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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)
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Obama: Palestinians deserve a future, a home, a state of their own (Haaretz)
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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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West of Eden

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

IDF Spokesman on Twitter

For Israel’s PR war on Gaza, it may be all downhill from here

Despite the sympathy of world leaders and the Twitter and YouTube wizardry of Israeli spokespeople, history teaches that the continuation of the Gaza campaign will inevitably lead to increasing criticism and condemnation.

By Chemi Shalev | Nov 17, 2012 | 09:15 PM | 32

Romney with supporters in Ohio - AFP

Republicans weren’t being honest: about themselves, about Romney, or about Israel

It wasn’t Obama who threw Israel under the bus, but Romney and other Republicans who were willing to sow discord and to distort reality in a futile search for a few Jewish votes.

By Chemi Shalev | Nov 7, 2012 | 09:13 PM | 39

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

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