The former New York mayor died the same day as Daniel Pearl, the murdered Jewish journalist he quoted on his tombstone

Forty-four Israeli students, who go to the same school Ilan Ramon did, attend a NASA commemoration for the Columbia seven in Florida

US has given Israel ‘green light’ for more raids, magazine says, and is ready to act itself in Aleppo if it sees danger of WMD there falling into rebel hands

‘The window or door on a two-state solution could shut — and that would be disastrous for all concerned,’ the new secretary said during confirmation hearings last week

Mouaz al-Khatib reiterates that he’d sit down for talks with Assad to ‘ease the pain of the Syrian people’ although his goal is to overthrow the regime, peacefully

Outgoing US defense secretary says US intent on preventing transfer of sophisticated weapons to terrorists, warns of Iran’s export of manpads

Alarms heard throughout southern Israel; no reports of any incoming rockets

In Munich, Biden affirms America’s willingness to hold direct talks with Iran over its nuclear program