The head of Iran’s parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy said Sunday that Tehran will never halt its atomic program but suggested that talks between his country and the international community continue anyway: Alaeddin Boroujerdi said the talks were “considered effective and a step forward,” but he added,...

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Landing in Israel on Wednesday for his historic first visit as U.S. president, Barack Obama pledged “unwavering” and “unbreakable” support for the Jewish state and declared in Hebrew that the alliance between the two countries is “eternal”: U.S. President Barack Obama pledged on Wednesday enduring support for the Jewish State,...

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Echoing calls by U.S. officials and Bulgarian diplomats, Israeli President Shimon Peres has called upon the European Union to formally designate Hezbollah as a terror organization. In an historic speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Peres emphasized that the Iran-backed group has engaged in a global terror campaign that...

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Officials from the U.S. and Israel are streaming back and forth between the two countries, as President Barack Obama solidifies his second-term team and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forms the coalition for what will be his third term. A meeting between Israeli President Shimon Peres and a bipartisan Congressional delegation...

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Israeli President Shimon Peres is due to receive the official results from the country’s January 22 election. The president will then begin marathon meetings with leaders whose parties will be represented in Israel’s incoming 19th Knesset. Peres’s meetings are meant to assist the president in evaluating which party leader has...

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New parties in Israel have until October 23 to register to compete in the country’s January 22 ballot, giving Israeli politicians less than a week to add to the current crop of parties. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party announced it will hold its internal primaries, which will allow registered...

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Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, will reconvene Monday (Oct. 15) for the start of the fall session, where it is expected to vote immediately to dissolve itself. The move will set Israel on a path to elections scheduled for January 22, 2013 – some four years after the last ballot. In...

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