Israel
Truce for now…is war next?
Roy Eitan, JTAJun 26, 2008
JERUSALEM While nowhere near coexistence, Israel and Hamas are trying out an accommodation of sorts with an Egyptian-brokered truce in the Gaza Strip. The deal came...
Israel-Syria talks ‘constructive’
Jerusalem PostJun 19, 2008
JERUSALEM Prime Minister Ehud Olmerts two top diplomatic advisers finished two days of indirect talks with Syria in Turkey on Monday, and headed for Paris, fueling...
Six-month truce, a year after Hamas coup in Gaza
Leslie Susser, JTAJun 19, 2008
JERUSALEM A six-month cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was due to go into effect Thursday, June 19. Two huge stumbling blocks to wider peacemaking between Israel...
Analysis: the corruption of Ehud Olmert
Jerusalem PostJun 13, 2008
JERUSALEM In 1988, reporting on a visit by then-prime minister Yitzhak Shamir to the US, then Jerusalem Post Washington correspondent Wolf Blitzer noted:...
Tommy Lapid, brash political figure, dies
Roy Eitan, JTAJun 06, 2008
TEL AVIV Yosef Lapid, among the most politically incorrect figures of Israeli politics, died of cancer Sunday, June 1, 2008. He was 77. Known to friends and foes...
Was Olmert bribed? Talansky testifies
JTAMay 29, 2008
JERUSALEM After weeks of legal limbo and widespread speculation about his role in Prime Minister Ehud Olmerts latest corruption scandal, American Jewish businessman...
Will Israel return Golan Heights? Olmert gives mixed messages
JTAMay 29, 2008
JERUSALEM The skepticism that greeted Ehud Olmerts announcement that Israel and Syria are renewing peace talks underscores the domestic challenges the prime...
Amidst Bush’s visit to Israel, rocket attacks
JTAMay 23, 2008
JERUSALEM Fifteen people were wounded, including four seriously, by a Grad-model Katyusha rocket that scored a direct hit on a shopping center in Ashkelon on May 14...
From Berlin to London to Paris, Europe-Israel ties are warming
JTAMay 09, 2008
PRAGUE When Israel asked for European troops, including Germans, to patrol the Israel-Lebanon border area following Israel’s 2006 war with Hezbollah, it was a...
Celebration — and criticism too
JTAMay 09, 2008
PRAGUE As governments, Jewish communities and Israeli embassies across Europe prepare to celebrate Israels 60th birthday, a cadre of Israel critics is making a push...
