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Syria Rockets Hit Golan Shortly after Israel PM Visit

Two rockets fired from war-torn Syria struck the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights Tuesday shortly after a secret visit to the area by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the army said.

"Two rockets fire from Syria struck the central Golan without causing injuries or damage," a spokeswoman told AFP.

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Netanyahu Says Iran Only Winner from Nuclear Talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Iran is the only beneficiary of nuclear talks with world powers and accused Tehran of "continuing its aggressive behavior."

His remarks came on the eve of fresh talks between Iran and the P5+1 group -- Britain, France, the United States, China and Russia plus Germany -- aimed at reaching a comprehensive accord on Tehran's controversial nuclear program.

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Obama, Netanyahu to Meet March 3

U.S. President Barack Obama will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks on Iran and U.S. Middle East peace moves on March 3, the White House said Wednesday.

Israel had previously announced the Israeli leader would travel to Washington the day before the talks for a visit which also includes a speech to the annual conference of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) lobby group.

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Netanyahu to Visit U.S., Meet Obama in March

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Washington on March 2 where he is to discuss Iran and the peace process with U.S. President Barack Obama, his office said Monday.

The visit will take place as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry seeks to forge a framework agreement which will keep Israeli and Palestinian negotiators at the table beyond a looming April deadline, despite little outward sign of any progress to date.

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Netanyahu Slams Iran Move to Send Ships towards U.S.

Israel on Sunday denounced an Iranian announcement that it was sending naval ships towards the United States as further evidence that loosening sanctions on Tehran was counterproductive.

The move to send warships to the Atlantic was announced by the commander of Iran's northern naval fleet on Saturday, who described it as a "message."

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Netanyahu Rejects Kerry's Boycott Warning

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected remarks by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warning of a growing boycott threat against the Jewish state if peace talks fail.

"Attempts to impose a boycott on the State of Israel are immoral and unjust. Moreover, they will not achieve their goal," he said at the weekly cabinet meeting.

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Minister Seeks to Diffuse Spat with Netanyahu over Peace Talks

Israel's hard-right economy minister apologized Wednesday for public attacks on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over U.S.-backed Middle East peace talks.

"There are those who are trying to spin what is a debate about the future and security of our country as a personal attack that never happened," Naftali Bennett said at an education conference at the Dead Sea.

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Netanyahu Settlement Stand Draws Fire from All Sides

Comments by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the World Economic Forum make it clear he is against the establishment of a Palestinian state, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat has said.

"Anyone who says they want the settlers to remain is actually saying they don't want the establishment of a Palestinian state," Erakat said in remarks published Monday in Palestinian daily Al-Ayyam.

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Netanyahu under Fire over Son's Non-Jewish Norwegian Girlfriend

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was under fire Sunday from religious lawmakers following a report that his son was dating a non-Jewish woman, media said.

Norwegian newspaper Dagen reported that Yair Netanyahu, 23, was dating 25-year-old Norwegian Sandra Leikanger, currently studying in Israel.

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Report: Israel's Peres Opposes Netanyahu Peace Demand

Israeli President Shimon Peres privately opposes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence that Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state, saying it obstructs peace talks, local newspaper Israel Hayom said Wednesday.

"In conversations held by Peres in the past weeks with senior diplomatic and political figures, he explained that this insistence by Netanyahu was 'unnecessary,' as he put it, since it could derail the peace negotiations," the paper wrote.

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