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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a cabinet meeting at the defense ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, July 18, 2014. Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday to destroy rocket launching sites and tunnels, firing volleys of tank shells and clashing with Palestinian fighters in a high-stakes ground offensive meant to weaken the enclave's Hamas rulers.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty, Pool)

Netanyahu will take whatever action necessary for ‘sustainable quiet’ in Gaza

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

When it comes to unaccompanied minors crossing into the U.S. illegally, Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, has kind words but stern policy proposals. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Putin popularity soars in Russia

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a cabinet meeting at the defense ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, July 18, 2014. Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday to destroy rocket launching sites and tunnels, firing volleys of tank shells and clashing with Palestinian fighters in a high-stakes ground offensive meant to weaken the enclave's Hamas rulers.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty, Pool)

Benjamin Netanyahu preps ground troops: ‘Significant expansion’ coming

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

An Israeli policeman secures the site after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants hit Ashdod, Israel, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns Hamas that Israel will intensify its week-long campaign against Gaza militants if Hamas rejects an Egyptian-proposed cease-fire. The truce was supposed to go into effect early on Tuesday morning but the Israeli military says 24 rockets have been fired at Israel from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip since the expected start of the cease-fire. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Benjamin Netanyahu on Hamas: ‘Our answer is fire’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during a press conference at the defense ministry in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on Friday, July 11, 2014. Netanyahu said he will not cave in to international pressure to stop a military offensive in the Gaza Strip. He told a news conference Friday that Israel will continue its offensive until rocket fire out of Gaza is halted. (AP photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)

Netanyahu dismisses deputy for criticizing conduct of Hamas war

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Mideast Peace Missile and Dove Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

KAUFFMAN: Obama’s delusional Mideast peace strategy

By Brad E. Kauffman

Israel dramatically escalated its aerial assault in Gaza Thursday hitting hundreds of Hamas targets. The Health Ministry in Gaza reported 22 people killed in a single day. Israel's missile defense system once again intercepted rockets fired by militants. (Associated Press)

Israel rejects talk of cease-fire; Hamas targets suspected nuke site

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. The Israeli military launched what could be a long-term offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday, striking at least 50 sites in Gaza by air and sea and mobilizing troops for a possible ground invasion aimed at stopping a recent barrage of rocket attacks against Israel. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Israel kicks off massive assault on Hamas: ‘We’re taking this to the next step’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, stands next to Avi Fraenkel, left, and Ori Yifrah, fathers of two of the three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed in the West Bank as they hug during their sons' joint funeral in the Israeli city of Modiin, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Tens of thousands of mourners converged Tuesday in central Israel for the funeral service for three teenagers found dead in the West Bank after a two week search and crackdown on the Hamas militant group, which Israeli leaders have accused of abducting and killing the young men. The deaths of Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, a 16-year-old with dual Israeli-American citizenship, have prompted angry calls for revenge and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his security Cabinet for an emergency meeting to discuss a response to the killings, hours after airstrikes targeted dozens of suspected Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip.(AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool)

Palestinian official blames Netanyahu, ‘apartheid system’ for teen deaths

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

mourners: Family and friends of three Israeli teenagers who were abducted over two weeks ago mourn during their funeral in Modiin, Israel. Israeli leaders believe Hamas may be behind the taking and killing of the young men. (Associated Press)

Hammer or scalpel: Fewer restraints seen as teen deaths stoke Israeli fury toward Palestinians

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Israelis light candles as they gather in Jerusalem after the announcement that the bodies of the three missing teenagers were found near the West Bank town of Hebron, late Monday, June 30, 2014. The Israeli military found the bodies of three missing teenagers on Monday, just over two weeks after they were abducted in the West Bank, allegedly by Hamas militants. The grisly discovery culminated a feverish search that led to Israel's largest ground operation in the Palestinian territory in nearly a decade and raised fears of renewed fighting with Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was huddling with his Security Cabinet late Monday to discuss a response. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

CROWLEY: The ‘gates of hell’ ajar in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas

By Monica Crowley - The Washington Times

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem Sunday, June 22, 2014. Israel's military says troops have shot dead one Palestinian, and a Palestinian medical official says another was killed, as the army searches for three missing teens and looks to dismantle the Islamic militant group Hamas. Meanwhile the military says a civilian vehicle has exploded near the Syrian frontier in the Golan Heights, and that there are several casualties. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool)

Netanyahu slams ‘disgraceful’ Presbyterian Church decision

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Israel overjoyed by Maccabi’s basketball title

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the prime minister's office Friday, May 16, 2014 in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)

Chuck Hagel vows U.S. will stand with Israel and deny Iran nuclear weapons

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hands with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel while delivering remarks at his office on Friday, May 16, 2014 in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)

Hagel says US won’t let Iran build nuclear weapon

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, March 11, 2014 photo, Hall of Fame inductee Jay Leno speaks on stage at the 2014 Television Academy Hall of Fame at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, Calif. In an interview on Thursday, May 8, 2014, Leno says the recent collapse of U.S.-backed Mideast peace talks should make his job just a little easier when he performs in front of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later in the month. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)

Leno to host award ceremony in Israel

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, listens to Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich during the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office, Sunday, April 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Pool)

Netanyahu reiterates peace talks a no-go as long as Hamas is involved

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Netanyahu’s driver accused of raping girls under age 12

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times