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U.S. President Barack Obama smiles in the rain as he arrives for Republic Day in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama defends decision not to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Obama administrations role in Iranian nuclear ambitions by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

JED BABBIN: Obama places Iran over Israel

By Jed Babbin

'UNBREAKABLE BOND': Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama both said reports about more distant relations in the past year were "wrong." Mr. Netanyahu visited Mr. Obama in the Oval Office and talked with a group of reporters. (Associated Press)

Denis McDonough calls Netanyahu invite a mistake

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 1, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama won’t meet with Netanyahu during Washington trip

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, speaks to media during a meeting with bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss a wide range of issues, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Nancy Pelosi accuses John Boehner of ‘hubris’ in running Congress

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Abbas said Wednesday, Dec. 31, that he is still weighing his options after a resounding defeat in the U.N. Security Council. But the Palestinian leader is hinting that he could join the International Criminal Court in the very near future - a move that would put him on a collision course with Israel. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinians to press war-crimes case against Israel

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - Associated Press

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence rolled out his own expansion plan in May, saying it would be funded through cigarette-tax revenue and an assessment on hospitals that takes effect in 2017.

Mike Pence meets with Netanyahu in Israel

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Benjamin Netanyahu’s years as Israel’s prime minister see surge in West Bank settlements

By Dan Perry and Josef Federman - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, left, meets with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Villa Taverna, in Rome, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. Kerry and Netanyahu met as the U.S. and Israel developed their responses to a draft U.N. resolution that would set a two-year timetable for an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

John Kerry, Benjamin Netanyahu meet as U.N. efforts heat up

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry said that while Iran is currently keeping up its end of the nuclear deal amid U.S. sanctions, more work is ahead. (Associated Press)

Iran nuclear talks extension gives Republicans time to press for increased sanctions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Israeli mayor of the costal city of Ashkelon Itamar Shimoni joins a rally in his support in Ashkelon, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Shimoni has suspended Israeli Arab laborers from work, renovating bomb shelters at local day-care centers. The move drew widespread criticism on Thursday, including from Netanyahu who said "there is no place for discrimination against Israeli Arabs." (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israeli mayor bans Arab construction workers, ignites uproar

Associated Press

The Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound is seen in Jerusalem's old city Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Tensions in the region have spiked in recent weeks, largely over the disputed holy site in Jerusalem sacred to both Muslims and Jews. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel to demolish homes of synagogue attackers

By Peter Enav - Associated Press

Israeli soldiers run from tear gas, after Palestinians threw canisters fired at them back towards the soldiers, during clashes outside the Ofer military prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. Two Palestinian cousins armed with meat cleavers and a gun stormed a Jerusalem synagogue during morning prayers Tuesday, killing four people in the city&#8217;s bloodiest attack in years. The attack ratcheted up fears of sustained violence in a city already on edge amid soaring tensions over its most contested holy site. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israel military starts wrecking terrorists’ family homes to send ‘sharp message’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Israeli-Palestinian tension at highest point since summer war

By Guy Taylor and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The Jewish neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev is pictured in east Jerusalem in 2009, with the Shuafat refugee camp in the background and Israel's separation barrier running between them. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) FILE

Israel lifts Muslim age limits for Jerusalem site

By Ian Deitch - Associated Press

In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader) ** FILE **

Iran nuclear talks: Leader’s call to ‘annihilate’ Israel throws wrench in the works

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden is introduced by Holocaust survivor Nesse Godin as he arrives to address the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly at the Gaylord National Harbor Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Md., Monday, Nov. 10, 2104. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Joe Biden on Israel: We’re friends, but sometimes friends fight

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Arab-Israelis flash victory signs during a protest of the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Arab-Israeli who appeared in video footage to be retreating from police. Thousands of Arabs took to the streets Saturday to protest the shooting, with many hurling rocks and firebombs. (Associated Press)

Israeli police raise alert level in response to Arab protests

By Ori Wiesberg and Jacob Wirtschafter — Special to The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes an opening statement in his Jerusalem offices as he meets with EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, Pool)

Jerusalem shrine surrounded by heavy security

By Peter Enav - Associated Press

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. Jerusalem, at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has been edging toward a new conflagration, with politicians on both sides stoking religious fervor over an ancient Jerusalem shrine sacred to Muslims and Jews. After months of escalating violence, Netanyahu on Sunday made his clearest attempt yet to cool tempers, saying he won&#8217;t allow changes to a long-standing ban on Jewish worship at the Muslim-run site, despite such demands from ultra-nationalists in his coalition. (AP Photo/Ronen Zvulun, Pool)

MICHAEL TAUBE: Democrats’ insults of Netanyahu might send Jews to GOP

By Michael Taube