Israel is reportedly preparing to strike arms depots and weapons manufacturing plants in Syria, claiming they belong to the Islamic resistance movement Hezbollah, a report says. Tel Aviv has escalated its military presence in the occupied Golan Heights and the northern part of the Shebaa Farms, the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz said, citing a report in [...]

In a gaffe during a meeting aimed at garneting international support for tougher action against Iran, Israeli President Shimon Peres has claimed that Tehran “threatens to use nuclear weapons.” “Iran jeopardizes Israel and the rest of the world, as it threatens to use nuclear weapons,” Shimon Peres said on Wednesday in a meeting with Director [...]

Austria has urged Israel to put an end to a three-year-long blockade of the Gaza Strip, calling for improvement of living conditions in the coastal sliver. “We want Israel to end the embargo of the Gaza Strip,” Austria’s Chancellor Werner Faymann said in a joint news conference with Israeli President Shimon Peres on Thursday. “We [...]

A Hezbollah-affiliated lawmaker says the United States would be responsible for any potential Israeli act of aggression against on Lebanon. The United States is “placing itself in a position of complicity in the event of aggression [on Lebanon] and it will have to take responsibility,” Hezbollah lawmaker Ali Fayyad was quoted by AFP as saying [...]

US Vice President Joe Biden, who is in Israel for ‘proximity talks’ between Israelis and the Palestinians, has reiterated Washington’s commitment to Israel’s security. There is absolutely no space between the two sides in terms of Israel’s security, Biden assured in a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres. The Israeli president for his turn said [...]

Israeli President Shimon Peres declares Tehran as the main obstacle to the creation of a viable Palestinian State. “The big problem today is Iran,” He said in an interview with German television channel, ARD. The 86-year-old politician who arrived in the German capital of Berlin on an official visit to mark the so-called ‘International Holocaust [...]

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a “symbol of resistance” who raises Latin American nations’ spirit in their fight against imperialism. “I can say that you are a hero and a symbol of resistance in the fight against imperialism,” IRNA quoted Chavez as saying in a ceremony held to welcome the Iranian [...]

Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in Brazil for a day-long visit aimed at boosting ties with Latin America’s largest economy. Ahmadinejad was earlier in the Gambian capital, Banjul, where he received a warm welcome from Gambians. His stay in Gambia ended with promises of new economic cooperation between Tehran and Banjul. Ahmadinejad will meet with [...]

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has resisted Israeli pressure over an upcoming visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to his country. “You do not build peace if you do not talk to all political and religious forces, those that want peace and those that oppose peace,” DPA quoted Lula as saying at a [...]

As the Iranian president is scheduled to set out on a state visit to Brazil in two weeks, Israeli President Shimon Peres has urged Brasilia to use its growing clout to curb Iran’s nuclear work. “There needs to be a voice against destruction and against terror, a clear voice. I know that Brazil rejects threats, [...]

Israeli President Shimon Peres has urged acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas to reconsider his decision to step down. Speaking at a public commemoration for Yitzhak Rabin, the former Israeli prime minister, Peres noted that along with Rabin, he and Abbas were among the signatories to the 1993 Oslo peace accord. “We both signed the [...]

After boycotting a slated speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the UN, Israel embarks on a mission to convince other delegates to follow suit. Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday said Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu would not be present during Ahmadinejad’s speech to the United Nations’ General Assembly scheduled for Wednesday. Branding Iran’s second [...]

Israeli President Shimon Peres is to meet his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev to discuss bilateral ties and the situation in the Middle East. Peres will meet Medvedev in the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi on Tuesday to discuss the volatile situation in the Middle East. The discussions will focus on Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations [...]