Bibi optimistic about stopping Iran Likud chairman Binyamin Netanyahu opened the Herzliya Conference on the Balance of National Security with an optimistic prognosis about the nation’s future.

Chief Rabbi of Tzfat: Prepare to Return to Gaza “We need to take the initiative, we need to return to Gush Katif,” Rabbi Eliyahu wrote in the Maayanei HaYeshuah weekly Torah sheet.

Missile shield ‘threatens Russia’ US plans to expand its embryonic missile defence shield to the Czech Republic and Poland are an “an obvious threat”, Russia military officials say.

Experts Warn of Global Jihad at Herzliya Conference Islamic expert and historian Bernard Lewis spoke back-to-back with former CIA director James Woolsey at the Herzliya Conference Monday.

China welcomes Vatican initiative China has welcomed the Vatican’s new move to resolve their differences, calling it “a step forward”.

EU leaders meet to seek ways to bolster Mideast negotiations European Union foreign ministers sought ways to bolster the Middle East peace process Monday.

EU laws ‘will hit online trade’ uropean Union laws on cross-border trade will hurt online sales and may cause legal chaos, UK business leaders have warned.

Iran’s guards start wargame to test missiles Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched war-games in central Iran on Monday.

Egypt on high alert as bird flu virus becomes more resistant Egypt is on high alert after the H5N1 strain of the avian flu became more resistant to the Tamiflu antiviral drug predominantly used to combat the disease.

Scores die in Iraq bomb attacks Eighty-eight people have been killed and 160 injured in a double car bombing in Baghdad, Iraqi police say.