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I write this from New Orleans, where I am participating in the Bipartisan Policy Center's Inaugural Political Summit. Comment?
This means that no war has broken out, no suicide bomb has exploded, no Qassam rocket has been launched at Sderot. Comment?
Hamas says Israel lobbying against Gaza
Islamic Hamas movement on Saturday accused Israel of lobbying against the Gaza Strip to launch a military operation in the Hamas-controlled enclave. Comment?
Sarkozy offers to host summit to break Mideast deadlock
French President Nicolas Sarkozy offered last week to host an international summit in Paris to break the deadlock in the Middle East peace process. Comment?
Is Turkey really moving away from the West and linking up with the illiberal regimes of the Middle East, thus initiating an undemocratic trend? This is the hottest issue debated both in domestic and international circles nowadays. Comment?
In a clinic in the beleaguered Gaza Strip, Ratib Samur makes his way from one patient to the next armed with little more than a small box filled with enraged bees. Comment?
Hamas says Israel seeks pretext for a new war
Israel recently accused Hamas of having test-fired a long-range Iranian-made rocket capable of reaching targets in Israel . Comment?
Livni slams Mofaz over his diplomatic proposals
Kadima leader Tzipi Livni attacked her No. 2 in the party, Shaul Mofaz, over the weekend, accusing him of adopting policies that she had campaigned against around the world. Comment?
Announcing my candidacy for president of Palestine
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I am formally announcing my candidacy to run for president of Palestine in the next election on the "quid pro quo" peace party. Comment?
Comment / Only precondition for peace is that Netanyahu be a statesman
Another innovation has been added to the list of sophisticated negotiation-stalling tactics. Comment?
Mofaz supporters: Poll shows Israelis willing to talk with Hamas
A Haaretz poll showing 57 percent support for Kadima MK Shaul Mofaz's peace plan "proves the Israeli public is almost always a step ahead of its leadership," sources close to Mofaz said yesterday. Comment?
IDF chief Ashkenazi: Army open to looking into Goldstone claims
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi said last week that the army was willing to probe claims of wrongdoing by its soldiers. Comment?
Gideon Levy / Peres is a small man, not Richard Goldstone
President Shimon Peres considers Richard Goldstone a "small man, devoid of any sense of justice, a technocrat with no real understanding of jurisprudence." Same to you, we used to say when we were kids. Comment?
Omran Risheq addresses and important question: what is Hamas up to in the West Bank? "Sources inside Hamas say that the movement has frozen its activities, in line with a 1989 strategy delineating how the movement should handle crises. Comment?
Frustrated Israelis increasingly favour peace talks with Hamas
TEL AVIV // Israelis, whose leadership has long considered Hamas to be a terrorist organisation that should be shunned, are starting to show signs of favouring talks with the Palestinian Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip. Comment?
Palestinian groups send out feelers
RAMALLAH // Palestinians will commemorate the Palestine Liberation Organisation's 1988 declaration of independence today and, in a rare unified act, schools in both the West Bank and Gaza will close to observe the holiday. Comment?
Israeli troops kill Palestinian along Gaza border
Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man along the Gaza Strip border early Friday, both sides said, but the circumstances of the incident were unclear. Comment?
Analysis: IDF supports peace talks with Syria
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Whether the peace signals Israel has been sending to Syria over the past week are genuine or a ploy to pressure Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to sit down at the negotiating table, one thing is for sure: they have the full backing of IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi. Comment?
Asheknazi: We are checking all civilian Cast Lead claims
The IDF made mistakes in the heat of the battle during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip earlier this year, Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said Friday, in an appearance before Beersheba high-school students. Comment?
Think-tank: Abbas has little chance of winning elections
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's chances of being reelected are slim, and the likelihood the Palestinian Authority will be able to hold successful presidential elections in January is as low as ever, according to a special report presented to MKs last week. Comment?