JERUSALEM -- "Reckless," "cavalier," "unscrupulous," "petty politician, not statesman"…these and such epithets applied to Benjamin Netanyahu by friends and foes alike -- not that he ended up with many friends -- when he was...
Waiting for Obama’s de Gaulle Moment
The Disappearing Palestinian
Wednesday: 8 Iraqis, 8 Iranians Killed; 119 Iraqis, 425 Iranians Wounded
Odds Against Nuclear Disarmament
At the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, earlier this month, President Obama stated that the leaders of the G8 nations embraced the strategy he outlined in Prague in April to strengthen the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). But the NPT itself is problematic. As such,...
US Tightens Screws on Honduras
The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama has revoked the visas of four senior officials of the de facto government in Honduras, the State Department announced Tuesday, in what was seen as the first of a series of new steps Washington is considering to force...
The ‘Superpower’ Conceit
The Circle Cannot Hold
Tuesday: 18 Iraqis Killed, 27 Wounded
Israeli Wall Bound to Become an Issue Again
JERUSALEM - Beneath the towering eight-meter concrete slabs, an army jeep patrols the Israeli side of the "security wall" that cuts through Palestinian territory, dividing the occupied West Bank from Israel. Suddenly, a soccer ball flies over the wall and...


