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The U.S. State Department declined to confirm a report that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke angrily with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Obama reached two conclusions during their meeting at the White House Friday: They share visions for peace; and they differ in how they think it is best attained.

Israel opposition leader Tzipi Livni blasted Netanyahu for “harming the relationship” between the US and Israel by challenging Obama in Washington today.

Despite both President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conceding differences on a future state for Palestinians, they expressed their mutual support toward peace in the Middle East, saying that disagreements arise between friends.

By now, it is no secret that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was more than peeved with President Barack Obama’s May 18 proposal for Israel to retreat to pre-1967 lines. And while some have commended the move, others have condemned it.

Prominent Republicans have strongly criticized President Barack Obama’s proposal to redraw the map of Israel to pre-1967 borders, on the eve of talks between the US and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

European officials largely endorsed US President Barack Obama’s call for a reshaping of the Israel-Palestine map by reverting to the borders in place before the Six Day War of 1967.

In advance of his White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Friday, President Barack Obama laid bare his peace plan proposal between Israel and Palestine.

Doomsday prophet Harold Camping who is confidently propagating May 21 as the judgment day or end of the world cites the success of Gay Pride and Same Sex Marriage Movement as one of the primary reasons for the apocalypse.

Doomsday prophet Harold Camping is claiming that the Second Coming of Jesus is destined to take place on May 21 which will be coupled with a destructive earthquake followed by the rapture of true Christians.

The peace-deal between Israel and Palestine will be achieved only if the 1967 borders are taken into consideration, says a report published by Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy in February 2010.

Some prominent Israeli reporters who are accompanying the Egyptian Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his trip to Washington, has predicted a stormy meeting between him and the US President. Netanyahu and Obama are scheduled for talks at the White House on Friday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Obama’s speech on Thursday saying, Those borders are not defensible, the Palestinian state must not come at Israel’s expense.

In his wide-ranging speech on his vision for the Middle East, U.S. Barack Obama said the map of Israel and Palestine should adhere to the borders that existed prior to the Six-Day War of 1967.

Amidst the political upheavals in the Middle east and North Africa, the U.S. is expanding its military and defense relations with Saudi Arabia on a grand scale, according to media reports.

The Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad has condemned sanctions imposed on the country by the President of the United States, according to Syrian state media, SANA.

In his much anticipated Middle East speech, President Barack Obama gave Syrian President Bashar al-Assad two choices: Lead the transition toward democracy, or get out of the way.

Here is the White House text of President Barack Obama‘s speech on the Middle East, as prepared for delivery.

After the resignation of Dominique Strauss Khan following an arrest for sexual assault, the next question is who will be the next person to lead the International Monetary Fund, responsible for reducing poverty and promoting stability and sustainable economic growth around the world?

A group of senior U.S. Senators (all Democrats) are pushing the Obama Administration to halt any further aid to Pakistan until the government is convinced that Islamabad is not sheltering any more terrorists in the country and doing everything it can to stamp out Islamic militancy.

Israel set up a government cyber command on Wednesday to secure the country against hacking attacks on its key networks and boost the competitiveness of local industries specializing in high-tech security.