Benjamin Netanyahu's tiresome vilification of Iran has taken on the characteristics of a rote obsession that diverges farther and farther from truth, reality, and his own ostensible objective. It is as ifin pursuing his real objective of keeping Iran ostracized, preventing any U.S. agreements with it, and keeping the specter of an Iranian threat permanently ...

The Ukraine crisis jeopardizes PresidentBarack Obamas efforts to enlist Russias cooperation on a range of issues, including seeking an end toSyrias civil war, halting Irans nuclear ambitions and facilitating the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces fromAfghanistan. If the presidents handling of the crisis reinforces doubts about his toughness in addressing ...

Obama, speaking to Bloomberg View, also made clear that he would press Netanyahu to allow him the time needed to test Iran's willingness to curb its nuclear ambitions, despite the Israeli leader's deep skepticism of the West's diplomatic engagement with Tehran. Saying the "the window is closing" for a peace deal betweenIsraeland the Palestinians, ...

Iran is likely to be a major topic of discussion during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus upcoming visit to the US, andreports are that President Obama willask Netanyahu to stop assassinating Iranian scientists. Israel has been quietly assassinating Iranian scientistsfor years, and while Iran has complained about it, Israel has never officially admitted ...

PresidentBarack Obamas meeting today with Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahuat the White House marks the first steps by the U.S. leader to insert himself more directly into Middle East peace talks as another deadline approaches. U.S. Secretary of StateJohn Kerryhas hit resistance in his effort to settle, by the end of April, on a structure for ...