In recent weeks, the media have had a field day reporting on a so-called rift in the U.S.-Israel relationship over the nuclearnegotiationswith Iran. The story makes for great headlines, but it's poor analysis. Despite the heated rhetoric, the pillars that have anchored America's most important alliance in the Middle East for more than six decades are ...

The new Iranian nuclear deal and the prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace are expected to be on the agenda when U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds talks on December 5 with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Kerry arrived in Israel following a trip to Europe. Netanyahu has been a vocal opponent of the deal between Iran and six world ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 2 (MNA) Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned that Benjamin Netanyahu's aggressive quarrel with the Obama administration over the agreement with Iran signed in Geneva endangers Israel, and panned Netanyahu for "losing his head." Olmert accused Netanyahu of "declaring war on the United States" and of attempting to incite the ...

As Iran meets world powers in Geneva on Wednesday forthis months second round of talkson its nuclear programme, there is much self-congratulation about the supposed effectiveness of the sanctions after decades of intransigence. But the idea that it is sanctions that havebrought Tehran to the tableis wrong. The real cause is the desire of new President ...

(CNN)-- As fellow American officials met with allied and Iranian counterparts in Geneva, Switzerland, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that all sides are closer than they've been in a long time on a nuclear deal. But they stressed it hasn't been reached yet. "It's important to exhaust the remedies and possibilities of diplomacy," ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (MNA) Israels foreign minister has said Israel should find other allies and that US-Israeli relation is deteriorating. Mehr News quoted Yediot Ahronot reporting that Avigdor Libermann had said our ties with the US are deteriorating, and that we should find other new allies with common interests. The US is currently facing challenges ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (MNA) As Iran and the six world powers resume the next round of nuclear talks in Geneva on Wednesday, US President Barack Obama has asked American senators to ignore the aggressive lobbying campaign by Israel and stop new sanctions against Tehran. During a two-hour White House meeting on Tuesday, Obama called on senators to give more ...

Washington (CNN)-- What had been speculated before is now very public -- the United States and Israel differ on how to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions. While both governments reject any possibility of a nuclear-armed Iran, they are clearly at odds over a possible agreement as soon as this week that would loosen economic sanctions against Tehran ...