzgerald. Like the crusading U.S. federal prosecutor in Chicago, Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz has built a reputation bringing down politicians.

Israel supports Iran talks

Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009

Israel remains on board with the Obama administration's decision to open high-level talks with Iran, even though officials in Jerusalem are skeptical of the chances for success and want the U.S. to set a hard-and-fast deadline.

Stormy convention undermines Fatah aims

Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009

The convention convened by Fatah last week was supposed to bolster the founding Palestinian nationalist movement so it could block the Islamist Hamas' ascendancy and cut a peace deal with Israel.

U.S.-Israel gap on Iran narrows

Gates gives Tehran until fall on talks

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told top Israeli officials Monday that the United States expects Iran to respond to an offer of nuclear dialogue by late September, narrowing differences between Washington and Tel Aviv amid a growing paralysis in Iran over a disputed presidential election.

Netanyahu under fire for raising taxes

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized during February's election campaign his record as a finance minister who pushed economic liberalization and cut taxes.

Israel loosens grip in West Bank

Palestinians travel easily

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Bucking pressure from the Obama administration to rein in settlement growth, Israel has instead eased restrictions on Palestinian movement in the West Bank.

Netanyahu backs limited Palestinian state

Sees peace in 'two free peoples'

Monday, June 15, 2009

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu partially mended a public rift with President Obama Sunday by backing a Palestinian state, but he set down conditions that Palestinians condemned for closing the door on negotiations.

Netanyahu wants limits for Palestinian state

Two states the goal, he says

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set tough conditions for Israel's acceptance of a Palestinian state, and he refused to halt construction of Israeli homes on land claimed by Palestinians.

Israelis worried as Obama tours Mideast

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Excluded from President Obama's first Middle East trip as president, Israel is worried that ties with its most important ally are more tense than at any other time in nearly two decades.