Israel grows impatient with terror-filled Gaza

By Dan Baron
Published on October 26, 2006

Israel's patience with the growing menace from the Gaza Strip appears to be wearing thin.

Challenges Loom for New Olmert Regime

By Dan Baron
Published on May 4, 2006

Just in time for Israel's 58th Independence Day, Ehud Olmert has clinched his new coalition government.

Iranian Leader Nixes Israel Ties

By Dan Baron
Published on June 30, 2005

Few people in Israel expected a positive turnaround in Iran, but the election of hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of the Islamic republic has raised eyebrows among even the more pessimistic pundits.

Even before giving his first media conference, the fundamentalist mayor of Tehran made clear there would be no new tack toward Israel.

"I will strive to expand relations with everyone, with the exception of Israel," he told the Saudi newspaper, Okaz, Sunday.

That was no surprise in itself, as political leaders in Iran must parrot the policies of the religious clerics.

Ex-Israel President Weizman Dies at 80

By Dan Baron
Published on April 28, 2005

He was the ultimate Israeli high-flier, literally as well as metaphorically, shepherding and shaping the Jewish state through war and peace with a singular, sometimes mordant charm.
And although Ezer Weizman, who died Sunday at 80, ended his public career tainted by scandal, to many Israelis he typified a national ideal.

Where Are Arafat’s Millions?

By Dan Baron
Published on November 18, 2004

With Yasser Arafat's burial, he took with him one of the enduring secrets of the Palestinian regime -- the whereabouts of a missing fortune in ill-gotten public funds.

Some Gaza Settlers Weigh Kibbutz Move

By Dan Baron
Published on September 23, 2004

For the settlers of the Gaza Strip, the left-leaning kibbutzim just over the border with Israel proper are, politically speaking, a world apart.

Bombing Adds Insult to Ruling on Fence

By Dan Baron
Published on July 15, 2004

The International Court of Justice may have ruled it illegal, but Israel's West Bank security barrier has at least one new supporter.

For Sammy Masrawa, it was more baptism by fire than conversion, after Masrawa witnessed a bombing that killed an Israeli woman and wounded at least 20 others in Tel Aviv on Sunday.

Hamas Returns to Terror in Gaza

By Dan Baron
Published on January 15, 2004

In dying, Reem al-Reyashi dealt a double blow: to Israelis who hoped Hamas had decided to show restraint and to fellow Palestinians quietly earning a living in one of the few places where Israeli-Palestinian cooperation still thrives.