German Chancellor Merkel Arrives in IsraelCIE+
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives in Jerusalem for the first time in more than four years to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid growing U.S.-Europe tensions over Iran.
U.S. Announces Arms Deal for Israel, Others Opposing Nuclear IranCIE+
As fears about a nuclear Iran intensify, the United States agrees to provide Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with $10 billion in military aid.
Israel Launches Operation to Capture Weapons Being Smuggled Into GazaCIE+
Israeli commandos overtake a weapons ship, the Karine-A, and seize fifty tons of Iranian weapons, including a number of long-range rockets.
Iran Executes Jewish Leader Habib ElghanianCIE+
Following a show trial lasting only twenty minutes, Habib Elghanian was executed by firing squad.
Khomeini Returns to IranCIE+
After 15 years in exile, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran, two weeks after the Shah of Iran flees the country.
Dulles Travels to Middle EastCIE+
May 11, 1953 U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arrives in Cairo at the start of a 2½-week fact-finding trip to Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, India, Pakistan, Turkey and Libya. Dulles emphasizes…
Allahdad: Jews Are Forcibly Converted, Massacred in Mashhad, IranCIE+
The tensions between the local Shiite population and Jews erupt in the northeast Iranian city of Mashhad.
