Are Israeli politicians increasingly beholden to conservative Americans who lavish them with financial support and political pressure?
By Gregory Levey Aug 21, 2008
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He got a rock-star reception here, but an intriguing question lingers: Which U.S. presidential candidate is better for this country?
By Aluf Benn
July 24, 2008
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Israel's disastrous Second Lebanon War showed we've become an existential danger to ourselves. Our future depends on fundamental change.
By David Grossman
February 11, 2008
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The mass jailbreak of Gazans into Egypt revealed the bankruptcy of both Israel's policy of collective punishment and Bush's attempt to make Mideast peace.
By Gary Kamiya
January 29, 2008
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A new coalition of religious hard-liners with ties to President Bush seeks to scuttle any plans for dividing Jerusalem between Israelis and Palestinians.
By Gregory Levey
December 13, 2007
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President Bush's peace summit for Israelis and Palestinians ignores a painful truth -- one that we are already living in the Middle East.
By Aluf Benn
November 26, 2007
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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.
By Gregory Levey
July 3, 2007
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Why neocons are so apoplectic about the speaker's visit to Syria.
By Joe Conason
April 6, 2007
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While Bush and Olmert cling to their hard line, hope for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is slipping away forever.
By Gary Kamiya
April 3, 2007
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With U.S. support, Israeli unilateralism was unfurled. The nation's security has never been so endangered, or its moral authority so tarnished.
By Sidney Blumenthal
August 17, 2006
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Having failed on the battlefield, Israelis question their leadership and their national direction.
By Aluf Benn
August 14, 2006
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The Gaza crisis is threatening the Israeli leader's domestic credibility -- and could short-circuit his West Bank withdrawal plan.
By Aluf Benn
July 1, 2006
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Tuesday's general election was one of the most momentous in Israel's 58-year history. So why didn't the voters care?
By Aluf Benn
March 31, 2006
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Once despised by a generation of Israelis, Ariel Sharon became a venerated father figure. His passing from the political scene leaves the future of the Middle East in even greater doubt.
By Aluf Benn
January 7, 2006
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With the Israeli prime minister facing tough criminal investigations, the Mideast cease-fire serves his political needs very well -- for now.
By Aluf Benn
August 13, 2003
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More than 200,000 Palestinians live in East Jerusalem and share many of Israel's freedoms. But the arrest of a Hamas cell there has exposed a deep, angry divide.
By Ferry Biedermann
August 24, 2002