Obama has shown far more concern for strengthening ties with authoritarian regimes on the Arabian Peninsula than to maintaining the historically close alliance with the region's only true democracy.
AP | Posted 11.07.2009 | World
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's president on Saturday called on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to rescind his decision to stand down, invoking the...
Hagit Ofran | Posted 11.03.2009 | World
The talk and the press reports over the last few months about settlement construction and a settlement freeze have left many confused.
Edgar M. Bronfman | Posted 10.28.2009 | World
Palestinians are going to require a regional approach. The Arab world needs to play a much larger role than it has, primarily as an import market and as a positive influence on the overall regional business environment.
James Zogby | Posted 10.26.2009 | World
Sunday, representatives of over three dozen Arab American and American Jewish organizations met in Washington to make clear their shared commitment to a comprehensive Middle East peace.
James Zogby | Posted 10.02.2009 | World
With the dust having settled following Obama's New York meetings with Netanyahu and Abbas, a sober assessment of what actually happened, and what may happen next, is in order.
Edgar M. Bronfman | Posted 09.30.2009 | World
With the Gaza Strip still under Hamas rule, potential investors in the Palestinian Authority - the Arab states and international community - need to focus on improving conditions in the West Bank.
Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 09.26.2009 | World
While Israel pretends not to have the nuclear bomb, Iran says its not making one, while Israel continues to displace Palestinians, Iran continues to imprison opposition.
AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 09.25.2009 | World
UNITED NATIONS — The head of the Arab League and the Egyptian foreign minister on Friday urged President Barack Obama to present his own outline...
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater | Posted 09.24.2009 | World
Obama has said that good friends should be honest with each other and that he intends to be honest with Israel -- and that looking out for Israel means calling on her to take difficult steps and make painful compromise.
Amjad Atallah | Posted 11.23.2009 | World
President Obama has just articulated the United States' goals to the world. Time for the Israelis and Palestinians to dust off all their permanent status plans that have been gathering dust for more than a decade.
Edgar M. Bronfman | Posted 11.22.2009 | World
After decades of using the plight of the Palestinians as a useful stick with which to beat the West and as an excuse for their own domestic illegitimacies, Arab leaders finally need to be held to account.
James Zogby | Posted 11.18.2009 | World
For Palestine, resistance means much more than bombs and rockets, and, in fact, often times violence can be antithetical to true resistance.
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...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics
Only 4 percent of Israelis believe President Barack Obama's Mideast policies are "pro-Israel," according to a Smith Research poll this week. The numbe...
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 09.28.2009 | World
These Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: New Prospects for Peace in the Middle East? SI Analysis: US Special Envoy George Mitchell held...
Edgar M. Bronfman | Posted 09.24.2009 | World
Peace with its neighbors, not the sensitivities of a small minority of religious settlers, has to be Israel's ultimate objective.
Karin Kloosterman | Posted 09.14.2009 | World
Three purported miracles, environmental in nature, have happened in Israel recently: a mermaid frolicking in the Haifa Bay; a gas saving retrofit for your car; and new peace pipe.
The Huffington Post | Posted 08.27.2009 | World
A settler rabbi in Jerusalem has labelled Obama a 'racist' at a rally to protest the United States' call for a total freeze on Israeli settlement cons...
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.24.2009 | World
Should the Gulf countries maintain contacts with Israel if this would make life easier for Palestinians? Could having such ties propel the Middle East peace process forward?
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater | Posted 08.23.2009 | World
Having spent the past decade advocating in different congressional districts for peace in the Middle East, I have found a similar response: elected officials act when they hear from their constituents.
Steve Clemons | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
Israel, an ally of the United States, is testing Obama's strength and resolve as much as a number of American foes.
AFP | Posted 08.21.2009 | World
Russia called on Israel Tuesday to put an immediate halt to a controversial building project in occupied Arab east Jerusalem, saying the plan violated...
James Zogby | Posted 08.17.2009 | World
It is useful to trace the evolution of the acceptance of a two-state solution in our political discourse -- recalling, as we do, how difficult it was just a few decades ago to support Palestinian rights.
James Zogby | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics
It is clear that the Obama Administration is making a real effort to press Israel to suspend all settlement construction -- using, at times, language not heard since the time of President Carter.
Lloyd Greif | Posted 11.11.2009 | World