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When my finger was on the button for Israel: I was a young law student applying for a part-time internship. To my amazement, I was soon casting votes at the U.N. and working for Ariel Sharon.; By Gregory Levey Apr 22, 2008
The right wing's Jerusalem gambit: 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 Dec 13, 2007
The real two-state solution: 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 Nov 26, 2007
Spinning the disaster in Gaza: Bush and Olmert scramble to prop up Abbas, but the Hamas takeover boosts Iran and leaves hopes for a Palestinian state in tatters.; By Aluf Benn Jun 20, 2007
Inside America's powerful Israel lobby: AIPAC's three-day summit included fiery evangelical oratory, adoration for Dick Cheney -- and new plans for going after Iran.; By Gregory Levey Mar 16, 2007
Israel's surge of despair: Top Israeli officials admit last summer's war against Hezbollah was a failure -- and denounce President Bush's actions in the Middle East.; By Gregory Levey Feb 15, 2007
Israel's Arab problem hits home: Tensions are rising between Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens -- and could affect the chances for peace, or wider war, in the Middle East.; By Gregory Levey Jan 29, 2007
Fence? Security barrier? Apartheid wall?: Israel is spending $1 billion on a structure to seal itself off from the West Bank. But the question of what to call it provokes an explosive debate.; By Eric Boehlert Aug 1, 2003
The Salon Interview: Steve Earle: The radical country rocker and composer of "John Walker's Blues" blasts the war on Iraq, denounces the death penalty and explains why ex-druggies believe in God.; By Andrew O'Hehir Nov 13, 2002
A cool cowpoke gets political: Steve Earle, a new disc under his belt, talks about his tumultuous career -- a hair-raising ride that has included many wives, an ugly romance with heroin, and watching a man die.; By Mark J. Miller Aug 29, 2002
A wall of hostility: 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 Aug 24, 2002
Hopeless in Jerusalem: "Promises," a documentary about children growing up in the middle of the Arab-Israeli conflict, reveals early lessons in hatred and a grim absence of optimism.; By Janelle Brown Dec 12, 2001
Revenge bombing kills 15: Palestinian groups vie for credit for the pizza-restaurant blast that left hundreds injured.; By Flore de Préneuf Aug 10, 2001
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.; By Flore de Préneuf Jan 3, 2001
Florida voters in Israel look on in amazement: As their absentee ballots float through the airmail ether, American Jews abroad are thrilled at how significant their votes might be.; By Flore de Préneuf Nov 13, 2000
"It's just something on paper": Palestinians and Israelis alike question the outcome of Clinton's Middle East peace summit.; By Flore de Préneuf Oct 18, 2000
War in the Middle East: The Israeli army responds after two soldiers are lynched in the Palestinian city of Ramallah.; By Flore de Preneuf Oct 13, 2000
The sound of silence: Heartsick over the bloodshed in Israel, liberal American Jews are so far paralyzed by a conflict in which Palestinians are aggressors as well as victims.; By Samuel G. Freedman Oct 3, 2000
Israel, up against the wall: The Jewish nation must decide who's in charge: The religion, the state or all of the above.; By Samuel G. Freedman Jun 22, 2000
Pilgrimage and public relations: Pope John Paul's historic visit to Israel is supposed to spread a message of peace, but Israeli and Palestinian spinmeisters are standing by to read in support of their causes.; By Flore de Preneuf Mar 22, 2000
A conversation with Elie Wiesel: The author of "And the Sea Is Never Full" discusses his work, the Middle East, Rwanda and his friend Primo Levi.; By Jill Priluck Jan 5, 2000
Jerusalem braces for Christian pilgrims: Hordes of tourists are coming to the holy city for millennial celebrations, but a clash between Orthodox and secular Jews has created a ban on Christmas in the city's kosher hotels.; By Flore de Preneuf Dec 23, 1999
The myth weavers: Three leading leftist figures have been exposed this year as having lied about their backgrounds. Has the failure of their ideology forced them to fictionalize?; By David Horowitz Sep 27, 1999
Israel's political make-over: Experts discuss Ehud Barak's sweeping victory.; By Daryl Lindsey May 19, 1999
My junior year abroad: At the age of 60, Edith Pearlman undertakes her own version of Junior Year Abroad -- in a classroom called Jerusalem.; By Edith Pearlman Aug 26, 1998

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