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Israeli airstrikes prompt threats, anger in Syria

BEIRUT (AP) -- Israel rushed to beef up its rocket defenses on its northern border Sunday to shield against possible retaliation after carrying out two airstrikes in Syria over 48...

news / world Sun, May 05, 2013 - 2:43pm

Israeli strike on Syria targeted weapons shipment

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Israeli airstrike against Syria was targeting a shipment of advanced missiles believed to be bound for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Israeli officials confirmed Saturday. By...

news / world Sat, May 04, 2013 - 9:53am

Officials: Israel launches airstrike into Syria

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Israel launched an airstrike into Syria, apparently targeting a suspected weapons site, U.S. officials said Friday night. By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Israel...

news / world Fri, May 03, 2013 - 11:03pm

Obama urges Israelis to compromise for peace

JERUSALEM (AP) -- President Barack Obama delivered an impassioned appeal Thursday for Israel to recognize that compromise will be necessary to achieve lasting security and to take steps to reverse...

news / world Thu, Mar 21, 2013 - 1:16pm

Rockets hit Israel as Obama meets Palestinians

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is meeting Palestinian officials on the second day of his Mideast tour to emphasize the importance of reaching an Israeli-Palestinian peace...

news / world Thu, Mar 21, 2013 - 7:01am

Obama in Israel for first trip as president

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- President Barack Obama is declaring common cause with Israel, highlighting the bonds between the United States and its Mideast ally. He says he has made...

news / world Wed, Mar 20, 2013 - 6:48am

Commentary: Courage of their convictions

Imagine six former directors of the CIA talking with a distinguished filmmaker and confessing to the murder of two terrorism suspects, ordering the assassination of others, alleging a lack of...

opinion / commentary Wed, Feb 06, 2013 - 12:00am

Jad Zoughbi talks about life in occupied Palestine. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Student believes communication is way to peace between Israelis and Palestinians

WILLMAR -- Jad Zoughbi is a Palestinian Christian who believes communication is the way to peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Zoughbi, a counselor at Green Lake Bible Camp's Shores of...

news / local Mon, Aug 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Lois Norbie of Willmar, left, and her grandson Nick Norbie visit the Bet She'an in Israel. The pair traveled to Israel last month with a tour group. For Lois, the trip was the "dream of a lifetime," she said. (Photo submitted by Nick Norbie)

Willmar, Minn., grandma and her grandson see ancient biblical sites on trip to Israel

Lois Norbie of Willmar taught Sunday school at her church for years. As she would recite the well-known Bible stories to her students -- the birth of Jesus, the Last...

extra / local Sat, Mar 31, 2012 - 12:03am

President Barack Obama addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference opening plenary session in Washington, Sunday, March 4, 2012. Obama said Sunday that United States will not hesitate to attack Iran with military force to prevent it from acquiring a nuclear weapon, but he cautioned that "too much loose talk of war" recently has only helped Tehran and driven up the price of oil. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Obama says force an option against Iran, but will try to talk Israel out of striking now

President Barack Obama says he doesn't want war but insists he would attack Iran if that was the only option left to stop that nation from getting a nuclear weapon...

news / nation Mon, Mar 05, 2012 - 7:12am

Commentary: Sometimes a good country can take a bad choice turn

Ruben Navarrette's e-mail address is rnavarrette@wctrib.com .

opinion / commentary Wed, Jan 25, 2012 - 12:00am

Commentary: 'Now' is not now for Netanyahu

Every man has a father and Binyamin Netanyahu's is worth knowing. He is Benzion Netanyahu, born 101 years ago in what was soon to become Poland and living now in...

opinion / commentary Tue, May 24, 2011 - 12:00am

MINNEAPOLIS -- Leaders of the U.S. Presbyterian Church have strongly backed a recommendation that the U.S. end aid to Israel unless that country stops settlement expansions in disputed Palestinian territories...

news / state Fri, Jul 09, 2010 - 3:06pm

Commentary: The Jews couldn't go home

Ah, another teachable moment! This one comes to us from Helen Thomas, the longtime White House reporter and columnist who announced her retirement on Monday. Thomas, of Lebanese ancestry and...

opinion / commentary Wed, Jun 09, 2010 - 12:00am

New aid ship heads to Gaza, Israel vows to stop it

ISTANBUL (AP) -- An aid ship trying to break the blockade of Gaza could reach Israel's 20-mile (32-kilometer) exclusion zone late today, an activist said, but Israel's prime minister has...

news / world Fri, Jun 04, 2010 - 9:00am

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