Al-Jazeera Evacuates Gaza Offices After It Claims Press Building Targeted by Israeli Forces
Jul 23, 2014 Shortly after Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman publicly accused Al-Jazeera of airing "anti-Semitic" propaganda, the media outlet's offices in Gaza reportedly "came under fire" Tuesday.Israel’s Lieberman Says Peace Will Have to Wait
Jan 5, 2011 Avigdor Lieberman says it will be "at least a decade" before peace can be negotiated with the Palestinians. Israel's extremist foreign minister calls for "less international involvement and over-doing and over-speaking" in this interview.
Israel Invokes a Loyalty Oath for Non-Jews
Oct 10, 2010 Not Jewish in Israel? Repeat after me: Because I'm not Jewish, and because the Israeli government thinks non-Jews are potential threats to its security, I do solemnly swear my allegiance to Israel as a “Jewish and democratic state."
Axis of Obstinacy: Israel Rebukes Diplomat for Challenging Settlements
Aug 10, 2009 A leaked memo from Israel's consul general in Boston, Nadav Tamir, has Israel's extremist foreign minister calling for the diplomat's resignation. Tamir wrote in an internal document that his government's settlement policy has led to "the feeling in Washington that Obama has to deal with obstinacy from the governments of Iran, North Korea and Israel."
Friends Don’t Let Friends Bomb Iran
Jul 7, 2009 Whatever their private discussions, the governing administrations of the United States and Israel are engaged in a public back and forth that ought to give one pause. It all started when Vice President Biden said "Israel can determine for itself" whether to bomb Iran.
Special Frenemies
Apr 29, 2009 President Obama and newly elected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have their first meeting in a few weeks, a test of the special relationship between two countries that are now led by men with very different ideas about how to pursue peace in the Middle East.
