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BY AMOS For me, the biggest story of the latest WikiLeaks release so far is the documentation of active Arab lobbying against Iran and rep...

Reading over Richard Allen's op-ed in the New York Times today, I asked myself whether the author isn't suffering from the same ment...

In a letter to the Times on the occasion of Israel's 62nd birthday, Jeremy Ben-Ami of J-Street repeats the axiom that has guided public...

BY AMOS In a recent post, Noah K . referred to Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren's "snub" of J Street, reported by Ha'aretz...

So is Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren going to address the J Street convention? It's not clear . Kishkushim had high hopes fo...

BY AMOS Watching Obama maneuvering the treacherous terrain of Middle East policy has been a pleasure. History will show that those who regar...

Photo: Shalem Cente r BY AMOS Ambassador Michael Oren Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu picked Michael Oren (b. 1955) as...

BY AMOS (Photo: Wikimedia Commons ) Aluf Benn provides an  excellent analysis of Netanyahu's Washington-strategy. Many commentators are...

Even though Labor MKs have been boasting that they are not afraid to enter the opposition, they have been increasing the pressure on Livni t...

Sourc e Great interactive tool on the members of the incoming administration.  

Map showing the Philadelphi Corridor Although the IDF build-up on the border to Gaza is continuing, there are signs that Israel is hesitan...

Essex and Grand St., January 200 8 Overheard at a bakery on the Lower East Side: Owner : Oy. Gesheft [business]. Customer 1 looks at him. O...

I'm curious what exactly Amr Hamzaway is talking about: US policies in the region are in the grip of a severe credibility crisis. I am...

I wish one could laugh at the stupidity of this headline, which the editors of the Greek daily Avriani saw fit to print yesterday, and whic...

Sen. Joe Lieberman (Photo: Huffington Post ) This morning on NBC’s Meet the Press , the McCain campaign deployed independent Democrat Joe Li...

(Photo: Wikipedia) In recent days, "accusations" that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is a Muslim (as if this were ...

The Two-State Solution (Image by Makaristos ) In the wake of Annapolis, we heard mostly skepticism and derision about the latest US-backed d...

What makes an empire great? What makes it really great – more durable and expansive than its rivals? What makes an empire a “hyper power,” t...

Protesting against "Islamo-Fascism"? How about chilling the f--- out instead? The term "Islamo-Fascism" gained some curr...

Sam is a Catbacker. His supporters are known as Brownbackers. (Photo: foxnews.com ) These are lean days for America's "value voters...