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** FILE ** President Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres walk off stage following their joint statement to members of the media at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, Israel, March 20, 2013, (Associated Press)

Israel’s Peres says he trusts Obama on Iran policy

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Obama attempting to court a mainly indifferent Israeli public

By Abraham Rabinovich - Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously have disagreed on the topic of stopping Iran’s suspected weapons program with military force, but the duo Wednesday said they agree on the need for action. (Associated Press)

Obama pledges to stop nuclear Iran, but says he still ‘prefers’ diplomatic resolution

By Dave Boyer and Abraham Rabinovich - The Washington Times

An Israeli protester holds a sign depicting President Barack Obama during a demonstration calling for the release of Jonathan Pollard, a Jewish American who was jailed for life in 1987 on charges of spying on the United States, in Jerusalem on March 19, 2013. Obama's trip to Jerusalem and the West Bank will take place March 20-22, and it is the U.S. leader's first trip to the region as president and his first overseas trip since being re-elected. Hebrew on signs reads, "Honorable president, save Pollard." (Associated Press)

Obama Israel trip likely to be short on results

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

HIT: A bus full of Israeli vacationers was the target of a suicide attack by terrorists in Bulgaria last July. The bus was transporting the group to a hotel. (Associated Press)

‘Shadow war’ between Israel, Iran rages on as Obama visits

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The insignia of the Air Force’s 36th Wing at Anderson Air Force Base in Guam reveals the prevailing sentiment for the host unit of B-52 training flights over Korea.

Inside the Beltway: Shalom, Mr. President

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama discusses defense strategic guidance at the Pentagon in Washington on Jan. 5, 2012. (Associated Press)

Obama continues video outreach effort to Iran

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

**FILE** Iraqi police stand guard outside Camp Ashraf, northeast of Baghdad, in December 2011. (Associated Press/People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran)

U.S. pushes Iranian dissidents to accept Albanian asylum offer

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Then-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (second from left) waves during the inauguration of the Jamaran-2 guided missile destroyer in the port city of Anzali, Iran, about 150 miles northwest of Tehran, the capital, on Sunday, March 17, 2013. Iran launched the domestically built ship in the Caspian Sea in the nation's first deployment of a major warship in the oil-rich region. (AP Photo/ISNA, Hemmat Khahi)

Iran launches destroyer in the Caspian Sea

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

** FILE ** Moshe Yaalon (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu names Moshe Yaalon as defense minister

By Daniel Estrin - Associated Press

**FILE** Rep. Frank R. Wolf

State Department dodges hearing on U.S. pastor detained in Iran

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Iraqis work at the Rumaila oil refinery near the city of Basra. The province, located on the Persian Gulf bordering Kuwait and Iran, is Iraq's only outlet to the sea and is the hub for most of Iraq's oil exports of nearly 1.9 million barrels a day to the international market. (Associated Press)

U.S. stands by sanctions on Greek shipper

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Israeli police walk through the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

EDITORIAL: A line in the sand

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Iranian oil technician Majid Afshari makes his way to the oil separator facilities in Iran's Azadegan oil field southwest of Tehran on April 15, 2008. (Associated Press)

Greek shipping magnate named in scheme to evade sanctions on Iranian oil

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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Embassy Row: Prison camp Liberty

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Reports: Iran mulls suing Hollywood over ‘Argo’

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez (center) works with trapped American diplomats on their cover story to get them out of Iran in “Argo.” Mr. Affleck also directed the film. (Warner Bros via The Associated Press)

Iran threatens lawsuit over the movie ‘Argo’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Reports: Iran plans suing Hollywood over ‘Argo’

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

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PRUDEN: Obama packs for an Israeli adventure

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Report: Iran blocks VPN access to Gmail, Yahoo

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press