Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he was hopeful to discuss with Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman key regional and international issues.
An overwhelming majority of Israeli Jews believe that the current negotiations with the Palestinian Authority will not lead to a peace agreement, a new poll by the Israel Hayom daily newspaper has found.
A group of 36 NGOs urged Israel Wednesday to stop demolishing Palestinian homes, hours ahead of a Middle East visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry aimed at revitalising peace talks.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims that Iran is after the physical destruction of Israel and wants to create a new Holocaust. This is a false claim. The reality is that Iran does not present an existential threat to the people of Israel. It is, in fact, Israel that is a serious threat to Iran.
A deal struck Sunday between Iran and world powers will help "make Israel safer", US Secretary of State John Kerry said, heading off criticism by the Jewish state of a thaw with Tehran.
Israel said Sunday that a nuclear deal struck Sunday between Iran and world powers in Geneva was "bad" as Tehran had obtained "what it wanted", Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said.
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Wednesday condemned two blasts near Iranian Embassy in Beirut and stressed that Washington and Tel Aviv have benefited most from such terrorist operations.