There is a fundamental absurdity hanging over negotiations with Iran, and I fear it could doom the whole enterprise. It is the position of AIPAC as adopted by the Congress of the United States.
AP | KAREL JANICEK | Posted 05.18.2012
PRAGUE -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday he is skeptical that Iran will agree to halt its nuclear program, accusing Tehran of p...
Ed Koch | Posted 05.08.2012
The issue of how to deal with the threat of Iran manufacturing a nuclear bomb is a matter affecting Israel's very existence and, therefore, a first pr...
AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 05.08.2012
JERUSALEM — The Israeli president's office is confirming that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled early elections. In a statement ea...
Carlo Strenger | Posted 04.25.2012
First of all Mazaltov to us all: Israel is celebrating its 64th independence day. The festivities will make us forget for a day that, at 64, Israel's internal discourse is haunted by profound insecurities.
The Huffington Post | Nico Pitney | Posted 04.24.2012
Two of the nation's most high-profile Democratic candidates for Senate seats have parted ways over U.S. policy on Iran, which is a top national securi...
www.haaretz.com | Posted 04.18.2012
A recent skit on the sketch comedy "Eretz Nehederet" featured a "debate" about the Iranian nuclear program between U.S. and Israeli leaders. After ...
Trita Parsi | Posted 04.15.2012
So far the Iran talks are going as well as they can. Both sides engaged sincerely, both agreed to a second meeting within five weeks, and both agreed on a framework for continued talks -- the non-proliferation treaty with all its rights and obligations.
Jamal Abdi | Posted 04.13.2012
After this weekend, there will likely be a redoubled Congressional effort to press forward with a stalled AIPAC and Netanyahu-endorsed push to redefine the diplomatic endgame with Iran in such a way as to rule out any plausible, inspections-based solution.
Melody Moezzi | Posted 04.11.2012
More than any foreign bombs or threats or sanctions, the Iranian people represent the greatest hope for Iran's future -- and not so incidentally, the greatest hope for American, Israeli and European interests.
Nicolaus Mills | Posted 04.09.2012
As President Obama struggles to find a diplomatic solution to the Iran crisis and remain a friend of Israel, he would do well to look at what another Democratic president, Harry Truman, did in 1948 while seeking reelection and dealing with the birth of Israel.
Michael Lucas | Posted 04.09.2012
Six million Jews died in the Holocaust. Six million Jews live in Israel today, where the threat of another Holocaust grows greater by the day. But the...
Tom Allon | Posted 06.02.2012
This Friday, I will pray at the Western Wall, that the Iranian threat is different from all other threats. That in the coming year, through strong sanctions and reason, this threat will dissipate and not require a military strike from Israel.
Renee Parsons | Posted 05.28.2012
Soon after President Obama's speech before AIPAC's annual convention, the potential attack on Iran, which just a few weeks earlier had seemed so imminent, faded quietly into the background.
Dr. Charles G. Cogan | Posted 05.27.2012
With negotiations about to start next month between Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany, this is hardly the moment to roil the atmosphere with saber-rattling talk.
Marlo Thomas | Posted 05.22.2012
I challenge anyone not to be moved by the video I just saw on YouTube. In it, a 41-year-old Israeli named Ronny -- a graphic designer, a teacher, a father -- looks straight into the camera and speaks.
MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.20.2012
One critical element leads me to the conclusion that the United States will not go to war with Iran, nor allow Israel to do so. It is this: common sense.
HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 05.20.2012
The prospect of a high-profile military conflict looms again in the Middle East. National security analysts believe Israel's government is giving seri...
Bruce Ackerman | Posted 05.19.2012
Where is Richard Nixon when we really need him? The time is ripe for rearranging the diplomatic chess board -- but this time, Western leaders must entice Tehran, not Beijing, into a new relationship.
AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.18.2012
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's president has sent Iranians his traditional greeting for the Persian new year, wishing for "peace and coexistence" despite...
Rajan Menon | Posted 05.15.2012
An Israeli attack on Iran will have consequences that are multiple, prolonged, and pernicious. But it's hardly a foregone conclusion that it will occur; indeed, it's less likely than generally assumed.
New York Times | Posted 05.13.2012
Britain will add its voice to President Obama's in discouraging an Israeli military strike on Iran when Prime Minister David Cameron begins a three-da...
Death Race | Posted 05.10.2012
Tensions remain. But one reason why Monday's meeting between Netanyahu and Obama ended with less rancor than did their last tete-a-tete is that Israel is growing more comfortable with U.S. policy -- secret U.S. policy.
Paul Heroux | Posted 05.09.2012
There are no good options. The least bad option is to fully utilize the dual approach of sanctions and diplomacy and to guarantee Israel's safety in exchange for Israel not striking Iran.
Abraham H. Foxman | Posted 05.08.2012
If Israel believes it can set back the Iranian program substantially and if it perceives Western efforts to pressure Iran are not progressing fast enough to stop the Iranian program, Israel would be acting first to defend itself. But it also would be serving the interests of the Middle East, the U.S. and the wider world.
MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2012