Analyst in chief: Romney’s Palestinian problem

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on September 23, 2012

Livni asks Arab moderates for help with peace process

By Leslie Susser
Published on April 17, 2008

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni flew to the Qatari capital of Doha in the Persian Gulf this week with an ambitious goal: changing moderate Arab attitudes toward Israel.

Demonization—or peace talks?

By Arthur Cohn
Published on April 17, 2008

Throughout Jewish history, it has been necessary, time and again, to fight prejudice and false accusations. To mention just one notorious example, there is the blood libel of Pesach, which accuses the Jews of using the blood of Christian children for the baking of matzot -- a blood libel that is again being disseminated, in our days, in Arab countries and even in Russia.

UCLA and USC archaeologists hope preserving the Middle East’s shared past can pave way to protecting

By Tom Tugend
Published on April 7, 2008

Two unlikely peacemakers are proposing that if Israelis and Palestinians can agree on how to preserve and protect a common archaeological past, perhaps they can agree on a common future.

Briefs: Rice pushes for renewed peace talks, U.N. votes new Iran sanctions

Published on March 7, 2008

News briefs.

U.S. report on Iran forces Israel to alter strategy

By Leslie Susser
Published on December 13, 2007

After the shock of last week's U.S. intelligence estimate that found that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, Israel is reshaping its Iran strategy.

Israel essentially is arguing that the U.S. assessment is dangerously misleading and that Tehran is as determined as ever to acquire nuclear weapons. The Israeli dilemma is how to prove Iran is cheating without being accused of trying to push the United States into war. That is why the official strategy is to work quietly behind the scenes.

Annapolis is over—now it’s bargaining time

By Leslie Susser
Published on December 6, 2007

After the pomp and circumstance of Annapolis, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are gearing up for tough bargaining over the minutiae of a two-state settlement.

Not only will they have to agree on core issues like borders between Israel and a Palestinian state, but they'll also have to find common ground on a host of lesser concerns regulating relations between the two states, ranging from shared sewage systems to allocations on the electromagnetic spectrum.

The times are booming

By Steve Greenberg
Published on August 16, 2007

Cartoon.

Is Barak moving Labor to the right?

By Leslie Susser
Published on August 16, 2007

Ehud Barak, the new leader of Israel's Labor Party, is proving to be something of an enigma.

Sharm summit talks expose the devil in the details

By Leslie Susser
Published on June 28, 2007

How to turn the disaster of the Hamas' capture of Gaza into a political opportunity was the main focus of this week's four-way summit in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheik.

Briefs: JTS to admit gay rabbinical students, Saudi Arabia bars Israeli journalist

Published on March 29, 2007

News briefs.

New U.N. chief puts priority on Israeli-Palestinian peace

Published on January 4, 2007

World News Briefs

Europe Held Key in U.N. Fence Ruling

By Rachel Pomerance
Published on July 22, 2004

When it comes to action at the United Nations, Europe -- considered by many observers to be the organization's moral bellwether -- often decides the course.

That was the case again this week as the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution demanding that Israel comply with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that it must tear down its West Bank security barrier and compensate Palestinians affected by its construction.

The Circuit

Published on December 11, 2003

The Circuit