Michael Oren synthesized training as historian, role as diplomat
Michael Oren was deep inside the State Department, relaxed and taking on all comers: He had the facts on his side.
Michael Oren was deep inside the State Department, relaxed and taking on all comers: He had the facts on his side.
Recently, I went to see “World War Z,” a typical Hollywood blockbuster with a fairly typical theme — zombies. Now, a quick note to all you non-film buffs out there: Zombie films are never about zombies; they are about the societal pressures of the day.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will discuss his effort to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks with Arab officials in Jordan on Wednesday, according to the State Department, which declined to comment on whether a resumption may be at hand.
Hamas has rockets that can reach Tel Aviv, according to Israeli media reports.
The first senior U.S. official to visit Egypt since the army toppled its elected president meets officials on Monday to urge them to swiftly restore democracy, while thousands of supporters of the ousted Islamist leader take to the streets.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Iran was getting closer to the \”red line\” he set for its nuclear program and warned the international community not to be distracted by the crises in Syria and Egypt.