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Iran's electoral watchdog approves election result (AP)
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Activist: Rebels seize military base from Assad troops in northern Syria (DPA)
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Friends of Syria foreign ministers to meet Saturday in Qatar (DPA)
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Defense Minister Ya'alon: Iran won't quit nuclear program unless we are determined (Ch. 10)
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Bombs flatten police station in Libya's Benghazi (Reuters)
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Egypt top Muslim cleric: Protests against Morsi permitted (AP)
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Obama says plans to seek negotiations with Russia to end Cold War nuclear postures (Reuters)
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Taliban spokesman confirms Taliban, U.S. to meet Thursday for preliminary talks (Reuters)
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Netanyahu announces that 40% of natural gas will be exported (Israel Radio)
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Israeli pharmaceutical company Dr. Fischer recalls Polidin from stores (Israel Radio)
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Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs (AP)
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Syrian troops fight rebels neat Shi'ite shrine south of Damascus (AP)
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A Special Place in Hell

by Bradley Burston

Iran's bomb, Israel's settlements: Can you spot the differences? (A Self-Test)

Both are pursuing 'The Project' and both are obsessed with the Holocaust. Take this test to find out if you can differentiate between Netanyahu's Israel and Khamenei's Iran. Third in a series.

By Bradley Burston | Jun 18, 2013 | 04:07 PM | 9

Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the UN about the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program.

How long does Israel have left to live? (a self-test)
By Bradley Burston | 31

Obama's helicopter flying over Petra.

Israel, after Obama: This year, for Passover, I'm burning my cynicism

This Passover, I'm going on a fast from cynicism. Who has patience anymore for the ennui, the omniscience, the certainty of failure? Obama's visit may be a sign that something good is beginning to happen. Maybe even peace.

By Bradley Burston | Mar 24, 2013 | 01:33 PM | 27

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during an official welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion

Obama, in key speech, to target Israelis who could make or break a future peace

If there is any reason to believe that Obama charm or electrify his student audience into seeing advantages to renewed peace moves, it will be the fact that many of them have had it up to here with the ideologies that have kept this country polarized for the whole of its brief history.

By Bradley Burston | Mar 20, 2013 | 10:03 PM | 14

U.S. President Barack Obama boarding Air Force 1.

Obama visit marks a choice for Israel: Grow up or grow old

With Israel heading for its 65th anniversary, the U.S. president's March trip sends an important message: This is the time. This is the window. Later doesn’t exist.

By Bradley Burston | Mar 12, 2013 | 01:11 PM | 18

Rabbi Menachem Froman

The purpose of Israel is peace

The purpose of Rabbi Menachem Froman was to find a place where the Jews and the non-Jews who live here were safe at last, their lives – all of their lives – accorded respect and where a distinction is made between loving the land and claiming exclusive possession of it.

By Bradley Burston | Mar 5, 2013 | 05:56 PM | 19

Sally Field and Daniel Day-Lewis appear in a scene from "Lincoln."

As Lincoln abolished slavery, Israel must abolish occupation

I realize now that I am an abolitionist and that occupation is slavery. I also realize that I need to pay more attention to Abraham Lincoln, in his ability to remind us all of the wisdom hidden in the obvious.

By Bradley Burston | Feb 26, 2013 | 11:35 AM | 73

The 19th Knesset has an opportunity to shake things up.

Obama's best and worst-case scenarios for Israel's new government

For Obama and John Kerry, still holding out hope for a two-state solution, one of the best scenarios would be a government in which Lapid's Yesh Atid agrees to co-anchor the ruling coalition with Netanyahu.

By Bradley Burston | Feb 19, 2013 | 10:41 AM | 3

Beitar Jerusalem fans protesting their team's acquisition of two Moslem players.

In Israel, hatred begins at home. Every home. So does hope.

It was only in Israel that I came to see the depth and the colors of the racism in me, the hatreds, the extremism, the crucible of intolerance and anger directed against groups of people I do not know.

By Bradley Burston | Feb 12, 2013 | 07:18 AM | 17

The Israeli film 'The Gatekeepers'

Obama's ultimate travel guide for his Israel visit: An Oscar nominee

Mr. President, see 'The Gatekeepers' on the biggest screen you've got. These men explain Israel. Let them rip your skin off for 95 minutes. It'll grow back.

By Bradley Burston | Feb 7, 2013 | 03:56 PM | 6

Richard Nixon

Obama was half right. Netanyahu is Richard Nixon, after all

Netanyahu-as-Nixon has never been more evident than in the days following the election. But will he go all the way?

By Bradley Burston | Jan 29, 2013 | 09:59 AM | 9

Netanyahu casts his ballot

With King Bibi's ship of state sinking in Pyrrhic victory, the sharks begin to circle

In the space of a few hours, Netanyahu watched as the American people formally gave their president four more years, and the people of Israel gave their prime minister six more weeks.

By Bradley Burston | Jan 22, 2013 | 10:09 PM | 9

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