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Leslie Susser

Leslie Susser

With Hamas out of the West Bank, Olmert sees new peace push

With a new government emerging in the West Bank, one without Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert believes that Israel and the Palestinians can resume peace talks from where they left off when Hamas swept to power in national elections 18 months ago.

Bittersweet legacy of the Six-Day War

Was the Six-Day War a blessing or a curse for Israel\’s place in the Middle East and its long-term survival? Forty years on, the jury is still out.

Israel is bracing for a long struggle with Hamas

With no end in sight to Qassam rocket attacks on Israeli civilians near the border with Gaza, the Israeli government is preparing for a long struggle against radical, Hamas-led Palestinian terrorists.

Rocket attacks pose huge policy dilemma for Israel

More than a week of unabated Qassam rocket attacks on Sderot has created a huge policy dilemma for the Israeli government: What should it do to stop radical Gaza-based terrorists from firing missiles on Israeli civilians and causing pandemonium in the border town of 22,000.

Incumbency aids Olmert in surviving party ‘coup’

By all accounts, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should have been history. The Winograd Commission\’s interim report issued April 30 on last summer\’s second Lebanon War could not have been more scathing. The paragraph on the prime minister\’s responsibility for the failures and shortcomings in top-level decision-making speaks for itself.

Saudis breathe new life into diplomacy

For the first time in years, serious Israeli-Arab peace moves seem to be afoot. The key mover is Saudi Arabia, and the key document is a 2002 peace initiative that it sponsored.

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