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BREAKING NEWS

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

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

An apple pie.

Mass, random shooting sprees are as American as baseball and apple pie

America’s ridiculous gun laws won’t change, but the 'Batman Murderer,' as he will come to be known, is sure to secure a multimillion dollar book and movie deal.

By Chemi Shalev | Jul 20, 2012 | 07:56 PM | 10

A picture shows destroyed buses after a bomb explosion at Bourgas airport on July 18, 2012.

The return of the black, burned out bus, Israel’s worst nightmare

The terror attack in Bulgaria ends an eight-year lull in bus bombings and is an ominous omen of worse that’s yet to come.

By Chemi Shalev | Jul 19, 2012 | 01:38 AM | 2

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, May 2, 2012.

In spooking Romney, Obama wants to be seen as lethal, not likeable

Why the Israeli “killer principle” for political success is applicable in America as well.

By Chemi Shalev | Jul 17, 2012 | 02:05 PM

Settlers at the start of a three-day march from Ulpana to Jerusalem, June 4, 2012.

The Israeli right marches on, while the left tsk-tsks itself into oblivion

The Levy report on settlements exposes the “rule of law” as a false idol and a cover for the left’s fatal flaw: Laziness.

By Chemi Shalev | Jul 12, 2012 | 11:05 AM

Shimon Peres

Flip-floppin’ away: The parallel perils of Peres 1984 and Romney 2012

A well-executed campaign of scorn and ridicule can demolish even the most promising politician’s electoral hopes.

By Chemi Shalev | Jul 6, 2012 | 03:43 PM

And crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea

America is blessed with splendid patriotic songs, but America the Beautiful is in a league of its own (along with Hatikvah, of course).

By Chemi Shalev | Jul 3, 2012 | 10:19 AM

Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir addressing the 1991 Madrid Conference

Yitzhak Shamir looked at me and saw the ghost of his favorite assassin

My first meeting with the late prime minister was enveloped in strange silence and haunting memories.

By Chemi Shalev | Jul 2, 2012 | 12:28 PM | 8

Yitzhak Shamir

Yitzhak Shamir, 1915-2012: A modest man, an uninspiring leader - and a genuine zealot

Contrary to his public image, Shamir was a likeable and open-minded man. But his hardline policies launched Israel on the road to a tragic dead end.

By Chemi Shalev | Jul 1, 2012 | 01:14 AM | 20

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Chief Justice John Roberts

In a Nixon-to-China moment, John Roberts hands Obama a sweet victory

In deciding not to nullify 'Obamacare' the U.S. chief justice may have also considered the prestige of the Supreme Court, which is in peril in both the U.S. and Israel - much for the same reasons.

By Chemi Shalev | Jun 29, 2012 | 04:29 AM | 2

Iran army - AP - 17.4.2012-2

Seriously? You don’t believe we’re on the Eve of Destruction?

Between the Four Horsemen and the Whore of Babylon, developments in the Middle East are fuelling speculation about an impending Doomsday and an Apocalypse soon. Rightly so.

By Chemi Shalev | Jun 24, 2012 | 01:38 PM

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