US State Department spokesman Mark Toner was grilled on Friday by Associated Press reporter Matt Lee after Toner cautioned Israel to exercise restraint following the deadly Palestinian terrorist attack in Tel Aviv that left four dead and scores injured.

The United States is once again participating in an international book fair – this time in the United Arab Emirates — rife with anti-Semitic titles.

Although the US swiftly condemned Israel for shelling a UN school from which rockets were fired, no such words after US forces bombed a hospital in Afghanistan killing innocents.