Editorial: A Mideast time bomb
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The question has become more urgent as Tehran resists the International Atomic Energy Agency&#39;s demand that it suspend the enrichment of uranium, part of a process that can lead either to electricity generation or a stockpile of atomic bombs.
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America's long dance with the Mideast dates all the way back to the Founding Fathers. Who knew?
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This week in 1967 Israel defeated its neighbours in a war which lasted six days - but whose consequences have reverberated for 40 years
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Mideast diplomacy has taken off after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Since Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, international attention has turned away from Iraq to the other, older, most imperishable of Middle East crises.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank Two unlikely factors - the maneuverings of Hamas, a group the United States considers a chief sponsor of terrorism, and a widespread fear of chaos among Palestinians - are combining to create some hope in the run-up to next month&#39;s
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Comment is free: Karen Koning AbuZayd: Palestinian suffering has reached new depths. Peace cannot be built by reducing 1.5m people to a state of abject destitution
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Â· PM Ehud Olmert enforces news blackout on air raid Â· Target believed to have been nuclear project
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Israeli papers have reacted with resignation to the twin suicide bombings in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Tuesday, feeling it was just a matter of time before the lull in the violence would come to an end.
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Israel is set on a collision course with the European Union and could turn into a pariah state, like South Africa during the apartheid years, if the Mideast conflict is not resolved, Israel's Foreign Ministry warns in a confidential 10-year forecast.
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Peace requires Israeli concessions, not just compromises from the Palestinians. Israel must freeze settlement activity in the West Bank and stop constructing its barrier on Palestinian territory, free Palestinian
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THERE are umpteenth reasons for scoring quick successes in the Middle East peace process. The peace process kindled high hopes so many times to be shattered resoundingly.
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Hope and skepticism as Israel and the Palestinians try again
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The coming year would bring &quot;a historic opportunity&quot; for the Israelis to reach a breakthrough in the Middle East conflict with the Palestinians following the death of Yasser
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THE DAY after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, headlines declared a &quot;New Middle East&quot; and commentators described his passing as &quot;a window to peace&quot; and &quot;a great opportunity.
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The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has brought hope locally for a reopened peace process between Palestine and Israel - and a caution that Israel and the United States have the responsibility
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The greatest threat to Americaâs essential freedoms is not excluding a menorah from an airport, but trivializing important issues