Epstein Secrets

u can't publicly admit this policy because it would alienate his right-leaning political base. The settler lobby, which has a strong footing in the Likud Party, constantly criticizes Netanyahu for not permitting "sufficient" construction. To placate them, it appears that Netanyahu's government has b

n he replaced his colonel's spurs with a subtle understanding of what diplomacy entailed. During his two terms, Roosevelt wound down the war in the Philippines that he had helped start in 1898, thwarted European designs upon Latin America, and mediated the Algeciras Crisis and the Russo-Japanese War, for

overnment. EFTA00693045 Then, in 2008, Olmert was forced to resign because of corruption allegations, and new elections brought Netanyahu and the Likud back to power. This development proved awkward for Barak, who had promised during the campaign not to join a Netanyahu government. But in one of th

iminish; in fact, it is far more likely to intensify. The chance of a military incident involving China and one of its neighbors — be it Japan, the Philippines, or Vietnam — cannot be ignored, and it remains to be seen whether the region's diplomatic circuits can carry the load. New leadership in many of

alf of 2005, a resolute Sharon carried out his plan to remove Israeli settlements and military bases from Gaza in August 2005, breaking up his own Likud party over it. This political move, which resulted in the creation of the Kadima party, would hardly have made sense had Gaza been Sharon's final

the Pacific, where the U.S. has spent a great deal of diplomatic energy strengthening economic and military relationships with Burma, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, and other Southeast Asian nations in an effort to counterbalance China's rise. (In November, Obama also announced that U.S. marines wil

Benjamin Netanyahu faces his first serious leadership challenge from his own party. Ruth Eglash reports: "The first public cracks in [Netanyahu]'s Likud party appeared over the weekend, days after the country's attorney general indicted the longtime leader on charges of bribery and fraud in three cr

hat deterrence could be 'morally acceptable,' so long as it was a step toward disarmament." -- A couple kidnapped by Islamists was rescued in the Philippines during a military operation. Regine Cabato reports: "Allan Hyrons, 71, and Wilma Hyrons, 59, were abducted last month by Abu Sayyaf fighters at a b

Benjamin Netanyahu faces his first serious leadership challenge from his own party. Ruth Eglash reports: "The first public cracks in [Netanyahu]'s Likud party appeared over the weekend, days after the country's attorney general indicted the longtime leader on charges of bribery and fraud in three cri

that deterrence could be 'morally acceptable,' so long as it was a step toward disarmament." -- A couple kidnapped by Islamists was rescued in the Philippines during a military operation. Regine Cabato reports: "Allan Hyrons, 71, and Wilma Hyrons, 59, were abducted last month by Abu Sayyaf fighters at a b

demic began nearly a year ago. (Stat) 11. Jeffrey Epstein's arrest is reverberating in Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing Likud party are calling for a criminal probe into former prime minister Ehud Barak's personal and business ties with the accused sex trafficker. (Miami

e Haitians surveyed relayed stories describing a 'common pattern' where women received small amounts of money or food in exchange for sex." -- The Philippines convicted key members of a political clan for a 2009 massacre that left 57 dead. From the AP: "Judge Jocelyn Solis- Reyes acquitted several members