The World Bank is conducting a $14 million study of a plan to build a canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. Environmentalists say the canal idea is a risky proposition to save the Dead Sea, which is rapidly shrinking.
The Dead Sea\’s rapid disappearance has become a grave concern for environmentalists, industries that profit from the sea and Israel\’s tourism sector
The existential reality of an Israeli context, where governmental decisions often have a life and death valence, has been brought home to millions of people these past few\nweeks
For many Israelis, the timing of this week’s scheduled prisoner swap with Hezbollah serves as a bitter reminder of the failings of the Second Lebanon War. Two years since the 34-day conflagration — sparked by Hezbollah taking two Israeli soldiers captive in a cross-border attack — the war’s ostensible goals appear to be unrealized.
Video headlines from Israel 2008-07-14: Olmert and Assad in Paris, prisoner swap Wednesday
Is there a more loaded word in the Arab-Israeli conflict than \”refugee\”
One year after the Second Lebanon War, Israel\’s northern front is quiet, U.N. forces are patrolling the border area and Hezbollah fighters have been pushed back deep inside Lebanese territory.
Did Rep. Nancy Pelosi drop the ball in the Middle East? Was she fouled? Was there a ball at all?
Abbas\’ call Saturday for early elections in the Palestinian Authority triggered fierce street fighting between Fatah and Hamas, which won the last election in January. Despite a hastily arranged cease-fire Monday, the two factions remain on the brink of civil war.
Requirements for peace — NATO troops, action on Palestine.
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