Dan Quayle

Former Pennsylvania senator Arlen Specter on Tuesday became the latest in a list of high profile American and Israeli leaders to call for the release…

Dan Quayle, who was former US president George H.W. Bush's vice president, became the highest ranking American official yet to call for the release…

For at least the last 35 years, US vice presidents, with the sole exception of Dan Quayle, have visited Israel. Jimmy Carter sent his veep Walter…

One of the most intriguing episodes of American political history, and one with particular resonance for observers of this year's presidential race,…

When Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, many Americans cheered his historic breakthrough. For the first time in…

Now that Barack Obama has anointed Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate, attention in the veepstakes turns to John McCain, who has promised to reveal…

If you were hoping that Israel would follow America's lead by initiating regional elections, you probably won't be consoled by the adoption of…

Binyamin Netanyahu was clearing a lunch tray in his office in the old Foreign Ministry compound when the transport minister called. As he hung up,…

Barnea, the US-based Gabriel-Cerberus consortium has "every intention" of going through with the purchase of the 10.1 percent option provided for in…

The new owners of Bank Leumi will be in Jerusalem for the first time today to take part in a ceremony marking the acquisition of the country's…

A US-based consortium won a government tender early Tuesday to acquire a 9.99% holding in Bank Leumi with a bid of NIS 2.47 billion, or NIS 17.50 a…

The privatization of Bank Leumi was completed after midnight Tuesday as the government sold 9.99 percent of Israel's second largest bank for NIS…