EPA/Abir Sultan
Successive Israeli governments have relied on a false distinction to get away with discriminatory, oppressive policies.
Thwarted: Netanyahu, Obama and Abbas.
EPA/Omar Rashidi
A Middle East in meltdown forced the Obama administration to give up crucial leverage.
Jerusalem is mentioned on this 2,700-year-old papyrus.
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A mysterious papyrus said to come from the Judaen Desert could be the first to reveal the name of Jerusalem.
Peace in our time? Arafat, Peres and Rabin collect their shared Nobel Prize.
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By turns hawkish and dovish, Peres’ complicated legacy runs far deeper than the Oslo Accords.
Shimon Peres during his visit to Terezin in the Czech Republic in 2011.
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One of Israel’s greatest political figures, Shimon Peres left an indelible mark on the Middle East.
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Very few countries remain outside the world’s chemical weapons control regime. Why would Israel want to keep company with North Korea?
The great diplomat, c'est moi.
Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
“Bibi” spits on the very notion that one can deal with Iran, but now one’s been done, he’s milking it for all it’s worth.
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter leaves Israel with business undone. July 21, 2015.
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Demographic changes have made the idea of a two-state solution obsolete. The Israeli population is becoming more religious and more conservative. That makes the army more difficult to command.
French police stand guard outside the national soccer stadium
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Under pressure in the Middle East, ISIS is turning to terrorism in Europe with a new set of predictable goals.
Reuters/Ammar Awad
Israeli goods produced in settlements will have to be labelled as such. Israel is calling this a boycott and raising the spectre of European anti-semitism.
Touching Rabin in 2015.
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Twenty years ago, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin – the man who ushered in the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians – was assassinated. Today’s Israel is a very different place.
Reuters/Ammar Awad
As Israel marked the 20th anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, fears of another surge in violence were as high as ever.
The amazing alternative world of Benjamin Netanyahu.
Reuters/Sebastian Scheiner
The Israeli PM’s ‘big lie’ about Hitler and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem was of a piece with Netanyahu’s history of making false and misleading claims.
The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini, met with Adolf Hitler in 1941.
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1987-004-09A, Amin al Husseini und Adolf Hitler" by Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1987-004-09A / Heinrich Hoffmann
The Israeli prime minister’s comments that an Arab leader convinced Hitler to carry out the Holocaust are a distortion of history.
Reuters/Amir Cohen
Violence has become a daily occurrence in Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank and the body count is rising.
Despondent: Mahmoud Abbas addresses the UN.
EPA/Andrew Gombert
In a grim week at the UN General Assembly, the key partners in the Middle East peace process made it clear they’ve lost patience.
Reuters/Mussa Qawasma
Israel’s extreme response to Palestinian protests is simply prolonging the cycle of violence.
Residents of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip watch a parade by the military wing of Hamas to mark the anniversary of the war with Israel.
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Although Hamas also wants a return to normalcy in the Gaza Strip, it is potentially a double-edged sword for the movement.
Getting ready for Congress.
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In an all-out promotional blitz, John Kerry spoke at a hastily arranged Q&A July 24 to a Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Five days later, he faced two less restrained audiences, testifying…
Not much of a weapons system.
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Israel’s official policy treats stone throwing as ‘a real mortal threat’. The question is, who to?