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 Jul 24, 2008
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Together, an enigmatic billionaire and a resurgent Bibi Netanyahu could put Israel on the war path. Dick Cheney, AIPAC and Iran are all watching closely.
By Gregory Levey
October 9, 2007
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The Israeli government is deploying new tactics to deepen ties with American youth and evangelicals.
By Gregory Levey
March 23, 2007
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By secretly providing NSA intelligence to Israel and undermining the hapless Condi Rice, hardliners in the Bush administration are trying to widen the Middle East conflict to Iran and Syria, not stop it.
By Sidney Blumenthal
August 3, 2006
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With his much vaunted peace plan dead in the water, will the president push Israeli leader Ariel Sharon to take baby steps on removing settlements when the two meet next week?
By Aluf Benn
May 15, 2003
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A hard-hitting new book by two mainstream Israeli journalists blames both Sharon and Arafat for the bloody stalemate that grips the Holy Land.
By Aluf Benn
October 6, 2004
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The president's sudden, passionate intervention surprised everyone. But Israeli officials doubt he's in it for the long haul.
By Aluf Benn
June 11, 2003
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With Abu Mazen replacing Yasser Arafat, the prospects for peace appear the brightest in years. But neither Bush nor Sharon seems interested in seizing the moment.
By Aluf Benn
April 24, 2003
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Economic chaos -- and a looming humanitarian crisis -- undermine both the Palestinian Authority and the intifada.
By Ferry Biedermann
July 19, 2002
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Israeli politicians and analysts say that the U.S.'s sudden involvement is cosmetic and only designed to pave the way for an attack on Iraq.
By Aluf Benn
March 22, 2002
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As angry Israelis call for the removal of the Palestinian leader, others caution that the alternative would be far worse.
By Flore de Préneuf
December 4, 2001
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A flare-up of Middle East violence, including the assassination of a master Hamas terrorist, may render the peacemaking efforts of new U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni futile.
By Flore de Préneuf
November 27, 2001
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After 11 days of siege, the Israelis have left behind ruins and broken families in the Palestinian city.
By Flore de Préneuf
October 31, 2001
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U.S. support for the Israeli government is waning and the prime minister's strange bedfellows left-right ruling coalition is agitated. Will Sharon become the war against terrorism's first victim?
By Aluf Benn
October 25, 2001
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With calls for the abandonment of settlement construction and a "total end of violence" at its core, the U.S. road map to Mideast peace may be doomed from Day 1.
By Ben Barber
May 22, 2001
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His intransigence helped elect Ariel Sharon, and violence rages on. Can Yasser Arafat lead the Palestinians out of crisis?
By Flore de Prineuf
March 8, 2001
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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.
By Ben Barber
February 16, 2001
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Aggressive diplomatic moves and a conciliatory victory speech encourage some observers. Others just say Arafat got what he deserved.
By Fiona Morgan
February 9, 2001
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His election as Israel's prime minister was expected, but it's too soon to tell how he will steer Middle East relations.
By Flore de Préuneuf
February 7, 2001
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Coming all the way back from war-criminal disgrace, hard-liner Ariel Sharon is about to become the next prime minister of Israel.
By Flore de Préneuf
January 25, 2001
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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.
By Flore de Préneuf
November 30, 2000
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With the crisis simmering and the death toll mounting in Israel, vigilante movements are brewing among Israelis and Palestinians alike.
By Flore de Prineuf
November 27, 2000
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Fed up with restrictions and discrimination, last month Israeli Arabs joined their
Palestinian brethren in the battle against Israeli Jews.
By Flore de Prineuf
November 3, 2000
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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.
By Flore de Prineuf
October 25, 2000
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As the bloodbath rages in the Middle East, Ehud Barak calls for a "timeout" in the peace process.
By Flore de Prineuf
October 23, 2000
The Obama show lands in Israel
Israel's rising right wing
Israel goes on the virtual offensive
The neocons' next war
Bush's Mideast test
Middle East peace: Another painful mirage?
Bush's Middle East Band-Aid
The Arafat question
Postcard from Bethlehem
Where's Arafat?
Colin Powell rolls up his sleeves
Can Sharon make peace?
Will Ariel Sharon bulldoze the peace process?
"The Bulldozer" clanks on
Barak's fate depends on peace
Israel's apartheid
Living under siege
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