Twenty-five years ago today, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Jordan's King Hussein concluded a series of secret meetings in London by drafting a document aimed at jumpstarting the moribund Arab-Israeli peace process. The London Agreement called for the convening of an international peace conference that would be followed by...
(20) Comments | Posted March 2, 2012 | 1:16 PM
When President Obama addresses the annual conference of the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) next week, he will be given an important opportunity to set the record straight on his administration's handling of U.S.-Israel relations. The president's outreach to the Arab and Muslim world, as well...
(37) Comments | Posted February 22, 2012 | 2:44 PM
Although Israelis are not scheduled to go to the polls until fall of 2013, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is widely expected to call for early elections, buoyed by public opinion surveys showing he would coast to a second term. Yet, Netanyahu may be more vulnerable than anticipated.
The...
(13) Comments | Posted December 6, 2011 | 12:23 PM
The leadership of Hamas ought to consider giving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a distinguished service award for continually aiding the Islamist terrorist organization at the expense of its chief rival, the more moderate, Western-backed Fatah.
In recent months, no effort appears to have been spared to undermine the...
(76) Comments | Posted July 13, 2011 | 11:12 AM
In late May, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's approval ratings spiked upon his return home from a trip to the United States, where he publicly rebuffed President Obama's call for a future Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders and land swaps. At least one segment of the population, however, was...
(18) Comments | Posted January 31, 2011 | 4:20 PM
As President Obama faces mounting revolutionary turmoil in the Middle East, it is imperative that he avoid placing the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process on the back burner, which would only cement the skepticism already held by both sides about his handling of the peace process. In the wake of al-Jazeera's...
(30) Comments | Posted March 19, 2010 | 2:22 PM
It is often said that crises beget opportunities. This statement is nowhere truer than in the realm of U.S.-Israel relations.
Israel's approval of 1,600 new housing units for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem during Vice President Joe Biden's recent visit has sparked the most significant crisis in U.S.-Israel relations in...
(80) Comments | Posted April 11, 2012 | 4:30 PM