Benjamin Netanyahu

Shimon Peres Faints In Tel Aviv

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 11.12.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — Israeli President Shimon Peres was rushed to the hospital Saturday night after he fainted on stage while speaking at an event in Tel...

West Bank Settlements: Israel Approving 500 New Apartments

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 10.22.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — Israel defied U.S. pressure to halt construction in its West Bank settlements Sunday, with key leaders speaking out in support of th...

Madonna Lights Sabbath Candles, Recites Blessing With Netanyahu

AP | Posted 10.20.2009 | Entertainment


JERUSALEM — Madonna joined the Israeli prime minister and his family Friday in the traditional ritual welcoming the Jewish Sabbath A statement fr...

Obama Expected To Moderate Meeting Between Netanyahu, Abbas

foxnews.com | Posted 10.16.2009 | World


President Obama is expected to moderate a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in late Se...

Settlement Freeze: Been There, Done That

Jamal Dajani | Posted 09.28.2009 | World


Jamal Dajani

Israel's ever-expanding network of settlements is viewed by many members of the international community as the most significant obstacle to the creation of a viable, sovereign Palestinian state.

Auschwitz Blueprints Discovered In Berlin Given To Netanyahu

AP | DAVID RISING and MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 09.27.2009 | World


BERLIN — Sketched on yellowing parchment, the 29 blueprints presented to Israel's prime minister Thursday lay out the Nazi death camp at Auschwi...

Mitchell, Netanyahu Meet Over Settlement Freeze: What The Criteria Should Include

Hagit Ofran | Posted 09.26.2009 | World


Hagit Ofran

Following the meeting between US Senator Mitchell and Israeli PM Netanyahu, it seems that Israel and the US are getting close to some kind of agreemen...

Netanyahu With Mitchell: Peace Negotiations To Resume "Shortly"

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 09.26.2009 | World


BERLIN — The Israeli and Palestinian leaders are likely to hold their first meeting in the coming weeks, both sides indicated Wednesday, in what...

Ted Kennedy Reactions

Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Here are reactions to Ted Kennedy's death: President Obama: Michelle and I were heartbroken to learn this morning of the death of our dear friend, S...

Netanyahu In London Vows To Seeks Compromise With U.S. On Israeli Settlements

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 09.25.2009 | World


LONDON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes to defuse an unusually public spat with the United States over West Bank settlements wh...

Netanyahu Europe Trip: Israeli Settlements To Dominate Talks

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 09.25.2009 | World


LONDON — Benjamin Netanyahu's talks in Europe this week will force the Israeli leader to balance the demands of his right-leaning ruling coaliti...

Stopping Construction, Building Peace

Edgar M. Bronfman | Posted 09.24.2009 | World


Edgar M. Bronfman

Peace with its neighbors, not the sensitivities of a small minority of religious settlers, has to be Israel's ultimate objective.

Netanyahu 'Scores Points' In Israel For Standing Up To Obama

washingtonpost.com | Howard Schneider | Posted 09.19.2009 | World


JERUSALEM, Aug. 18 -- For five months, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has been fending off U.S. pressure to halt the expansion of West Bank...

"Mabruk" Mubarak

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.18.2009 | World


Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Mubarak shares the president's goal of moving the Middle East peace process off dead center, and is well positioned now to be Washington's go-to guy in the Arab world, once again.

Mike Huckabee To Speak At East Jerusalem Hotel

Huffington Post | Posted 09.13.2009 | World


Former Arkansas governor and US presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will speak at the controversial Shepherd's Hotel in east Jerusalem during his vis...

The Perils of American Incrementalism

Dan Fleshler | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


Dan Fleshler

It is time to evaluate the wisdom of retaining a blind, hopeful faith in the Obama Administration's Middle East policies, and of reflexively supporting whatever it wants us to support.

The Chutzpah of Obama's Jewish Critics

Marc R. Stanley | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics


Marc R. Stanley

No one can credibly claim that Obama and his administration are not talking with Israel. The fact is that the Obama administration is not only talking with Israelis, they are intensely collaborating.

Extending Bridge Hours A Bittersweet Victory

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 08.31.2009 | World


Daoud Kuttab

As the only crossing point allowed for the 2.5 million Palestinians of the West Bank and their visiting relatives, the bridge has become a focal point of anguish.

Who Speaks for Palestine?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 08.31.2009 | World


Jamal Dajani

Fateh, the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization, will meet next week in an atmosphere mired with internal divisions, charges of corruption, and tales of espionage and betrayal fit for a John Le Carré novel.

Yitzhak Rabin's Killers Target Obama (VIDEO)

Max Blumenthal | Posted 08.29.2009 | World


Max Blumenthal

Who are the Israeli Prime Minister's real friends? The settlers who cheered Rabin's murder and now inveigh violently against Obama, or the American administration that has pledged to help his country?

Deflating Netanyahu's Jerusalem Claims

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 08.27.2009 | World


Daoud Kuttab

Israel's policies towards the holy city will guarantee that the desired peace process continues to elude Palestinians and Israelis.

Settlers' Spin

Jamal Dajani | Posted 08.24.2009 | World


Jamal Dajani

The number of Jewish settlers living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, an area that Palestinians regard as the heart of their future state, is swiftly approaching half a million.

Arab Peace Initiative Opportunities Praised By Netanyahu For First Time

Jerusalem Post | HERB KEINON and GREER FAY CASHMAN | Posted 08.24.2009 | World


Three days before a parade of senior Obama administration officials is due here to talk about everything from construction in Gush Etzion to Iran's bu...

East Jerusalem Settlements: Mike Huckabee Joins The Fray, Will Broadcast From Disputed Site

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.21.2009 | World


The dispute over a highly controversial East Jerusalem Israeli settlement project came to a head Tuesday when direct, public statements from France, R...

Avigdor Lieberman To Miss Mitchell, Gates Israel Visit

Jerusalem Post | Posted 08.21.2009 | World


Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will be out of the country for most of next week when two major US policy makers, Middle East envoy George Mitchell...