A raft of Republican candidates are vying for support on Iowa Tuesday as President Barack Obama looks on. Reverend Jesse Jackson says they make Reagan look like a 'liberal'. Also, there's an insight into opinion among Syrians on the street about the Arab League. And, would you go for a gold facial if you had a spare $200? That's the focus for this Tuesday 3rd January, 2012.
Israel's defence minister and deputy prime minister, Ehud Barak, tells FRANCE 24's Annette Young of his hopes for the peace process, but says Israel cannot halt the construction of settlements in the occupied territories.
Israel's defence minister and deputy prime minister, Ehud Barak, tells FRANCE 24's Annette Young of his hopes for the peace process, but says Israel cannot halt the construction of settlements in the occupied territories.
As Israel moves further to the right of the political spectrum, is there anyone left on the left? Labour Party chairman Ehud Barak has quit, dividing the party. For some, it's the final nail in the coffin of the Israeli left, which rose to prominence in the 90s and was known as the peace camp. Others hope Barak's move will be a chance for the left to recover its real identity - which some say it lost following "unnatural" alliances with right wing parties.
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak broke with the Labour party and announced the formation of a new party called Independence on Monday, a move that will splinter the once-dominant centre-left movement.
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has extended a lockdown on the occupied West Bank until Tuesday and limited access to a disputed Jerusalem holy site as tensions mount over new settlement plans.
Despite US pressure to halt settlements, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has approved the construction of more than 450 new homes in the occupied West Bank. Some 2,500 settler homes are already under construction.
The European Union urged Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister-designate, to accept Palestinian calls for statehood, something he has long voiced his opposition to. Europeans warn that EU-Israel ties will suffer if he does not.
Prime Minister designate Benjamin Netanyahu's eclectic Likud-Labour right-wing coalition seems likely to obtain a parliamentary majority, but rival factions have yet to agree on the burning issue of a separate Palestinian state.
