...Hagel will soon win the American Jewish Committee's Man of the Year award. He takes a tougher line on certain Israeli government policies, and a softer line on Iran, than most mainstream American politicians, but some of his views are shared...

...Republican candidates express unqualified support for Israeli government policy and unprecedented backing for Israeli settlement...pro-Israel" is to sign on to the policy agenda of an Israeli government led by a right-of-center prime minister and...

...the political system that would reduce the power of small parties.It's true that a more stable and centrist Israeli government may take action on Iran or Palestinian statehood. Mr. Netanyahu is positioned to move aggressively in either area...

...the Israeli public -- which will ultimately vote on whether to ratify a deal -- that it is serious. Despite the Israeli government's apparent willingness to make deep territorial concessions on the Golan Heights, Syria has been reluctant to...

...Grave questions can be raised about whether the Israeli government's approach to the Syrian negotiations has properly...abdicate its strong existing bargaining position. The Israeli government's painfully transparent eagerness to reach a plausible...

...millennium. In a sign of the enormous importance the Jewish state attaches to this historic visit, virtually the entire Israeli government -- from the prime minister and president on down -- was on hand to greet the aging, ailing spiritual leader of...

...the world over, the biblical town of Nazareth is a living shrine. But for the people of this workaday town, old gospel stories tend to take a back seat to economic worries, religious tensions and quarrels with the Israeli government.

...time has come to take care of the community's most pressing interest -- ending decades of discrimination by Israeli governments. "The main issue for Israeli Arabs is beginning to be their citizenship, their status in Israel," said Jafar...

...of vertigo these days. Only six months ago, the Israeli government stood on the brink of a comprehensive agreement...seemed possible only to its most ardent doves, the Israeli government will now line up behind a hawk who had been marginalized...

...Party as bankrupt of ideas, Republicans behave as if they're sorry they won. They're like too many recent Israeli governments, which have behaved apologetically for defending themselves against the genocidal policies of their neighbors...