A military attack on Iran would not only lead to Iran opting out of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, it would kill the Iranian pro-democracy movement.
AP | STEVEN GUTKIN | Posted 07.02.2008 | Home
JERUSALEM — A Palestinian laborer driving a construction vehicle rammed into packed buses, tossed cars into the air and rolled over pedestrians ...
Steve Posner | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
Amid the cheers arising in Hezbollah's Beirut and the Gaza of Hamas, the sound of Obama's defense of Israel may also be heard.
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics
I consider Israel's commitment not to be the first to introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East as sheer PR. However, Israel's offer to give up all nukes should not be ignored.
AP | IBRAHIM BARZAK | Posted 06.22.2008 | Politics
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel allowed dozens of trucks to deliver food, diapers and clothes to the Gaza Strip on Sunday, boosting the flow of b...
Richard Silverstein | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics
Some Israeli officials have suggested that the purpose of the ceasefire is to give legitimacy to a future military offensive, so that Israeli leaders could claim they had exhausted all other possibilities first.
New York Times | MICHAEL R. GORDON and ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
Israel carried out a major military exercise earlier this month that American officials say appeared to be a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack...
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
The war in Iraq can dominate media coverage of the Middle East, which may be why some interesting developments in the Arab-Israeli conflict have have ...
AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
JERUSALEM — A long-sought truce between Israel and Gaza militants went into effect early Thursday, with the aim of halting militant attacks and ...
AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics
JERUSALEM — The Gaza Strip's ruling Hamas militant group said Tuesday it has reached a cease-fire with Israel meant to halt a cycle of deadly Pa...
Chris Nelson | Posted 06.06.2008 | Home
But Wait: a campaign adviser says Obama believes "Jerusalem is a final status issue, which means it has to be negotiated between the two parties" as part of "an agreement that they both can live with."
Daniel Levy | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
Yesterday could not have presented a more stunning portrayal of the self-marginalization of America as an actor in Israeli-Arab conflict resolution under the Bush administration.
MJ Rosenberg | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics
The candidates' silence on the Israel-Palestine issue is rather profound. Other than mouthing the usual pieties about standing with Israel, candidates approach the issue with the proverbial ten-foot pole.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics
Rice is putting the finishing touches on a legacy that will add yet one more failure to her excruciating and unending list of diplomatic disasters in the region.
Today, Barack Obama posted a message to supporters on my.barackobama.com about the...
US News and World Report printed a short piece about GOP fears that the...
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Lee Grivas, the 26-year-old boyfriend of Christina Applegate, was found dead in...
From Media Matters: On the July 2 edition of MSNBC's Verdict, during the...
Today the New York Times reports on a jaw-dropping addition to the medical spa trend. Now comes...
Even with the GOP convention nearly two months away, some in the Republican...
PARIS — A French judge ordered Continental Airlines and five people...
The bottom-up political movement that Barack Obama has been so fervently encouraging may have come too...
Trita Parsi | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics