JERUSALEM—Delivering a grim threat assessment for 2009, the Israeli National Security Council said that Israel in 2009 may well find itself alone facing Iran on the threshold of nuclear power, fighting rocket attacks on two fronts and without More...
The PLO named Mahmoud Abbas the president of the future state of Palestine. In a show of support, the group gave the Palestinian Authority president the symbolic title held by the late Yasser Arafat. More...
An Iraqi lawmaker was acquitted of a crime for visiting Israel. An Iraqi court ruled that Mithal al-Alusi did not actually break Iraqi law when he visited Israel in September to attend a counterterrorism conference, Reuters reported. More...