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Clinton visit: In a West Bank café, Palestinians ask how much will change
Patrons at 'Stars and Bucks' critique her statements. 'We already know the quotes by heart,' one says.
03/05/2009 12:00 am -
Opinion Build on Bush's Middle East progress
Despite Bush's early mistakes, Obama's team can keep valuable momentum there.
03/04/2009 12:00 am -
World
03/03/2009 12:00 am -
After Gaza war, a harder coexistence for Jews and Arabs
Israeli groups that focus on Jewish and Arab coexistence are just beginning to wrestle with the fallout from the Gaza war.
02/27/2009 12:00 am -
Global News Blog EU to promise $556 million for Palestinian aid. But who will oversee Gaza reconstruction?
02/27/2009 12:00 am -
Global News Blog Mitchell lands in Israel, rival Palestinian factions talk in Cairo
The US envoy arrives at a time when Israelis and Palestinians seem most absorbed with fixing their own houses before dealing with their neighbors.
02/26/2009 12:00 am -
Netanyahu leans centrist to form unity government in Israel
While the Likud chairman has broad support among right-wing parties after parliamentary polls, he’s courting Kadima’s Livni.
02/23/2009 12:00 am -
Opinion Contours of a Hamas-Fatah concord
Before they can make peace with Isarel, Palestinians must be united.
02/23/2009 12:00 am -
Lieberman nod to Netanyahu tips Israel right
The controversial leader of the Yisrael Beytenu party endorsed Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday, virtually ensuring that a right-wing coalition will govern the country.
02/20/2009 12:00 am -
Global News Blog Netanyahu gets nod to form new Israeli government
Netanyahu, who was tapped by President Shimon Peres, has six weeks to form a coalition government.
02/20/2009 12:00 am -
Key prisoners at center of Israeli-Hamas negotiations
Among the scores of Palestinian prisoners who Hamas wants freed in exchange for Israeli Sgt. Gilad Shalit is Marwan Barghouti, the most popular man in Fatah.
02/19/2009 12:00 am -
Global News Blog View from a barber shop where Saddam, Arafat, and Marwan Barghouti look on
02/18/2009 12:00 am -
Window closing for a two-state solution in the Middle East
Some see a risky 'one-state solution' as the only remaining option in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
02/17/2009 12:00 am -
With Israeli vote count final, party negotiations intensify
Livni and Netanyahu are each vying to form a coalition. Soldiers' ballots did not change the outcome.
02/13/2009 12:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Hamas says truce with Israel is near
Officials of the Palestinian group also indicate a prisoner swap, including Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, is in the works.
02/13/2009 12:00 am -
Key to who will govern Israel: Avigdor Lieberman
In a country divided between the centrist Kadima and hawkish Likud parties, a new kingmaker emerges from the far right.
02/12/2009 12:00 am -
New drive for Israel, Hamas cease-fire deal
With no official agreement, Israel's Kadima Party could falter in Tuesday's vote.
02/10/2009 12:00 am -
Global News Blog What Israeli voters really want
02/10/2009 12:00 am -
New drive for Israel, Hamas cease-fire deal
With no official agreement, Israel's Kadima Party could falter in Tuesday's vote.
02/09/2009 12:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Israel launches airstrikes in Gaza Monday
Israel said it was responding to rocket attacks Sunday.
02/09/2009 12:00 am -
Can Obama envoy George Mitchell kick-start Mideast peace?
Colleagues ask: If the former Northern Ireland peacemaker can't do it, who can?
02/09/2009 12:00 am -
Letters to the Editor
Readers write about whether there can be a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, how our mixed heritages make the world a more interesting place, and why the media should focus on solutions as well as problems.
02/09/2009 12:00 am -
Being a 'hyphenated American' opens two worlds
When you grow up with dual ethnicity, you face cultural challenges – and rewards.
02/06/2009 12:00 am -
Letters to the Editor
Readers write about why it's a good idea for the US to 'Buy American,' and how the Palestinians missed their chance for a two-state solution with Israel.
02/05/2009 12:00 am -
Opinion George Mitchell and the end of the two-state solution
Israel's settlement growth means we have to find a different plan.
02/04/2009 12:00 am
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