The Return of Benjamin Netanyahu
Throughout his campaign, the cornerstone of Netanyahu's policy toward the 'Palestinian Question' suggests an intention to deepen the conflict rather than solve it.
Throughout his campaign, the cornerstone of Netanyahu's policy toward the 'Palestinian Question' suggests an intention to deepen the conflict rather than solve it.
Freddy Deknatel | Posted 03.23.2009 | World
Under the terror of jets and shelling, the Israeli siege of Beirut, Darwish is making coffee.
MJ Rosenberg | Posted 03.22.2009 | World
It's time to let Bibi be Bibi. Let him try to govern from the right and see how well that works.
Haaretz | Posted 03.22.2009 | World
Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman, meanwhile, endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu for prime minister on Thursday, all but guaranteeing that the Liku...
Al Jezeera | Posted 03.21.2009 | World
Shimon Peres, the Israeli president, is set to begin work on deciding who will become the country's next prime minister and lead a governing coalition...
Bradley Burston | Posted 03.20.2009 | World
The majority vote was cast for a leadership -- the right wing -- that the public thinks can end the relationship with the most assets for Israelis and preferably no alimony at all for the spouse."
Inter Press Service | By Mel Frykberg | Posted 03.19.2009 | World
RAMALLAH, Feb 16 (IPS) - Israel is toughening its negotiating stance with Hamas as the two try to hammer out a permanent ceasefire agreement. Accor...
Haaretz | Posted 03.19.2009 | World
Some 1,700 dunams of land in the northern part of Efrat were declared state land last week, paving the way for the West Bank settlement to start the p...
Hagai El-Ad | Posted 03.15.2009 | World
As any trekkie knows, rifts in the space-time continuum are a fact of life; and as any Israeli knows, one of the defining such domestic rifts is the ...
Bradley Burston | Posted 03.15.2009 | World
Can Benjamin Netanyahu's cruise to the premiership be scuttled? Can Avigdor Lieberman's juggernaut be run off the road at the last moment?
MJ Rosenberg | Posted 03.14.2009 | World
It will be easier for President Obama to deal with Netanyahu than with the almost equally hawkish Tzipi Livni because Livni seems dedicated to ending the conflict.
MJ Rosenberg | Posted 03.13.2009 | World
Tuesday, the right wing coalition won a clear majority. It is, I believe, inevitable that President Peres will give Netanyahu the first shot at forming a government and that Bibi will succeed.
Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 03.13.2009 | World
***UPDATE Feb 11 12:05AM*** AP reports: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and hard-line rival Benjamin Netanyahu both claimed victory Tuesday in Israel's p...
Huffington Post | HuffPost Contributors | Posted 03.12.2009 | World
Israelis head to the polls tomorrow, February 10, to vote in a new government. Huffington Post contributors from Israel to Ramallah to DC have shared ...
Edgar M. Bronfman | Posted 03.12.2009 | World
The crucial point about Hamas that is always overlooked is that at every point in their interaction with Israel and peace-seeking Palestinians, they have chosen the path of armed aggression.
Aaron David Miller | Posted 03.10.2009 | World
In the end, regardless of who wins, Obama's domestic priorities, bad peace process options, and Israel's inherent caution are unlikely to generate any wild surprises.
James Zogby | Posted 03.09.2009 | World
It is difficult to be optimistic. But I can be hopeful that, with the appointment of George Mitchell, the region is getting what may very well be its last best chance at securing peace.
Jamal Dajani | Posted 03.09.2009 | World
With less than a week to go before elections in Israel, the three main rivals are locked in fierce debate not about whether the devastating war in Gaza went too far, but whether it went far enough.
Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 03.08.2009 | World
Israelis head to the polls on February 10th to vote in a new government. As the crisis in Gaza demonstrates, Israeli politics affect the world. The ou...
Johann Hari | Posted 03.08.2009 | World
In a few days, it looks likely to re-elect Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister once again. This is a man calling for the violent re-occupation of Gaza to "liquidate" its elected government.
Guardian.co.uk | Toni O'Loughlin in Jerusalem | Posted 03.04.2009 | World
Israel's government has threatened to take "fierce and disproportionate" action in Gaza after Palestinian militants fired six rockets on southern Isra...
AP | JOHN DANISZEWSKI | Posted 03.01.2009 | World
DAVOS, Switzerland — Israeli election front-runner Benjamin Netanyahu told a session of the World Economic Forum on Thursday that preventing Ira...
Council on Foreign Relations | Posted 02.28.2009 | World
Interviewee: Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting ...
Nytimes.com | ISABEL KERSHNER | Posted 02.27.2009 | World
JERUSALEM -- With two weeks to go before the Israeli elections, the politicians who seem to have benefited the most from the military offensive agains...
Haaretz | Posted 02.21.2009 | World
The High Court of Justice on Wednesday revoked a government decision to exclude Israeli-Arab parties from contenting in the national elections next mo...
Mustafa Barghouthi | Posted 03.29.2009 | World