The plan constitutes a daring exercise in state-building which significantly alters the rules of the game that have heretofore governed Israeli-Palestinian relations. The potential inherent in this strategic shift cannot be exaggerated

Break through! Hamas meets one of the UN's requests. Hamas will not stand in the way of the creation of an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza, de facto Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Friday.

The 117-page study, titled The Israel Project's 2009 Global Language Dictionary, was commissioned by to promote Israel. Taken together, the 18 chapters offer a fascinating look at the way Israel and its supporters try to shape the public debate.

The objective of the Meeting was to discuss questions related to Israeli violations of international humanitarian law during the recent hostilities in the Gaza Strip and determine how the international community can uphold norms of international ...

"Our people will not say: 'Hello, I am from the propaganda department of the Israeli Foreign Ministry and I want to tell you the following.' Nor will they necessarily identify themselves as Israelis. Responces will be based on a prepared list..."

Defacto Palestinian Prime Minister Haniyeh met with ultra-Orthodox Jews on Thursday who came to Gaza with the 2nd convoy of British MP Galloway. Haniyeh praised his four Jewish guests, and said the convoy was "proof that Americans...

Pelosi aide, Mr. Bernal, claims that Pelosi is a single payer advocate. He asks, Where are the phone calls, e-mails and faxes in support of single-payer? He says she needs the support of the people to act. His words... "Make us do it"

Hamas forces have arrested some members of Islamic Jihad for launching rockets, releasing them after they signed forms saying they would no longer carry out attacks. Mr Habib said Islamic Jihad had "the right to resist" and would continue to fire rockets

In what could be termed a major headway towards peace, the government and three leading tribes of volatile Bajaur Agency have inked an agreement under which not only the local Taliban would surrender arms and all the training camps of the militants destro

At the first of five forums to be held this month "The president believes we need to be building on our current health care system" But Barnes said if Obama could create a health care system from scratch, the president would go with a single-payer system.