Israel
Huge issues: Israel is wait-and-see
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 16, 2010
WASHINGTON Heading into a period of intense diplomatic activity, Israel and the pro-Israel community are taking what may appear to be an atypical wait-and-see...
Rocket attacks on Israel
Chris LeppekSep 16, 2010
WITH peace talks underway, the expected sabotage threats of Hamas seemed to come to fruition this week as hostilities and tensions increased dramatically on the...
Initial peace talks: Each gives a little
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 12, 2010
WASHINGTON Tell us what you want. Now listen to what your partner wants. Now tell us what your partner wants. In slow, almost excruciating increments, talks between...
Israel boycotted
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 02, 2010
JERUSALEM In Israels latest diplomatic flap, actions by Mossad agents in Greece have caused a normally friendly foreign ministry to sever ties with the Israeli...
Major Gen. Yoav Galant nominated as IDF chief, compelling Gabi Ashkenazi to retire
IJN StaffAug 26, 2010
By Edgar Asher, Ashernet Defense Minister Ehud Barak recommended that that theIsraeli government choose the current commander of IDF Southern Command, Major General Yoav...
‘Peace talks’
Ron Kampeas, JTAAug 26, 2010
WASHINGTON Its a peace conference where nothing is off the table or on it, for that matter. The Obama administrations invitation to Palestinian and Israeli...
Eight months to Iran attack?
Leslie Susser, JTAAug 20, 2010
JERUSALEM If the US doesnt attack Irans nuclear facilities within the next eight months or so, Israel probably will. So says journalist Jeffrey Goldberg in the...
Bedouin demolitions raising tensions in Israeli land dispute
Marcy Oster, JTAAug 12, 2010
JERUSALEM A standoff between the Israeli government and an unrecognized Bedouin village in the Negev Desert is raising tensions over land rights in southern Israel....
Bibi, ‘Nothing to hide’ — Israel joins UN inquiry on flotilla raid
Uriel Heilman, JTAAug 05, 2010
NEW YORK The decision by Israel to participate in the UN probe of the Turkish flotilla incident marks a stark departure from Jerusalems practice of opposing the...