Daily Nation
Rating The new defense minister appointed by Egypt's Islamist president has pledged to uphold the strong military ties between Cairo and Washington, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta said Tuesday. In a surprise move Sunday, President Mohamed Morsi retired...
Truthdig
Aug 14, 2012 Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate for the American presidency confirms that this campaign is going to be mainly about domestic issuesbarring a not-impossible Israeli attack on Iran between here and there. It is...
Jerusalem Post
Vice Premier Moshe Ya'alon, Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor, Interior Minister Eli Yishai, and Minister-without- Portfolio Bennie Begin are said to be opposed to such a step and to favor giving the US more time to prevent Iran from becoming a...
Jerusalem Post
Panetta held a round of talks in Israel two weeks ago, and met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Just a few days before his arrival, Netanyahu said in a television interview that he had not yet decided whether to...
The Guardian
Lethal game of bluff The enthusiasm of Israel's prime minister and defence minister for an air strike on Iran appears to have united their country's defence and security establishment against them Editorial The war drums have been beating again in...
Reuters
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta attends a joint news conference with Japan's Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto (not pictured) after their meeting at the Pentagon in Washington, August 3, 2012. The United States does not believe Israel has made a...