Tag: Israel

President Barack Obama speaks at the Port of New Orleans, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, in New Orleans. The government shutdown may have affected OctoberÃ?s jobs numbers. But not how you think. For weeks, the White House had been bracing for a bad report on hiring. Like pregame analysts ahead of a lopsided sports match, White House economists and aides lowered expectations and blamed OctoberÃ?s partial government shutdown for the inevitable bad news to come. Then FridayÃ?s numbers materialized and stunned the prognosticators. Employers appeared to have ignored the shutdown and hired away to the tune of 204,000 jobs in October. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House week ahead: Obamacare enrollments, fight over Iran deal

Brian Hughes · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

A Syrian army soldier takes his position at a street in Sabina suburb, south of Damascus, Syria, on Friday. (AP Photo/SANA)

National Security

Syria-based groups say talks may be ‘last chance’

Diaa Hadid · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

Israeli Communications Minister Limor Livnat, left, visits with convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, right, in 1997 at the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, N.C. Pollard, a former American civilian intelligence analyst, is still in jail nearly three decades after being sentenced to life in prison for taking classified documents he believed contained information important to Israel's self-defense. (AP Photo/Ayala Bar)

Jonathan Pollard: the ‘spy’ who is still out in the cold

Cal Thomas · November 11, 2013 5:00 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Sde Boker, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. Netanyahu said that Israel would do all it could to keep world powers from striking a "bad and dangerous" deal with Iran over its nuclear program. (AP Photo/David Buimovitch, Pool)

National Security

Benjamin Netanyahu on stalled nuclear talks: Iran gives up ‘practically nothing’

Brian Hughes · November 10, 2013 5:00 am

Netanyahu: ‘This Is a Bad Deal–a Very, Very Bad Deal’

Daniel Halper · November 8, 2013 12:51 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu erupts over possible U.S. deal with Iran

National Security

Benjamin Netanyahu erupts over possible U.S. deal with Iran

Susan Crabtree · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

The White House on Thursday said that they were weighing the possibility of âlimited, targeted and reversible reliefâ of some sanctions if Iran took steps to limit its nuclear program. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama assures Benjamin Netanyahu of ‘strong commitment’ to prevent nuclear Iran

Meghashyam Mali · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday. (AP/Fadi Arouri)

John Kerry seeks movement in Israeli, Palestinian talks

Matthew Lee · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

‘Is the United States Spilling Its Allies’ Secrets?’

‘Is the United States Spilling Its Allies’ Secrets?’

Daniel Halper · November 4, 2013 5:51 pm

Ankara Alienates Everyone

Lee Smith · November 4, 2013 5:00 am

Officials: Israeli airstrike inside Syria

Officials: Israeli airstrike inside Syria

Robert Burns · October 31, 2013 8:02 pm

Beltway Confidential

Jay Carney won’t say if NSA listens to Benjamin Netanyahu’s telephone calls

Joel Gehrke · October 29, 2013 4:00 am