Michael Tobin
Michael Tobin is a Jerusalem-based correspondent. He joined FOX News Channel (FNC) as a Dallas-based correspondent after serving as general reporter and substitute anchor for the FOX affiliate WSVN-TV in Miami, Florida. Most recently, Tobin provided on-site coverage from the Israeli-Lebanese border during the conflict in the Middle East. He also covered Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's hospitalization in Jerusalem, the evacuation of Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip, the Iraqi elections in Baghdad and Operation Iraqi Freedom from Centcom in Doha, Qatar.
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November 22, 2009 11:49 AM
Exclusive – Kidnapped Israeli Deal is Close
Exclusive – Fox News has learned that the prisoner exchange deal to release the kidnapped Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, has taken another important step toward finalizing. However, a ... read more
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November 19, 2009 10:25 AM
Exclusive – Deal Near on Kidnapped Israeli
Exclusive to Fox News – The pieces are falling in place to strike a deal that will free the kidnapped Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit. Shalit was kidnapped when Palestinian militants dug ... read more
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November 18, 2009 11:22 AM
Jews and Palestinians Criticize Obama
US President Obama told our Major Garrett “I think additional settlement building does not contribute to Israel’s security. I think it makes it harder for them to make peace with their ... read more
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November 18, 2009 7:00 AM
Despite US Dismay, Israel Keeps Building
The White House today said "We are Dismayed" after Israel again defied the United States with the approval of 900 new housing units on land beyond the 1967 border. That brings the total of housing units under construction on West Bank land to roughly 3900. All of the construction plans were announced after US President Barack Obama called for a freeze in settlement ... read more
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November 10, 2009 12:27 PM
Abbas Quits: Why You Should Care
It is easy to see why Mahmoud Abbas keeps throwing in the towel. It hasn’t gone so well for him since he took over the Palestinian Authority with the promise of leading Palestinians down ... read more
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November 9, 2009 10:23 AM
Netanyahu and Obama satire
It is unprecedented that an Israeli Prime Minister jumped on board a plane headed to the US, hoping for a meeting with the US President but nothing on the books. That is exactly what happened yesterday when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boarded ... read more
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November 8, 2009 11:14 AM
Netanyahu needs a friend
As of this writing, 3:38 PM Jerusalem time, officials in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office are unable to say whether US President Barack Obama will snub Israel’s leader when he gets to the US. That is primarily because the Prime ... read more
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November 5, 2009 10:25 AM
Weapons Haul Folo
Day 2 after the Israeli military put on a display of a massive weapons seizure from the container ship Francop off their shore in the Mediterranean Sea and the big haul has kicked over to politics and PR. Syria was quick to deny that the weapons were bound for their port in Latakia. Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said “This ship does not carry Iranian weapons ... read more
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November 4, 2009 4:48 PM
Massive Weapons Seizure
The Yield is remarkable; 500 tons of weapons, according to the Israeli Military. If that number proves to be accurate by the time the last bullet is counted, this weapons seizure will be the largest ever, by far. For comparison, the infamous Karin A, which was seized in 2002, carried 50 tons. Francop is her name, German by origin flying the flag of Antigua. The ... read more
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November 23, 2009 3:32 PM
Exclusive Sit-Down with Palestinian P.M.
The proposals of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salem Fayyad seem simple and obvious from a Western Perspective; build the institutions of a working Palestinian government first, make ... read more