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Netanayahu condemns violence against migrants While acknowledging that Israel is simply too small to accommodate massive numbers of migrants from African countries, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the violence which occurred this week during protests in Tel Aviv demanding that illegal immigrants be deported . read more
P5+1 talks end without visible progress US pledges to maintain sanctions EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, leading the team of negotiators for the P5+1 nuclear powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) meeting with Iranian officials in Baghdad for the past two days, told reporters Thursday afternoon that another round of talks would be held in Moscow from 18-19 June, admitting that "significant differences" between the two sides remained. read more
Turkish prosecutor seeks to indict IDF commanders
Violence intensifies in Lebanon and Syria Israeli warily watching northern bordersThe spillover in violence from Syria into Lebanon took a dramatic turn for the worse on Tuesday when fighters from a group fighting against the regime of Syrian president Bashar Assad kidnapped 13 Lebanese Shiites in the northern province of Aleppo, leading to protests and clashes between Sunnis and Shi'ites in the capital of Beirut and elsewhere. read more
Cracks beginning to show in sanctions regime Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi issued a predictably defiant statement to reporters on Wednesday ahead of talks with representatives from the P5+1 nuclear powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) over the Islamic Republic's renegade nuclear program. read more
Naveh; 'Syrian chemical weapons still under guard' Deputy IDF Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Yair Naveh addressed a defense conference on Zichron Ya'acov on Tuesday, declaring that despite the increasingly chaotic situation inside Syria, the regime of president Bashar Assad still has control of its vast arsenal of missiles, rockets and chemical weapons. read more
US slaps new sanctions Iran ahead of talks Amano promises deal to be signed soon Ahead of Wednesday's talks in Baghdad between Iran and the P5+1 nuclear powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) over the Islamic Republic's renegade nuclear program, the US Senate voted on Monday to approve a new package of sanctions on Iran's state-run oil industry, which build on earlier sanctions on Iran's central bank. read more
Gantz in China to sound out officials
UN nuclear chief Yukiya Amano was in Teheran on Monday for initial talks with the aim of establishing a new regime of inspections meant to defuse the ongoing standoff over the Islamic Republic's renegade nuclear program. read more
S oldiers of Lebanon's national army clashed with fighters for a faction opposed to the regime of Syrian president Bashar Assad on Sunday, continuing an escalation of violence in Israel's northern neighbor which observers believe is a direct consequence of the deteriorating security situation in Syria. read more
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Syrian chaos spilling over into Lebanon
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