
President Shimon Peres on Tuesday said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must face "total" international isolation, adding that his anti-Israel rhetoric was only a cover for his ambitions for Iranian hegemony in the Middle East.
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Senior Military Intelligence officer tells Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that applying international sanctions against Islamic Republic may take months, prove only partially effective. Read More
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the September 11 attacks on the United States a "big fabrication" that was used to justify the U.S. war on terrorism, the official IRNA news agency reported. Read More
Senior Hamas figure: Resuming talks is selling illusions to Palestinians, legitimizes settlement; 18 years of talks achieved nothing. Hamas on Thursday called on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resign, accusing him of selling the Palestinians "illusions" by moving to resume peace talks with Israel. Read More
With defense and acrimony building in the Persian Gulf, Iran announced plans to test a new laser-guided bomb. Iran's Fars News Agency reported that a prototype of the 2,000-pound smart bomb would be tested "in the near future," the country's air force commander Brig. Gen Hassan Shahsafi said. Read More
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday tried to tone down rhetoric against Iran and Syria, less than a week after President Mahmoud Ahamedinejad visited Syria and from a podium flanked by the Syrian president and the leader of Hizbullah thumbed his nose at the United States and Israel. Read More
Ayatollah Masbah Yazdi, the spiritual teacher of Iran's dictator Mahmoud Ahmedinajad, says that the acquisition of nuclear weapons is a religious obligation. So reports the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC), headquartered in Ramat HaSharon. Read More
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reportedly angling to start another war between Israel and the Lebanese Hizbullah terrorist group in order to deflect attention away from his own lack of popularity at home. Read More
Israel has begun distributing new gas masks to its seven million citizens to offer protection against a possible chemical attack. Israel's postal service is handing out the equipment. It says the process will take about three years. Read More

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has called on Iran to act responsibly to help end an international dispute over its nuclear program. Read More
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that Arab nations will usher in a new Middle East without Zionists and without colonialists. Ahmadinejad made the comments during his visit in Syria, where he met with President Bashar Assad, opening a two-day visit that follows U.S. efforts to break up Syria's 30-year alliance with Tehran. Read More
President Shimon Peres said Wednesday that Hamas is trying to create an artificial conflict, responding to recent Palestinian criticisms of Israel's move to add West Bank sites to Israel's national heritage list. Read More
The rockets may not strike as often these days, but residents of this working-class town say they can't shake the anxiety that comes with living in Israel's most frequently bombed city. Read More

The Foreign Ministry on Friday urged the international community to impose effective sanctions on Iran as soon as possible. The statement was issued following a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency stating that Iran may currently be working on ways to turn enriched uranium into a nuclear warhead. Read More
The leader of a Messianic Jewish ministry believes a couple of biblical prophecies dealing with wars in the Middle East could come to fruition within the next five years. Read More
Anyone placing sanctions on Iran would be "regretful", President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday. Earlier Russia had indicated it considered sanctions against Iran were still an option if Iran did not co-operate with the UN's nuclear watchdog. Read More
The White House on Tuesday would not rule out any options, including the military option, for dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said: "I wouldn't rule out anything." Read More
In rare public appearance, former prime minister criticizes Netanyahu in respect to stalemate with Palestinians, growing tensions with Turkey and lack of contacts with Syria. 'Peace is essential and urgent,' he says. Read More
Visiting U.S. Joint Chief of Staffs Mike Mullen (seen in photo) declared today that Washington was committed to Israel's security, voicing concern over the possibility that a war might erupt in the Middle East over Iran's contentious nuclear program. Read More
Israel's prime minister says he will press the case for "crippling sanctions" against Iran when he visits Russia this week. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sets out on a three-day visit to Moscow later Sunday. Read More
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Israel should be resisted and finished off if it launched military action in the region, state broadcaster IRIB reported on Thursday. Read More
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Syrian President Bashar Assad that Israel "must be resisted" and finished off "once and for all" if it launches a military operation in the Middle East, Reuters cited an Iranian report as saying on Thursday. Read More
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