Did you miss the news in the Middle East last week? If so, you may not realize what President Barack Obama’s reassurance to Israel means for Iran’s nuclear threat or how the civil war in Syria could impact your world,…
The trip of US President Barack Obama to Israel has on the surface been relatively staid: No grandiose peace plans or attack plans. No groundbreaking decisions. But the details coming from Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shed crucial…
US President Barack Obama said there’s “not a lot of daylight” between the American and Israeli positions on Iran’s nuclear program, and in terms of timeline the sides are saying the same thing: Iran could build a nuclear weapon in…
Barack Obama’s first visit to Israel as US President began with a lot of thanks from Israeli leaders—expressions of gratitude that underline the important values held by Israelis: self-defense and Israel’s status as the Jewish homeland. With Iran’s nuclear program…
The latest countdown to red lines on Iran’s nuclear progress is officially up and running. Just last year, Netanyahu said the world needed to act by this summer, lest Tehran cross thresholds in its nuclear program that would make it…
Recently, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas offered a virtual case study on the incredibly complicated world of diplomacy: The same week he met with US Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss the peace process, he also praised dictator Hugo Chavez…