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'Iran Plays Chess Game'

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...

Benjamin Netanyahu Downplays Romney Relationship

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 05.17.2012

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is describing his relationship with Mitt Romney in terms that are not quite as close as those used by the fo...

Politics and Policies: What's Next in the Middle East?

Claude Salhani | Posted 05.11.2012

Claude Salhani

Hezbollah is building training facilities in the eastern Bekaa Valley within close proximity of the Syrian border, reported a local Beirut newspaper earlier this week. Is Hezbollah preparing for the next confrontation and if so, whom do they expect to fight?

Is Mofaz-Netanyahu Deal Really Good for Peace?

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.09.2012

Daoud Kuttab

There is no doubt that if he chooses to make serious concessions for peace, the new coalition will make his efforts easy, but the question is, does the Likud leader want to make these concessions?

Israel's Dysfunctional Political System

Brent E. Sasley | Posted 05.08.2012

Brent E. Sasley

In some ways, it's a bit of a surprise that Israel's political system hasn't collapsed of its own weight. Here are four major issues that weaken the system.

Dramatic Twist Could Influence Israeli Strike On Iran

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...

Strange State of Palestinian Conflict Could Produce Unexpected Results

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.03.2012

Daoud Kuttab

The Palestinian conflict is going through one of its strangest stages these days. So much is going against Palestine, yet so much is going for it.

Is Israel Determined to Bomb Iran, Nukes or No Nukes?

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.02.2012

MJ Rosenberg

Neither Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu nor his Minister of Defense Ehud Barak wants anyone to believe that they consider the war option dead.

A Warrior-Scholar Falls in Israel: The Death of Benzion Netanyahu

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.01.2012

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Professor Benzion Netanyahu was a man of rare humility, scholarship, patriotism and sacrifice. His commitment to the State of Israel and the Jewish community will long serve as an inspiration and blessing to people everywhere.

Former Intel Chief: Netanyahu's Judgement Clouded By 'Messianic Feelings'

AP | DAN PERRY and DIAA HADID | Posted 04.29.2012

JERUSALEM — The former head of Israel's Shin Bet security agency has accused the country's political leaders of exaggerating the effectiveness o...

PHOTOS: Israel Honors 6 Million Victims Of Nazi Holocaust

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 04.19.2012

JERUSALEM — Israelis flocked to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial Thursday to read the names of loved ones who perished at the hands of the Nazi...

The Politics of Palestine

James Zogby | Posted 04.07.2012

James Zogby

It may still be possible to imagine a just political resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But, in the real world, politics is not the work of our imagination.

Bringing Together the Palestinian Divide

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 04.05.2012

Daoud Kuttab

The end of Hana Shalabi's 44-day hunger strike has produced mixed results, and has pointed out another under-reported issue -- the separation and difficulty of movement between Gaza and West Bank.

How Sanctions Against Iran Could Backfire

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 05.14.2012

Nathan Gonzalez

It is no secret that Iran is developing its nuclear capacity in a clandestine and deceptive manner. Yet ironically it is our reaction to Iranian intransigence that is more likely to lead to an Iranian bomb. And it's not for the reasons that many have cited.

What Obama and Israel Are Really Up to With Iran, and Each Other

Death Race | Posted 05.10.2012

Death Race

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.

Obama, Bibi and Iran: The Compounded Risk Equation

Dovid Efune | Posted 05.09.2012

Dovid Efune

Congress could remove doubt over Obama's Iran policies by creating a well-defined framework and a timeline that would be mandated by law, leaving no room for Iranian or Israeli uncertainty over the position of the United States.

Netanyahu's Dangerous Misuse of the Holocaust

Carlo Strenger | Posted 05.08.2012

Carlo Strenger

There are obvious points of consensus in the Free World: the Iranian Regime is not nice; in fact, it's pretty horrid, both to its own people and in it...

Obama's Israel Problem

Ben Cohen | Posted 05.06.2012

Ben Cohen

Barack Obama has tried and largely failed to rein in Israel's aggression against the Palestinians while he has been in office. But the president is finding that Israel's belligerence toward Iran is a far more serious problem that may require a much firmer hand.

Bibi Asked To Explain Luxury Trips Abroad

AP | Posted 05.02.2012

JERUSALEM -- Israel's state comptroller has questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over allegations of taking lavish, privately paid trips abroa...

The Two-State-Solution is Dead, One-State is the Answer

Nehad Ismail | Posted 04.24.2012

Nehad Ismail

Former Knesset Speaker Avrum Burg endorsed the one-state solution in an article in Haaretz in December 2011, and called the entire left to do the same. Burg has flirted with the idea in the past, but he was never so explicitly.

Israeli PM Blames Iran For Blasts

AP | Posted 04.14.2012

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli prime minister accuses Iran of being behind car bombings in India, Georgia....

Mahmoud Abbas's Multiple Titles Will Not Last

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 04.09.2012

Daoud Kuttab

If anything, recent months saw Hamas move much more to the political center, accepting de facto an Israel based on the 1967 borders and agreeing to reach that goal through "popular struggle" rather than "military means."

Palestinian and Israeli Negotiators Merely Shadow Boxing

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 03.04.2012

Daoud Kuttab

As the people of the region watch the comings and goings of negotiations to the Jordanian capital, what will happen inside the negotiating room will be nothing more than shadow boxing.

Predictions for 2012

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 02.21.2012

MJ Rosenberg

In conclusion, despite everything, I look forward to a better 2012. In December 2010, I didn't expect President Obama to end the Iraq war in 2011 or eliminate the monster who killed 3000 Americans. But these things happened. So, there is hope.

Vandals Torch Another Palestinian Mosque

AP | Posted 02.13.2012

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Vandals set fire to a mosque in the West Bank on Thursday and defaced it with Hebrew graffiti a day after a similar arson ...