Ehud Barak

Pushing right-wing American politics -- in Israel Pushing right-wing American politics -- in Israel

Are Israeli politicians increasingly beholden to conservative Americans who lavish them with financial support and political pressure?
  • Israel's Olmert rises from the rubble

    Despite the Gaza disaster and poll numbers that make George Bush look beloved by comparison, the shrewd prime minister has renewed his grip on power.
  • Colin Powell rolls up his sleeves

    On his trip to the Middle East next week, Bush's secretary of state will face an escalating conflict that he never intended to mediate.
  • Can Sharon make peace?

    Aggressive diplomatic moves and a conciliatory victory speech encourage some observers. Others just say Arafat got what he deserved.
  • Will Ariel Sharon bulldoze the peace process?

    His election as Israel's prime minister was expected, but it's too soon to tell how he will steer Middle East relations.
  • "The Bulldozer" clanks on

    Coming all the way back from war-criminal disgrace, hard-liner Ariel Sharon is about to become the next prime minister of Israel.
  • The fraud of American "peacemaking"

    Clinton is just the latest U.S. leader whose one-sided support for Israel has doomed the region to bloodshed.
  • Clock running out on Clinton's Mideast legacy

    Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat makes a last-minute trip to Washington to clarify a Clinton-proposed peace deal with Israel.
  • Barak's surprise move

    In stepping down, Israel's prime minister is trying to make an end run around his strongest political rival.
  • Barak's fate depends on peace

    By calling for early elections, the embattled Israeli prime minister buys a little time, but also places his fate in the hands of Yasser Arafat.
  • Middle East meets Wild West

    With the crisis simmering and the death toll mounting in Israel, vigilante movements are brewing among Israelis and Palestinians alike.
  • Israel's apartheid

    Fed up with restrictions and discrimination, last month Israeli Arabs joined their Palestinian brethren in the battle against Israeli Jews.
  • Living under siege

    Meet the residents of two Middle East cities -- one Palestinian, the other Israeli. Both share the same concerns about violence and security -- from opposite sides of the conflict.
  • Peace? Please hold

    As the bloodbath rages in the Middle East, Ehud Barak calls for a "timeout" in the peace process.
  • "It's just something on paper"

    Palestinians and Israelis alike question the outcome of Clinton's Middle East peace summit.
  • "The Bulldozer"

    How Ariel Sharon plowed his way back onto the bloody stage of Mideast politics.
  • The damage at home

    Middle East policy experts assess the lasting impact of the Ramallah and Gaza Strip skirmishes on the peace process and U.S. foreign relations.
  • War in the Middle East

    The Israeli army responds after two soldiers are lynched in the Palestinian city of Ramallah.
  • Appetite for destruction

    Ehud Barak's ultimatum passes and violence continues to mount between Israelis and Palestinians.
  • Violence erupts in the Holy Land

    Desperation fuels an ominous round of fighting in the Holy Land. Has the Mideast peace process finally blown apart?
  • Peace without compromise?

    The failure of the Camp David summit could spell war, and soon -- or it could be the best thing for the Middle East peace process.
  • When doves cry

    Barak and Arafat came to Camp David to make history. Instead, they left with nothing.
  • Clinton's lust for legacy

    Jimmy Carter's biographer says that Camp David II could give the president an accomplishment that history will notice before the sexual peccadilloes.
  • Israel, up against the wall

    The Jewish nation must decide who's in charge: The religion, the state or all of the above.
  • Hezbollah gets its way

    Why Lebanon isn't euphoric about the impending pullout of Israeli forces.
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