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After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a visit by Ukraine's prime minister to Israel, the Foreign Ministry in Kiev expressed hope on Monday that relations between the two nations won't be affected by Ukraine's support of a UN Security Council resolution against the settlements. "We are confident that active and emotional internal debates in Israel will not impact traditionally friendly Ukrainian-Israeli relationship, based on mutual respect and joint interests," the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks with US President Barack Obama at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery during the funeral of former president Shimon Peres on September 30, 2016. The snowballing diplomatic dispute between Israel, the United States and just about every other state in the world is the topic du jour in Monday's Hebrew papers after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spearheaded a diplomatic offensive against countries that voted for Friday's UN Security Council resolution against Israeli settlements.
Arguing that Americans still subscribe to his vision of progressive change, President Barack Obama asserted in an interview recently he could have succeeded in this year's election if he was eligible to run. "I am confident in this vision because I'm confident that if I had run again and articulated it, I think I could've mobilized a majority of the American people to rally behind it," Obama told his former senior adviser David Axelrod in an interview for the "The Axe Files" podcast, produced by the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN.
Blame game - As the state's fiscal crisis continues to deteriorate and the Legislature moves toward the center, the Brownback administration has shifted into full blame-deflection mode. A recent newsletter from the Governor's Office attacked Democrats and "the media" but didn't mention all the Republicans who are demanding change.
One of the basic principles of democracy is "one person, one vote". Other criteria for an efficient and robust model of democracy include an informed and critically inclined citizenry and the presence of a political culture catering to the "common good" instead of the self-centred whims and boundless greed of the rich and powerful.
US President Barack Obama says it has been the "privilege of my life" to serve as US commander in chief and promised his continued gratitude and commitment to service members and their families during a Christmas Day visit to Marine Corps Base Hawaii. "Although this will be my last time addressing you as president, I want you to know that as a citizen, my gratitude will remain, and our commitment to standing by you every step of the way, that won't stop," Obama told several hundred troops and their families gathered in a mess hall decorated with Christmas trees and wreaths.
In this March 21, 2016 file photo, Cuban President Raul Castro, right, lifts up the arm of U.S. President Barack Obama, at the conclusion of their joint news conference at the Palace of the Revolution, in Havana, Cuba. Next year will likely be Castro's toughest year in office since he took power in 2006, as the 85-year-old general faces a possible economic recession alongside a hostile new U.S. administration promising to undo measures that gave many Cubans expectations of a better future.
On Saturday, Israel's prime minister lashed out at U.S. President Barack Obama, accusing him of a "ambush" at the U.N. over West Bank settlements. Benjamin Netanyahu added in a statement that he is now looking forward to working with President-elect Donald Trump.
One of the most controversial features of the recent presidential candidate was Donald Trump's promise to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate and possibly charge Hillary Clinton with a handful of criminal offenses. Clinton's fans responded with outrage, claiming it is bad form for a presidential candidate to threaten jailing an opponent.
George Michael dies 'of heart failure' at his UK home aged just 53 as heartbroken Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley pays tribute to 'my beloved friend Yog' and fans mourn legend's death 'Do you really want to hurt me? I guess you do 2016 - #ripboygeorge': Sarah Michelle Gellar is hammered online after mixing up her 80s pop icons in wake of George Michael's death 'I am in deep shock. I have lost a close friend.'
Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, attends a Hanukkah reception hosted by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016. Senate Republicans refused to hold even a hearing on Obama's nomination of Garland, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama made their annual and final Christmas Day visit with military members and their families at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama made their annual and final Christmas Day visit with military members and their families at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe.
The powerful typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines... . A Filipino woman crosses floodwaters caused by rains from Typhoon Nock-Ten in Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Monday, Dec. 26, 2016.
A Pennsylvania man going through treatment for colon cancer won a pizza parlor's raffle for a years' worth of free pies and then donated his prize to a local food bank. A Pennsylvania man going through treatment for colon cancer won a pizza parlor's raffle for a years' worth of free pies and then donated his prize to a local food bank.
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appears at a campaign roundtable event in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., October 28, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Donald Trump gave Democrats a Christmas gift over the weekend, and they said thanks by pulling down the Christmas tree, breaking the nativity scene and shattering the fine China.
In this Nov. 29, 2016 photo, Jason Miller waves to reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. After being named Trump's communications director, Miller unexpectedly announced Christmas Eve that the job would be too demanding and he wanted to focus on his family.
Alaska could benefit if Congress confirms ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson as the next secretary of state despite Tillerson's tense relations with Gov. Bill Walker over Alaska's gas line project, some Alaskans believe. That's because the Alaskans hope that Tillerson, regarded as a no-nonsense deal-maker, will shift his focus away from the interests of ExxonMobil's shareholders to national needs that include energy security, presenting an opportunity for hydrocarbon-rich Alaska.