In his speech to the joint US House meeting in Washington on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made it clear that if needed, Israel would have to proceed alone to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, while urging President Obama to apply more sanctions on the Islamic Republic. The prime minister received a standing ovation from both the sides as he said, “In Judea and Samaria, the Jewish people are not foreign occupiers. This is the land of our forefathers.” However, he acknowledged that Israel “will have to give up parts of ancestral Jewish homeland for a genuine peace.” Netanyahu also expressed his willingness to work with Obama for peace despite the differences between the two.

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The rare trip by a top Russian military general to Pakistan is a sign of enhancing relations between the cold-war rivals. Ground Forces Commander-in-Chief Colonel General Alexander Postnikov met Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Ashfaque Pervez Kiyani at the GHQ in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. He also held a separate meeting with Gen. Khalid Shameem Wynne, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Sources said that the discussions focused on issues of professional interest including the endgame in Afghanistan and how Moscow and Islamabad can help restore peace in that war-ravaged country. The visit comes at a time when US-Pakistan ties are severely strained following Bin Laden’s death.

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