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BREAKING NEWS

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)
11:38
Report: Abbas condemns violence against civilians, including rocket fire (Reuters)

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by Chemi Shalev

Obama's all-out, guns blazing, no-holds-barred charm offensive on Israel's unsuspecting public

Obama’s speech was so pro-Israeli that even AIPAC maidens blushed. The president didn’t miss a trick, used every PR shtick in the book and invented some ploys of his own.

By Chemi Shalev | Mar 20, 2013 | 08:05 PM | 14

Obama Peres children

Sandy Hook - AFP

The American malignancy and the slaughter of the innocents in Connecticut

The image of the butchered little bodies in Newtown and the echoes of their parents’ anguished wails took this writer's thoughts all the way to the hell of the Holocaust.

By Chemi Shalev | Dec 15, 2012 | 07:41 PM | 17

Wall Street - Reuters

An evening of affluence and influence with the Jewish wizards of Wall Street

A UJA dinner in New York with the titans of American finance is either an inspiring evening of selfless philanthropy or an updated Protocols of the Elders of Zion, depending on your point of view.

By Chemi Shalev | Dec 12, 2012 | 04:17 PM | 2

Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama and Mahmoud Abbas in 2010.

President Obama’s must-read primer on clearing 'Pathways to Peace'

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer is convinced that Middle East peacemaking is 'in Obama’s guts.' His new book aims to show the president how to move forward.

By Chemi Shalev | Dec 5, 2012 | 08:56 PM | 3

Netanyahu and Olmert - archive

Olmert lauds Obama’s 'extraordinary courage' in defense of Israel at UN

Speaking in New York, former PM continues to play coy about his political plans, saying he will 'use whatever platform I can' to make sure Israel does not squander 'historic opportunity' for peace.

By Chemi Shalev | Dec 4, 2012 | 08:47 AM | 9

Abbas addresses the UN

Palestinian-Israeli clash at UN highlights mutual blindness and common despair

The lopsided 138-9 General Assembly vote fully reflected the U.S. administration’s half-hearted, post-election effort against the Palestinian bid for recognition, but Israel found solace in the 41 abstentions.

By Chemi Shalev | Nov 30, 2012 | 03:02 PM | 11

Palestinians UN - Reuters

Israel’s motto on Palestinian UN bid: Speak loudly, but carry a small stick

With recognition for Palestine almost a done deal, Israel finds itself constrained by President Obama’s re-election, by the fallout from its Gaza operation and by the new and hawkish Likud Knesset list.

By Chemi Shalev | Nov 28, 2012 | 01:47 PM | 50

Likud members celebrate at the party's convention, Nov. 26, 2012.

Likud’s hawkish earthquake sparks new hopes for centrist alternatives

In a tectonic shift sure to worry foreign capitals and Diaspora Jews, Israel’s ruling party purges moderates and anoints pro-settler and anti-peace nationalists.

By Chemi Shalev | Nov 27, 2012 | 02:11 AM | 9

A Palestinian boy carries the national flag as he makes his way through the debris of the destroyed

Gaza requiem: Six remarks on image, perceptions, and four dead Palestinian children

The worldview of many Israelis and Diaspora Jews was turned upside down during the Gaza operation by the outpouring of international support and overwhelming media sympathy.

By Chemi Shalev | Nov 22, 2012 | 12:13 PM | 46

US President Barack Obama talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call

A triple-crown achievement for Obama’s Middle East policies

From Washington’s point of view, Wednesday’s cease-fire cements Egypt’s moderate role and improves relations with Israel but most importantly – averts the catastrophe of an Israeli ground incursion.

By Chemi Shalev | Nov 22, 2012 | 12:02 AM | 10

Bibi and Obama

Israel’s new Gaza honeymoon with Obama (and why it may not last very long)

The U.S. President’s unflinching support for the Gaza operation and his role in the success of Iron Dome have restored much of his long lost credit with both Israelis and American Jews.

By Chemi Shalev | Nov 19, 2012 | 08:51 PM | 28

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