For a year and a half it was predicted, and this week it finally came: The Labor Party handed the Likud a bill of divorce, ending Israel\’s national unity government.
What the divorce will mean for the country amid the ongoing conflict with the Palestinians, the prospect of an American-led war against Iraq and a staggering economy is far from clear.
Israel generally reacts swiftly to Palestinian terror attacks, but that was not the case this week.
On the face of it, the struggle between Israeli troops and a group of unruly young settlers for control of a windswept West Bank hilltop does not seem all that important.
In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the United States is considered Israel\’s last remaining key ally. Aiming to change that, the anti-Israel movement on college campuses has adopted a message rooted in bedrock American ideals.
The first shot has yet to be fired in the anticipated American-led war against Iraq, but diplomats are already preparing the ground for a concerted effort to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as soon as it\’s over.
The photo was misidentified by the archive that provided it, Goldhagen told reporters at the fair.
This latest confrontation could lead the Palestinian society to a fitna (Arabic for civil war).
Activists in Israel\’s gay and lesbian community are hailing the upcoming swearing in of the Knesset\’s first openly gay member, calling it a breakthrough in their efforts for greater recognition.
Growing anti-Semitism and poor economic prospects are threatening to extinguish two Jewish communities on the North African coast.
The China-bound exhibit of Albert Einstein, once canceled, is back on track — maybe.
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