Benjamin Netanyahu

Former Israeli PM Olmert freed from jail on parole

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, 71, was released on parole on July 2 from a prison in Ramle, near Tel Aviv, after serving 16 months in jail for corruption.

Olmert was found guilty in 2014 of accepting bribes from real estate developers when he was Jerusalem's mayor, before his 2006-09 term as prime minister and head of a centrist political party.

Cyprus, Greece, Israel to speed up pipeline efforts

Cyprus, Greece and Israel said on Thursday they would speed up plans for the development of a pipeline channelling gas to Europe from newly discovered east Mediterranean reserves.

European governments and Israel agreed in April to move forward with a Mediterranean pipeline project to carry natural gas from Israel to Europe, setting a target date of 2025 for completion.

Greece-Israel-Cyprus trilateral Summit end with Greek, Israeli, Cypriot leaders’ statements

“Greece is gradually emerging from an extended crisis with the aid of countries, which in collaboration with Greece, look forward to stability and security in the wider region, as well as common steps of progress”, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras said in a statement after the Greece-Cyprus-Israel Trilateral Summit in Thessaloniki on Thursday. Mr.

Tsipras and Netanyahu meet in Thessaloniki

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (l) is silhouetted as he talks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras during their meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, on Thursday. Under heavy security Netanyahu is in northern Greece to discuss plans to become a key supplier of European energy through an ambitious Mediterranean undersea natural gas pipeline project.

Turkey holds Naval Drill off Cyprus in heated response to Israeli Commando exercise on its doorstep

Israeli commandos were wrapping up a large-scale military drill in Cyprus’s Troodos Mountains on Wednesday.

The drill, the first of its kind to take place in Cyprus, involved hundreds of combat soldiers from the Egoz special forces unit as well as Black Hawk helicopters and Super Hercules transport plans.

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