A 16-month cease-fire by several terrorist factions is faltering after members of a Palestinian family were killed in an explosion on a Gaza beach, providing the sternest test yet of the new security doctrine Israel forged after last year\’s Gaza withdrawal.
You have to judge politicians, especially those running for prime minister, without sentiment. And if they\’ve changed direction, you have to give more weight to what they\’ve done lately than what they did before. Unless the candidate is a truly malevolent character, you have to judge him or her on two things: leadership ability and political direction. And on that basis, I think Olmert is better suited to be prime minister than anybody else around.
Though a regional economic and military superpower, Israel had been powerless in the world of negotiations to address the clearly identified threat to its survival. The Palestinians had the ability to hold Israel hostage by refusing to agree to any settlement that would end Israel\’s occupation.
The pre-mortem eulogies, the stream of editorials, the international expressions of sympathy — what you are witnessing is Ariel Sharon\’s ascension to the Jewish pantheon.
An Israeli assassin, a right-wing extremist, killed Rabin on Nov. 4, 1995. Had Rabin lived, would the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have been resolved? Or would the peace process he started still have unraveled?
A projected billion-dollar arms sale to Syria is the latest sign of a major shift in Russia\’s Middle East policy — and analysts are asking how dangerous it might be for regional stability and for Israel.
Southern California Jewish Republicans saw history up close at President Bush\’s inauguration, attending not only his swearing-in but numerous social events including a pre-inauguration dinner for the president where a local Chabad rabbi lit the candles.
Nestled in a green valley dotted with fir and palm trees lies the farming village of Mavki\’im. Soon the modest one-story homes that punctuate its wheat and potato fields may house a new group of residents — former members of the Gaza Strip settlement named Pa\’at Sadeh.
The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has given the Islamic republic of Iran a firm warning to cooperate on its nuclear issue or face trouble.
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