Articles
Arab League Sweetens Israel-Palestinian Peace Plan
(JERUSALEM) — The Arab League's decision to sweeten its decade-old proposal offering comprehensive peace with Israel has placed Prime Minister Benjamin...
The Limits of Saber Rattling
President Obama's recent trip to the Middle East was so effective that many of his most relentless, and often haywire, detractors were struck dumb. Even John...
Decade-Old Mideast Peace Plan Re-Emerges
(JERUSALEM) — A dormant, decade-old Mideast peace plan has suddenly emerged as a possible key to breaking years of deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians. ...
In Saudi Arabia, Women’s Voices Are Starting To Be Heard
By royal decree, women now make up 20% of the closest thing the conservative Islamic country has to a legislature. In 2015 they will get to vote and run for...
Obama, Syria, and Iran
The decisions that the President makes on Syria and Iran in the coming months may be the most important of his presidency.
Photo Essays
Born Under Fire: The Dawn of Israel, 1948
Sixty-five years ago this week, in the midst of a civil war and at the tail end of the decades-long British Mandate of Palestine, the state of Israel was born...
