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Diplomatic ticking bomb ahead of U.S. elections

Bad agreement with Iran could be nasty 'October Surprise' - for Israel

Rather than leading to war with Iran, Israel’s new national unity government may have to explain why an attack is no longer an option.

By Chemi Shalev | May 21, 2012 | 12:14 PM | 19

G8 summit at Camp David - AP - May 19, 2012

UN nuclear chief begins talks with Iranian officials in Tehran
By Reuters | 3
Israel inches closer to compromise on Iran uranium enrichment, officials say
By Barak Ravid | 37

J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami on stage with William Kristol at the event.

J Street's Ben-Ami: 'U.S. Congressmen live in fear of pro-Israeli intimidation'

William Kristol, head of right-wing Emergency Committee for Israel, stuns debate audience in New York: 'I agree with Obama’s Israel policies to a considerable degree.'

By Chemi Shalev | May 16, 2012 | 03:07 PM | 30

With Livni gone, the old boys’ club is back in full swing

In Israel’s decision-making bodies and in its true corridors of power, women need not apply.

By Chemi Shalev | May 14, 2012 | 12:06 PM | 4

Netanyahu and Mofaz's cynical pact will be judged on its merits

Both historical precedents – 'the stinking scheme' and the 'brilliant ploy' – ended in total failure.

By Chemi Shalev | May 8, 2012 | 09:44 AM | 9

Peter Beinart’s rock star aura is driving some people crazy

Beinart is the unlikely Mick Jagger of the American Jewish establishment and his journey to the center of the Jewniverse is sparking jealous spite.

By Chemi Shalev | May 4, 2012 | 11:40 AM | 14

Benjamin Netanyahu - Olivier Fitoussi 14.3.2012

The perks and perils of Obama and Netanyahu’s parallel election campaigns

Will Democrats suspect that Netanyahu’s September 4 date for early elections aims to divert attention from their National Convention?

By Chemi Shalev | May 3, 2012 | 05:06 PM | 2

Has Israel’s leadership come down with mad-Jew disease?

Why waste money on hasbara when our own experts tell the world that Israeli leaders are warmongering rejectionists?

By Chemi Shalev | Apr 30, 2012 | 02:07 PM | 20

Imagining April 29, 2015: The end of the romance with Romney

Two-and-a-half years after Romney is elected, Chemi Shalev envisages a future in which nuclear understandings with Tehran and attempts to renew the peace process cast a dark shadow on relations between Netanyahu and the U.S.

By Chemi Shalev | Apr 28, 2012 | 11:49 AM | 5

Avigdor Lieberman April 3, 2012 (Emil Salman)

Lieberman’s right: A rupture with Egypt would be a disaster

But rather than redeploying army divisions, Israel should ask Cairo to broker talks with the Palestinians.

By Chemi Shalev | Apr 27, 2012 | 02:02 PM

Obama-Netanyahu mistrust is the ticking time bomb of Iran nuclear talks

The U.S. election campaign is a major cause of mutual suspicions between the two leaders.

By Chemi Shalev | Apr 16, 2012 | 02:32 PM | 15

If it’s Obama vs. Romney, the battle for the Jews is on

Jews might sympathize more than others with the Mormon candidate’s need to put on a mask in the company of Christian conservatives.

By Chemi Shalev | Apr 11, 2012 | 12:05 PM | 15

The world will be shocked by the defeat of Tzipi Livni, its favorite Israeli politician

Even while her stature at home deteriorated, Livni remained the darling of the international arena. Her successor, Shaul Mofaz, is a decent chap but, alas, hardly as glamorous.

By Chemi Shalev | Mar 28, 2012 | 12:06 PM | 9

J Street is like the 'Bizarro World' of AIPAC

At leftist Jewish lobby's conference, former PM Ehud Olmert gives and receives legitimacy while Israeli government guest raps his hosts.

By Chemi Shalev | Mar 27, 2012 | 11:43 AM | 13

A Special Place in Hell

Thank you, Russian immigrant to Israel, for Nakba Day

By Bradley Burston | 11:22 AM | 10

The progressive who paints Israel as a genocidal Nazi state

By Bradley Burston | 09:13 AM | 18

Netanyahu's next Israel: Bad for the Right, good for the Jews

By Bradley Burston | 01:50 PM | 12

Diplomania

Condoleezza Rice talking at the conference, Sunday, May 20, 2012.

Condoleezza Rice came to Israel to open doors, not provide headlines

By Barak Ravid | 04:00 PM | 3

Quality time with King Bibi

By Barak Ravid | 11:03 PM | 4

Israel ranked alongside Iran as one of countries with most negative global influence

By Barak Ravid | 10:55 PM | 11

The Axis

Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Ex-Mossad chief's newest Iran jab is directed at Obama, not Netanyahu

By Anshel Pfeffer | 10:42 PM

U.S. aid to Syrian rebels is a signal to Iran

By Anshel Pfeffer | 06:28 PM | 5

What Iranians really think – and the questions that still remain

By Anshel Pfeffer | 08:33 PM | 2

Strenger than Fiction

Tel Aviv University - Aviad Bar Nes - May 1, 2012

Israel’s universities could be world leaders

By Carlo Strenger | 04:46 PM | 2

Netanyahu’s and Abbas’ moments of truth

By Carlo Strenger | 12:21 PM | 2

Israelis will still follow ethnic and religious divisions in upcoming elections

By Carlo Strenger | 06:50 PM | 13

Routine Emergencies

Ultra-Orthodox Jews at New York's Citi Field - AP

Who will be tweeting the ultra-Orthodox anti-Internet rally?

By Allison Kaplan Sommer | 09:08 PM | 5

When Patinkin and Berg made starring visits to Israel

By Allison Kaplan Sommer | 05:19 PM

Our new Zionist hero

By Allison Kaplan Sommer | 03:33 PM | 2

Modern Manna

Giant Palestinian-made knafeh, in Nablus 2009

Traditional Arab knafe, with a twist for the modern Shavuot table

By Vered Guttman | 11:11 AM

Shavuot, the cheesiest of all Jewish holidays

By Vered Guttman | 11:25 AM

A cup of heaven from a Jaffa hole-in-the-wall

By Vered Guttman | 10:05 PM

Focus U.S.A.

At what price foreign policy?

By Natasha Mozgovaya | 02:20 AM

Obama corrects controversial Jewish Heritage Month proclamation

By Natasha Mozgovaya | 12:44 AM

In a U.S. election year, even death of Netanyahu's father is political

By Natasha Mozgovaya | 05:54 PM | 16

The Fifth Question

Israel should listen to Shimon Peres - and look in the mirror

By Mira Sucharov | 08:00 PM

Liberal Zionism - possibly Israel's last hope

By Mira Sucharov | 09:06 PM | 9

Does Peter Beinart love Israel?

By Mira Sucharov | 09:00 PM | 3

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