The Role of the Palestinian Authority in Israel’s Election Results

Those around the world who are upset with Prime Minister's Benjamin Netanyahu electoral victory over the Zionist Camp party should put much of the responsibility for Israel's rightward turn squarely where it belongs: on...

Gold: Netanyahu still backs ‘two states for two people’

Erin Burnett speaks with Former Israeli Ambassador to the UN Dore Gold about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's disavowal of a two-state solution.

Beneath the Old City of Jerusalem Lies a Huge Cave. Does It Date Back...

Beneath the Old City of Jerusalem, not far from the Damascus Gate, is the entrance to an enormous cavern, one of the largest man-made caves in Israel.  The American Colony photographers visited the cavern...
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Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Tells NBC He Wants a ‘Peaceful Two-State Solution’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, in his first American television interview since winning re-election, appeared to back away Thursday from his declaration that he would not allow the establishment of a Palestinian state. "I...

Obama Buries the Hatchet–in Netanyahu’s Head

It was obvious that after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s clear election victory, the Obama administration and the president himself would try to bury the hatchet. After all, Obama and Netanyahu must survive the...

No peace in our time

Of all the idiocies uttered in reaction to Benjamin Netanyahu’s stunning election victory, none is more ubiquitous than the idea that peace prospects are now dead because Netanyahu has declared that there will be...

Israeli Correspondent Offers In-Depth Analysis Of Election

UPDATE: At 10 PM local time tonight, the three major Israeli TV channels published their exit polls. Channel 1 and Channel 10 exit polls showed Zionist Union and Likud tied at 27 seats. Channel...

White House: It is wrong to encourage non-Arab Israelis to vote to offset foreign...

[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: Let's get this straight: The Likud Party didn't encourage its members to try to interfere with Israeli Arabs as they went about participating in the Knesset elections. All the Likud Party...

Israel election: What Netanyahu’s victory means

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." That Churchillian one-liner summarizes the glorious chaos that is Israeli politics. In the one...

Israel and the Gaza strip: Why economic sanctions are not collective punishment

Executive Summary The economic measures that Israel uses against the Hamas proto-government in Gaza fall under legitimate uses of economic sanctions, and conform to the requirements set forth in Article 50 of the 1899 Hague...