©2015 Bloomberg News NNJ8N66JTSEM (Bloomberg Politics) — On Saturday night, former President George W. Bush made remarks at the spring meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition behind closed doors, but some of his message trickled out. He argued against President Barack Obama’s planned course of action on Iran and expressed skepticism over the pending

©2015 Bloomberg News NUQBV56JIJUO (Bloomberg) — Efforts to kill the Iran nuclear deal are fading in Washington, but in Tehran they’re just heating up. Throwing his weight behind the push is Hossein Shariatmadari, who has run the loyalist Kayhan newspaper since Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed him editor-in-chief more than

©2015 Bloomberg News NUHAPU6K50XU (Bloomberg) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared a European Union plan to label products from West Bank settlements to Nazi boycotts against Jews, while lobbying against the move during a visit to London. The European Parliament approved a non-binding resolution Thursday to label Israeli exports

©2015 Bloomberg News NTCAKS6JTSEB (Bloomberg Politics) — Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is seeking funds and support in a community the U.S. and virtually every other country in the world condemns as an impediment to peace. The former Arkansas governor and Fox News commentator held a fundraising event Tuesday in the Israeli

©2015 Bloomberg View NT1DAI6JTSEA (Bloomberg View) — Should the Jews have a pope? For most of the last 2,000 years, the answer has been “no.” Rabbinic authority has been decentralized, with each community choosing its own religious leaders to follow. But now Israel’s Chief Rabbinate is seeking to monopolize and

©2015 Bloomberg News NR4BJJ6TTDSP (Bloomberg) — The U.S. is in an “inevitable relative decline in worldwide influence” due to the rise of China, India, and other developing economies, former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday. “As they increase in economic and cultural influence, it will replace a lot of the power

©2015 Bloomberg News NQUKTO6JTSE8 (Bloomberg) — It’s good to do business with Elon Musk. That’s what SolarEdge Technologies Inc. is discovering, as demand from customers including Musk’s SolarCity Corp. helped the shares double since its March initial public offering. The company, based in Herziliya Pituach, Israel, is poised to get

©2015 Bloomberg News NOYE0L6JTSE8 (Bloomberg) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed restarting peace talks with the Palestinians by defining the borders of West Bank territory Israel would keep in a final deal. Palestinians dismissed the offer, presented by Netanyahu as an attempt to eliminate future disputes over settlement

©2015 Bloomberg View NOOHID6S9729 (Bloomberg View) — The Israeli government is worried the Obama administration will allow a U.N. conference this week to adopt a resolution that could compel Israel to acknowledge its nuclear arsenal. At issue is a proposal at the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference that would empower

©2015 Bloomberg View NNFYF06JTSEH (Bloomberg View) — In a closed-door meeting with Jewish Donors Saturday night, former President George W. Bush delivered his harshest public criticisms to date against his successor on foreign policy, saying that President Barack Obama is being naïve about Iran and the pending nuclear deal and