WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The prevailing mood in Israel about Iran’s nuclear facilities is hawkish and uncompromising. “It is a race against time, and time is winning,” said a key Israeli player. The Bush administration argues the clock won’t run out until Jan. 20, 2009, when the president turns things over to his successor. Barack Obama’s advisers are saying the clock should be reset to the results of next June’s Iranian presidential elections. John McCain, with Joseph Lieberman by his side, agrees with Israel’s hawks.

JERUSALEM, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A poll released Friday indicates the Kadima Party would defeat Likud in an Israeli election if Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was at its head.

JERUSALEM, July 31 (UPI) -- One of the favorites to succeed Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Ohmert, if he steps down as planned, says he would establish a a broad national unity government.

TEL AVIV, Israel, July 18 (UPI) -- Israel's transportation minister isn't backing down from hawkish words about attacking Iran that some observers have blamed for a worldwide rise in gas prices.

JERUSALEM, June 13 (UPI) -- Hamas officials Friday confirmed militants killed in an explosion in northern Gaza were preparing for a terror attack.

HASTINGS ON HUDSON, N.Y., June 9 (UPI) -- This is a list of basic actions by Congress that would begin to address the devastating impact on U.S. consumers of the unpredictable surges in oil prices. They also would have a positive impact globally in that America accounted for one-quarter of the world's oil demand in 2007.

JERUSALEM, June 8 (UPI) -- Condemnation of a threat against Iran issued by Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz escalated Sunday, with Israeli diplomats and the U.N. weighing in.

JERUSALEM, June 7 (UPI) -- A blunt warning from an Israeli Cabinet minister that an attack on Iran might be necessary reflects a political battle under way Israel, analysts say.

JERUSALEM, June 7 (UPI) -- Israel "will attack" Iran if the Middle Eastern country maintains its current nuclear weapons program, Israeli Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz says.