Gerald Steinberg News
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President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerge from their re-election campaigns confronting the same disputes that divided them last year: peace talks with the Palestinians, settlements and, above all, Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program.
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Israeli voters gave Benjamin Netanyahu the chance to serve a third term as prime minister with a weaker mandate than four years ago, leading him to seek an alliance with rising star Yair Lapid.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was weakened in Israel’s election as his Likud-Beitenu ticket fell short of projections and voters flocked to an upstart party led by ex-TV host Yair Lapid, according to exit polls.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said all possible means must be tried before a military strike against Iran and that the U.S. is prepared to use force if needed to stop the Iranian development of an atomic bomb.
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Israeli forces shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle that entered the country’s southern airspace today, the military said in an e-mailed statement.
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Israeli jets struck the Gaza Strip today, killing the leader of Hamas’s military wing as the army pledged the use of ground troops for the first time since 2009 if required to end attacks on its citizens.
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Israeli political leaders are rallying around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu two months before national elections as the conflict in the Gaza Strip intensifies.
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The U.S. and Israel began their biggest joint air and missile defense exercise today amid rising tensions with Iran and as American presidential candidates prepare for a foreign-policy debate expected to focus on the region.
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Israel’s south was pummeled with rocket fire from Gaza today, while a Syrian mortar shell that hit the country’s northern reaches drew Israeli warning shots fired into Syrian territory.
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Israeli opposition party Kadima agreed to join Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition in a surprise agreement that nullified plans to hold early elections in September.
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