Israel

PLO names Abbas president of Palestine

The PLO named Mahmoud Abbas the president of the future state of Palestine.

Shas spiritual leader calls teachers ‘asses’

The spiritual leader of the fervently Orthodox Shas Party called Israel’s secular teachers “asses.”

Ideas

OP-ED: What Obama must do first for peace

President-elect Barack Obama should start his Middle East agenda by endorsing the Arab Peace Initiative — the best offer the Arabs have ever made to Israel, M.J. Rosenberg writes.

OP-ED: Palestinian civil war casts shadow over peace talks

Decrease in poverty-stricken Israelis is questioned

Gaza crossings remain closed after attacks

Israel-based neo-Nazis sentenced to prison

Iran executes one ‘spy,’ arrests another

Brzezinski, Scowcroft to Obama: peace first

Israel braces for Hebron pilgrimage

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