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06:05
Sirens sounded in Ashkelon over rocket fire from Gaza Strip; no rockets land in Israel (Haaretz)
04:55
Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies in car accident (AP)
02:17
Missouri senator joins effort urging Hillary Clinton to seek presidency (Reuters)
01:44
U.S. and Taliban to start talks on ending Afghan war (AP)
00:35
Clashes erupt in Egypt over Islamist governors (AP)
00:16
Syrian warplanes strike rebel posts in Aleppo (AP)
23:11
Turkey's defiant PM says police to get more power against protesters (AP)
22:57
Bill Clinton to Peres: You are the world's social Einstein (Haaretz)
21:46
Netanyahu to Peres: Shimon, you are the man of peace, the man of vision (Haaretz)
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Turkey's Erdogan meets top Hamas officials for talks on Palestinian reconciliation (AP)
20:27
France's Hollande open to Iranian presence at Syria talks (Reuters)
19:33
Ben Gurion Airport to be shut down to clear decades-old mortar found during renovations (Haaretz)
18:12
G-8 agrees on plan to promote Syrian peace talks (AP)
17:55
Suicide bomber kills 30 at funeral in Pakistan (Reuters)
17:33
U.S. officials say they will begin meeting with Taliban at new Qatar office within days (AP)

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by Chemi Shalev

Tone of SNL’s 'Really!?!' marks Clinton’s queries on Israeli peace perceptions

After Obama and Kerry, former president’s speech is third installment of U.S. 'emergency intervention' to divert 'start-up nation' from its Titanic course.

By Chemi Shalev | Jun 18, 2013 | 09:06 PM

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks at the Peres Academic Center (EAC) in Rehovot.

Clinton: Israel must make peace with Palestinians in order to survive
By Avshalom Halutz and Haaretz | 22

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney

Whether Obama or Romney, winner faces same fiscal abyss

Unless America's next president succeeds in effecting change, budget disagreements will continue, the political paralysis will deepen, and America's credit rating will once again be in danger and not only in the economic sphere.

By Chemi Shalev | Nov 6, 2012 | 11:43 PM

There's no one like Mitt Romney in Israel.

In U.S. vote, Israeli Americans are from Mars, Jewish Americans are from Venus

Senior Haaretz analyst Chemi Shalev writes that telling American Jews that they should be guided by the pro-Romney vote of Americans living in Israel is the height of chutzpah.

By Chemi Shalev | Nov 5, 2012 | 09:27 AM | 105

Sandy - Reuters

U.S. media’s lack of focus on Hurricane Sandy’s fatalities highlight stark cultural divide

In Israel, front pages would be taken over by photos and bios of those who lost their lives.

By Chemi Shalev | Nov 2, 2012 | 08:02 PM | 19

Netanyahu at Rosh Hashanah toast - Appelbaum

Netanyahu's ‘big bang’ gambit with Lieberman might blow up in his face

Netanyahu should know the pitfalls of hypothetical polls and the perils of unintended consequences. The center-left may have been given a new lease on life. And Hasbara-wise, the new amalgamation is probably a disaster.

By Chemi Shalev | Oct 25, 2012 | 10:10 PM | 23

U.S. President Barack Obama greets Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney - AFP.

In Florida debate, Romney breaks world record in political Etch-a-Sketching

The two presidential candidates sparred over Israel, but on most other matters, Obama was surprised to learn, his Republican rival suddenly concurs with his policies. The conservative right wing may not be amused.

By Chemi Shalev | Oct 23, 2012 | 10:48 AM | 9

Barack Obama arriving to speak at the AIPAC convention

For some of Obama’s Jewish detractors, words speak louder than actions

Obama’s hyperbole-prone critics inflate Obama’s detachment, cry 'gevalt' over his every word and paint a distorted picture of his ties with Israel. They are harming the relationship and diminishing Israel’s power of deterrence.

By Chemi Shalev | Oct 21, 2012 | 01:03 PM | 22

Republican presidential nominee Romney and President Obama speak directly to each other.

Obama bruises Romney in presidential debate that was almost a brawl

Israelis will love the undisguised scorn, open hostility and the tense atmosphere of the Hofstra University Town Hall meeting – it will remind them of home.

By Chemi Shalev | Oct 17, 2012 | 10:37 AM | 28

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan.

Biden plays rough, Israeli style, with a lingering Cheshire Cat smile

Republican Paul Ryan held his own in the U.S. Vice Presidential debate, but Biden’ s fighting spirit probably lifted morale and rallied the ranks of despondent Democrats.

By Chemi Shalev | Oct 12, 2012 | 10:20 AM | 3

Netanyahu meets Mitt Romney in Jerusalem - Reuters - July 29, 2012

The eeeny-meeny-miny-mo of parallel U.S. and Israeli elections

Amidst the possible permutations of Republican/Democrat and Bibi/Leftie, a surprise beckons: Obama is the only U.S. president in the past four decades who hasn’t had a plan for peace.

By Chemi Shalev | Oct 11, 2012 | 10:07 PM

Romney delivers foreign policy speech - AFP - Oct. 8, 2012

The Romney foreign policy speech: Sounds like Bush, reads like Obama

The Republican candidate’s address in Virginia offered a dramatic change of tone in U.S. policies but only minute variations on substance.

By Chemi Shalev | Oct 8, 2012 | 11:36 PM | 5

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