U.S. President Barack Obama ended his trip to Muslim Turkey on Tuesday by calling for peace and dialogue with Islam and the creation of a Palestinian state living side by side with Israel.
Israel carried out a test launch of its Arrow II interceptor missile on Tuesday, the Defense Ministry said, a system designed to defend against possible ballistic missile attacks by Iran and Syria.
Six car bombs exploded across Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 34 people and wounding scores, police claimed. This is in response to the arrests of Sunni Arab fighters.
Israeli President Shimon Peres told new Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday that the world backed the Palestinian quest for a state, a goal the incoming right-wing leader has not endorsed.
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday his government would be a "partner for peace" with the Palestinians, but made no mention of their U.S.-backed quest for statehood.
PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu won Labor chief Ehud Barak's agreement Tuesday to a political partnership that could help Israel's next government avoid friction with Washington on Middle-East peace.
