June 1-7

By Ryan Torok
Published on May 31, 2013

More than 20 dramas, documentaries, comedies, foreign language films and shorts will be shown at seven venues from Thousand Oaks to Beverly Hills.

Iran nuclear talks show progress, Western diplomat says

Published on February 28, 2013

Nuclear talks between Iran and world powers this week were more constructive and positive than in the past, but Iran's willingness to negotiate seriously will not become clear until an April meeting, a senior Western diplomat said on Thursday.

Iran’s supreme leader rejects direct talks with U.S.

Published on February 7, 2013

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, rejected a U.S. proposal for direct talks between the two countries.

Iran, world powers fail to settle nuclear dispute

Published on June 19, 2012

World powers and Iran failed to secure a breakthrough at talks on Tehran's nuclear program on Tuesday and set no date for more political negotiations, despite the threat of a new Middle East conflict if diplomacy collapses.

Iran, big powers agree to hold more nuclear talks in June

Published on May 24, 2012

Iran and world powers agreed to meet again in Moscow next month for more talks to try to end the long-running dispute over Tehran's nuclear program, but there was scant progress to resolve the main sticking points between the two sides.

Nuclear talks: U.S., Iran and the fine art of semantics

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 23, 2012

Once again, nuclear negotiations are taking place, and once again there’s a gap between the gloomy tone of the Israeli observers and the optimistic, albeit guarded, noises on the American side.

Barak: Israel did not promise not to attack Iran

Published on April 17, 2012

Israel did not promise the United States that it would abstain from attacking Iran while negotiations are going on, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said.

Obama responds to Netanyahu’s Iran ‘freebie’ comment

Published on April 16, 2012

President Obama responded to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claim that world powers gave Iran a "freebie" by agreeing to hold more talks.

Nuclear talks aim to ease fears of Iran war

Published on April 12, 2012

Major powers will hold their first talks with Iran this week in more than a year, hoping Tehran will give enough ground on its nuclear program to extend negotiations and avert the threat of a Middle East war.

Quartet calls on Palestinians, Israelis to return to talks

Published on April 11, 2012

Middle East peace mediators on Wednesday criticized Israeli settlement building and called on donors to meet aid pledges to the Palestinians as they sought to revive moribund peace talks.

Iran to offer ‘new initiatives’ in nuclear talks

Published on April 11, 2012

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator said his country was prepared to offer "new initiatives" at upcoming nuclear talks in Istanbul.

U.S.: Time for reaching diplomatic solution to Iran nuclear standoff limited

Published on April 9, 2012

Time is not infinite for nuclear talks between Iran and the West, a White House said on Monday, five days before a planned round of talks was set to begin, adding that the window of opportunity in which a diplomatic solution can be reached is closing.

Iran nuclear talks reportedly scheduled for April

Published on March 27, 2012

Six world powers and Iran reportedly have agreed to meet to discuss the Iranians' controversial nuclear program.

Israel cautiously welcomes big-power talks with Iran

Published on March 7, 2012

Israel on Wednesday cautiously welcomed the planned resumption of big-power nuclear talks with Iran, insisting that Tehran be denied the means to turn uranium into bomb fuel.

Palestinians blame Israel for exploratory talks’ failure

Published on January 30, 2012

Palestinian leaders blamed Israel for the failure of exploratory talks aimed at resuming peace negotiations, and said they planned to explore other ways of bringing about a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Giffords speaks for first time since shooting

Published on February 9, 2011

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords spoke for the first time since she was shot. C.J. Karamargin, a spokesman for Giffords (D-Ariz.), told CNN on Wednesday that she had asked for toast.

Analysis: New Hamas Gaza rocket attacks pose dilemma for Israel

By Leslie Susser
Published on December 26, 2008

The renewal of intense Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli civilian areas has put Israelis in a somber mood during the usually festive week of Chanukah.

Why I support Barack Obama

Published on October 9, 2008

I was with Obama in Israel and in Europe, and I saw how he focused on the urgency of the Iranian threat. I saw how he used his discussions in Israel to remind the European leaders that Israelis are justified in seeing Iran with nuclear weapons as an existential threat -- and that for Israel's sake and our own we must put far more pressure on Iran if we are to stop it from going nuclear.

McCain advisors:
No to Syria talks, little interest in Middle East peace process

By Ron Kampeas
Published on September 22, 2008

Two McCain advisers told participants in a weekend retreat that his administration would discourage Israeli-Syrian peace talks and refrain from actively engaging in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Israeli talks with Syrians make sense

Published on May 29, 2008

Hamas eyes new attacks in bid to undercut peace talks

By Leslie Susser
Published on August 30, 2007

Whether the American summit actually boosts Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking will depend on the outcome of the internal Palestinian struggle.

Sharon Cool on Assad Peace Offer

By Leslie Susser
Published on January 8, 2004

Once upon a time, a Syrian president calling for peace talks would have been met by Israeli leaders rolling out the red carpet.

But Bashar Assad's recent overtures toward Israel, first made in an interview with The New York Times, have failed to excite Israeli decision-makers.

The chief of Israel's military intelligence branch, Maj. Gen. Aharon Farkash Ze'evi, says Assad is serious and should be put to the test, but Prime Minister Ariel Sharon doubts the Syrian leader's sincerity and questions whether giving up the strategic Golan Heights in return for peace with Syria is as much in Israel's interest as it once was.

Hot Property

By Lilla Zuckerman
Published on August 21, 2003

Mr. Ex had just sold his condo, and was shopping for a new house. I had just bought a place and considered myself a bit of a pro at the whole house-hunting game, so I offered to help him look for houses -- you know, be his "second eye" and "sounding board."

Thinking Twice About War

By J.J. Goldberg
Published on September 5, 2002

On a single day during Passover 1986, most of Israel's major dailies ran oddly identical front-page stories describing a secret negotiation, recently collapsed, between Israel and Iraq. Iraq, it was said, had approached Israeli representatives in New York, asking that Jerusalem switch its covert support from Iran to Iraq in the war between them. In return, Iraq would exchange ambassadors with Israel after it won the war. Israel reportedly demanded recognition now, not later, and then ended the contacts abruptly after Washington caught wind of them.