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ISRAEL NEWS

BREAKING NEWS

15:25
Khamenei: Iran will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa if attacked (Reuters)
13:54
Obama: We must push through the 'breaches of faith' on both sides (Haaretz)
13:52
Obama: Settlement activity not appropriate or constructive to advancing peace (Haaretz)
13:51
Obama: Two-state solution still possible, only chance for peace and success (Haaretz)
13:51
Obama: Israel and Palestinians must make this leap together (Haaretz)
13:43
Obama: U.S. committed to the creation of a sovereign state of Palestine (Haaretz)
13:39
Obama: Palestinians deserve a future, a home, a state of their own (Haaretz)
13:37
Abbas: Palestinians ready to implement commitments in order to launch the peace process (Haaretz)
13:36
Abba to Obama: Palestinian people have made a miracle and rose from the Nakba (Haaretz)
13:36
Abbas: Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital is possible (Haaretz)
13:36
Abbas: Peace impossible under violence and occupation (Haaretz)
13:11
Syria hands over captured Lebanese soldier, state TV reports (AP)
12:31
Syrian rebels have reportedly overrun several towns near the Israeli border (Reuters)
12:18
Report: Ramallah protesters hold up shoes, call Obama to leave Palestine (Haaretz)
11:49
Police arrests Acre resident suspected of smuggling heroin from Lebanon (Haaretz)

More Breaking News

Focus U.S.A.

by Natasha Mozgovaya

In clash with U.S., Russia isn't above using its own orphans as pawns

Russian Parliament approves bill to ban adoption of Russian children by American parents in response to the American Magnitsky Act barring Russian human rights violators and their capital from the U.S..

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Dec 27, 2012 | 06:37 PM

Orphan children play in their bedroom at an orphanage in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.

hannukah at the White House - Natasha Mozgovaya

President Obama celebrates Hannukah early at the White House

President Obama, accompanied by the First Lady, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Dr. Jill Biden, greeted about 550 guests.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Dec 9, 2011 | 11:07 AM | 6

Herman Cain, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich - Reuters - 22.11.11

U.S. Republican candidates split over backing Israeli strike on Iran

Herman Cain: I would support an Israeli attack on Iran so long as it came with a 'credible plan'; Ron Paul: if Israel pursues an attack, U.S. should get out of the way and let Israel 'suffer the consequences.'

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Nov 23, 2011 | 07:45 AM | 77

obama - Official White House Photo / Pete Souza

A day in the life of a White House photographer

Pete Souza speaks to Haaretz about covering President Barack Obama and the First Family.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Nov 19, 2011 | 07:29 PM | 2

Obama - Reuters - November 3, 2011

Democrats strike back at Republicans on foreign assistance to Israel

In the sphere of U.S. presidential politics, as in the game of chess, once you've touched a piece, it's not easy to backtrack.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Nov 15, 2011 | 05:57 AM | 12

Herman Cain - Reuters - 13112011

Republican presidential hopefuls slam Obama on Iran

Saturday night's CBS 'commander in-chief' debate was meant to return the foreign policy - even briefly - to the front.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Nov 13, 2011 | 04:30 AM | 3

Students at GA - Natasha Mosgovaya - November 2011

Obama makes his Jewish outreach work harder

For some, it will be hard to dismiss the overheard critical comments about Netanyahu that were made by Obama and Sarkozy.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Nov 12, 2011 | 08:57 PM | 21

Obama, Sarkozy at G20 in Cannes - AFP - November 2011

U.S. Republicans hit back after leak of Sarkozy-Obama exchange on Netanyahu

A day after Presidents Sarkozy and Obama get caught deriding PM over a 'hot mic', Republicans make very clear who they feel is no friend of Israel.

By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz | Nov 9, 2011 | 09:28 PM | 21

Obama with Netanyahu - Reuters - May 20, 2011

Israel is a strategic asset for U.S. national interests, according to new report

Report issued by Washington Institute for Near East Policy describes how the benefit of the U.S.-Israel relationship far exceeds the cost.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Nov 2, 2011 | 11:16 AM | 39

Abe Foxman, AP

ADL bid for U.S. bipartisan support for Israel faces staunch resistance

Anti-Defamation League chief Abraham H. Foxman under fire for releasing 'National Pledge for Unity on Israel,' meant to avoid Israel becoming a debate point in the road to the 2012 presidential elections.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Oct 25, 2011 | 11:15 PM | 24

Republican debate - Reuters - 18.10.2011

Shalit deal makes surprise appearance at U.S. Republican presidential debate

Asked whether or not the U.S. would consider a swap deal, Tea Party affiliate Michele Bachmann says a prisoner exchange goes contrary to U.S. nature.

By Natasha Mozgovaya | Oct 19, 2011 | 07:22 AM | 23

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About this blog

Natasha Mozgovaya is the chief U.S. correspondent for Haaretz, based in Washington D.C. Through Focus U.S.A., Mozgovaya presents additional insight to the people and politics of he United States, and how they affect Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. Follow Natasha on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/mozgovaya

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