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15:25
Khamenei: Iran will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa if attacked (Reuters)
13:54
Obama: We must push through the 'breaches of faith' on both sides (Haaretz)
13:52
Obama: Settlement activity not appropriate or constructive to advancing peace (Haaretz)
13:51
Obama: Two-state solution still possible, only chance for peace and success (Haaretz)
13:51
Obama: Israel and Palestinians must make this leap together (Haaretz)
13:43
Obama: U.S. committed to the creation of a sovereign state of Palestine (Haaretz)
13:39
Obama: Palestinians deserve a future, a home, a state of their own (Haaretz)
13:37
Abbas: Palestinians ready to implement commitments in order to launch the peace process (Haaretz)
13:36
Abba to Obama: Palestinian people have made a miracle and rose from the Nakba (Haaretz)
13:36
Abbas: Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital is possible (Haaretz)
13:36
Abbas: Peace impossible under violence and occupation (Haaretz)
13:11
Syria hands over captured Lebanese soldier, state TV reports (AP)
12:31
Syrian rebels have reportedly overrun several towns near the Israeli border (Reuters)
12:18
Report: Ramallah protesters hold up shoes, call Obama to leave Palestine (Haaretz)
11:49
Police arrests Acre resident suspected of smuggling heroin from Lebanon (Haaretz)

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West of Eden

by Chemi Shalev

U.S.-Israel solidarity, Obama-Netanyahu honeymoon play prominently on America’s front pages

'United Front,' 'Mideast Thaw' and 'Unusual Solidarity' reflect the kind of positive headlines that the presidential visit is receiving.

By Chemi Shalev | Mar 21, 2013 | 04:01 PM

U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu on the tarmac at Ben-Gurion Airport

Obama: Israeli settlements hinder chance of deal with Palestinians
By Reuters | 4

Illustration by Amos Biderman

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.

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 - Natasha Mozgovaya

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

Barak - Reuters - April 27, 2012

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

Romney - AP - Jan. 2, 2012

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 - AFP - May 20, 2011

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

Mitt Romney - AP - January 2012

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

Livni and Clinton

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

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