Israel/Palestine
Panetta Counts the Ways
Iron Dome, the Joint Strike Fighter, and other signs of America's love for Israel.
BY KEVIN BARON | AUGUST 1, 2012
The Angry Lightweight
What's worse than not having a coherent foreign policy? Mouthing off about it.
BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JULY 31, 2012
Before Deadly Bulgaria Bombing, Tracks of a Resurgent Iran-Hezbollah Threat
Bent on avenging attacks on its nuclear program, Iran and Hezbollah have allegedly spun at least 10 terror plots in the past year, most of them failures. With this month's deadly bombing in the beach resort of Burgas, Western counterterror officials say, the Shiite alliance has crossed a dangerous line.
BY SEBASTIAN ROTELLA | JULY 30, 2012
People of the Book
What's behind the strange love affair between Mormons and Israel?
BY OREN KESSLER | JULY 30, 2012
Spooked
Israel's former military intelligence chief sounds off on Syria and other regional dangers facing the Jewish state.
BY MOHAMED FADEL FAHMY, ORIT PERLOV | JULY 25, 2012
Mitt's Pilgrimage
Can Romney swing American Jewish voters to the GOP ticket with his trip to Israel?
BY OREN KESSLER | JULY 25, 2012
Hamas Rising
As the Palestinian Authority struggles to make payroll, the militant group is making friends and influencing leaders around the Arab world.
BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | JULY 25, 2012
Warning: Turbulence Ahead
Mitt Romney has a point: Barack Obama is no Israel-lover. And if the president wins a second term, expect a major clash with Benjamin Netanyahu.
BY AARON DAVID MILLER | JULY 25, 2012
If Iran Did It
Only in the warped logic of the Islamic Republic would the Bulgaria attack make sense.
BY AFSHON OSTOVAR | JULY 23, 2012
Bibi in a Corner
Benjamin Netanyahu's once-formidable coalition is crumbling. Here's how his political opponents can win back power.
BY YOSSI BEILIN | JULY 17, 2012
Five Reasons Why the Two-State Solution Just Won't Die
For Middle East peace, it's the only game in town.
BY AARON DAVID MILLER | JULY 16, 2012
How Not to Host a Summit
The 2000 peace talks at Camp David offer three key lessons on how not to solve the world's most intractable conflict.
BY AARON DAVID MILLER | JULY 10, 2012
Arafatuous
Al Jazeera's new investigation into the not-so-mysterious death of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat is little more than baseless speculation.
BY HUSSEIN IBISH | JULY 5, 2012
Reach Out to Morsy
Egypt's new president may be no moderate, but he deserves a chance to prove he's no enemy.
BY YOSSI BEILIN | JULY 2, 2012
Bibi's Shell Game in the West Bank
Israel's top court may be tough on settlements, but only a change in policies will solve a worsening crisis.
BY JESSICA MONTELL | JUNE 28, 2012
If at First You Don't Succeed…
The Palestinians are having another go at the United Nations. Will this time be as disastrous as the last?
BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | JUNE 27, 2012
The World's Most Meddlesome Supreme Courts
The United States isn't the only country where judges aren't exactly above the political fray.
BY KATIE CELLA | JUNE 25, 2012
Processing Delay
The Arab-Israeli peace process has never been more irrelevant to developments in the Middle East.
BY ELLIOTT ABRAMS | JUNE 8, 2012
Red, Red Lines
Israel's threats to Iran are making matters worse. If anyone is going to attack, it better be the U.S.
BY COLIN H. KAHL, MATTHEW IRVINE, AND MELISSA G. DALTON | JUNE 7, 2012
The Brothers Abbas
Are the sons of the Palestinian president growing rich off their father's system?
BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | JUNE 5, 2012
The Real Reason to Intervene in Syria
Cutting Iran's link to the Mediterranean Sea is a strategic prize worth the risk.
BY JAMES P. RUBIN | JUNE 4, 2012
Too Hot for Tehran
The ayatollahs are going after a new generation of satirists. But that hasn't stopped Iran's best cartoonists-in-exile from exposing the country's deepest taboos.
JUNE 1, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
An ex-president is convicted, England celebrates, and Angela Merkel feeds a penguin.
JUNE 1, 2012
The Curious Case of Benjamin Netanyahu
Will Israel’s prime minister turn out to be a great man, or just a great maneuverer?
BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MAY 30, 2012
Flame Thrower
Stuxnet was a monster computer virus. Flame is 20 times larger -- and it's been out there, listening, for years.
BY TIM MAURER , DAVID WEINSTEIN | MAY 29, 2012
Sleepless in Jerusalem
Egypt's presidential elections are keeping Israeli officials awake at night. Will their most important Arab friend soon be an enemy?
BY OREN KESSLER | MAY 24, 2012
Are We Focusing on the Wrong Nuclear Threat?
Americans are wringing their hands about the grave threat that a nuclear Iran would pose to the United States. But the numbers tell a different story.
BY VICTOR ASAL AND BRYAN EARLY | MAY 24, 2012
Status Update
With the stroke of a pen, a new bill in Congress could slash the number of Palestinian refugees -- and open a world of controversy.
BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | MAY 21, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
France fetes a new president, Spanish activists take to the streets, and Ratko Mladic finally goes to trial.
MAY 18, 2012
Can Egypt's Islamist finance minister cut a deal with the IMF?
BY DAVID KENNER
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Odierno: Syrian rebels will prevail, but sequester makes U.S. intervention risky
BY KEVIN BARON
Time to bring the nukes back to South Korea
BY BENNETT RAMBERG
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
Does this woman look like she'd be a good president of Bulgaria?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?
BY JOHN HUDSON
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