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2010-04-19
COMMENT: What if Palestinians were to unilaterally declare statehood?
Were Palestinians to declare statehood, argues Shlomo Avineri in Haaretz, not much would change on the ground, but negotiations would proceed between two...
2010-04-19
VIEW: Nablus clings to past as Palestinian industrial center
The city of Nablus was once the industrial capital of the West Bank, teeming with the processing of agricultural products and goods produced in local factories.
2010-04-19
Direction of US-Israel relations depend on which way the PM turns
Former two-time US ambassador to Israel, Martin Indyk, explains why the decisions Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has to make, will determine the future...
2010-04-14
ANALYSIS:Summit helps Israel skirt nuclear scrutiny, for now
US President Barack Obama's Nuclear Security Summit was a high-yield event for Israel, with little of the diplomatic fallout that made the country's leaders...
2010-04-11
COMMENT: Israel's corrupt sweat in the same gym
In Israel, those named in the latest corruption scandal -- a building and bribes affair -- all sweat in the same gym, writes Matt Benyon Reese.
2010-04-06
Khatib: 'Incitement' charges are a waste of time
There is a great opportunity in the next few months to reach a just peace between Israelis and Palestinians, argues Palestinian government spokesperson...
2010-04-05
ANALYSIS: The strange love-affair of the US and AIPAC
In this skathing look at the ties between the United States government and the Israeli lobbying group AIPAC, Dan Lieberman questions why US officials continue...
2010-03-31
Halevy: Why not Hamas?
Former Mossad head Ephraim Halevy argues that Israel and the United States should break the peace process impasse by negotiating with Hamas.
2010-03-31
Swedish pension giant divests from Israeli company
Sweden's largest pension funds have decided to divest from Israel's largest military contractor, Elbit Systems, citing 'ethical' reasons.
2010-03-31
OPINION: A new Middle East war?
Columnist Conn Hallinan takes a look at the tension and tough talk between Israel and Lebanon, which many fear could spring from saber rattling total war.
2010-03-25
BLOG: Why Netanyahu is wrong about Jerusalem
Commentator Juan Cole lists ten reasons that Jerusalem does not belong to Jewish-Israelis alone.
2010-03-24
ANALYSIS: Israel in political isolation
Washington's conflict with Israel may have been postponed, but it comes at a time of political isolation for Israel, writes the Washington Post
2010-03-21
OPINION: Jerusalem, settlements, and the 'everybody knows' fallacy
Within negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis it is often considered that Israel will keep certain settlement blocs in the West Bank and East Jerusalem,...
2010-03-18
ANALYSIS: Snubbing US can hurt Israeli pols
When Israeli politicians pick a fight with the United States, it can sometimes come back to haunt them, reminds Washington Post writer Scott Wilson.
2010-03-18
OP-ED: The Biden effect
"I’m tempted to see Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel as a parable," writes Roger Cohen of the New York Times. "Nice guy wanders into mess...
2010-03-18
Saudi Arabia more worried about Israel than Iran
Saudi Arabia may share Israel's concern over Iran, but more important is its worry about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, writes Judith Miller in the...
2010-03-17
The silence of Israel's liberals
Israel's political left and peace groups were once a substantial force in Israeli society. However, since the collapse of the Oslo Accords, those voices...
2010-03-17
Friedman: Fayyad and Iran have plans, US does not
Underlying the latest US-Israel spat over settlements is the deeper -- real -- problem, writes columnist Thomas Friedman.
2010-03-16
READ: Hamas' Yusef describes challenges ahead
RAMALLAH, March 17 (JMCC) - Underlying the latest US-Israel spat over settlements is the deeper -- real -- problem, writes columnist Thomas Friedman. There...
2010-03-15
No hiding place for war criminals and torturers
In this article, British legal expert Sir Geoffrey Bindman, explains the merits of universal jurisdiction and why a hasty response by the British government...