The attack occurred at Rimonim Junction, east of the West Bank city of Ramallah, a day after a similar attack left four Israelis dead. The violence comes as Benjamin Netanyahu and Leader Mahmoud Abbas meet with US President Barack Obama.
The fact that no government in Iraq has been formed almost six months after national elections, despite the increasingly urgent cajoling of U.S. officials, is but the latest indication of just how limited US political leverage in Iraq has become.
A deep recession and tougher border enforcement have led to a sharp decline in the number of immigrants entering the United States illegally in the past five years, down almost 67%.
Dr. Mordechai Kedar, an expert on Arab politics and Islamic Fundamentalism at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies in Israel, warns that Iran may be planning a full takeover of Persian Gulf states.










































