RELATIONS between Israel and the United States have hit a 35-year low, Israel’s ambassador in Washington said, amid simmering tensions between the two allies.

The trouble is because Obama has set himself up as no mere politician, his willingness to make a casual promise he cannot keep makes voters doubt all his other promises.

Barack Obama won the support of some of the biggest backers of his former rival Hillary Clinton today as she finally signalled that the end of her bid for the Democratic nomination was near.

The FBI arrested a Defence Department analyst today on charges that he illegally passed classified information about potential Iranian-backed attacks against US forces in Iraq to employees of a pro-Israel group.

SYRIA said yesterday it had chosen to support the Iraqi people against the “illegal” US-British invasion of Iraq, following a new warning against Damascus from US Secretary of State Colin Powell.