U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is continuing his efforts with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to begin negotiations in…

Secretary of State John Kerry has revived U.S. interest in a diplomatic solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestinians. The government of Benjamin Netanyahu,…

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the formation of his new government just days before the arrival of U.S. president Barack Obama on March 19.…

Benjamin Netanyahu will lead Israel’s next government, offering the Likud Party leader the chance to become Israel’s longest-serving prime minister since Israel’s founder David Ben…

Israel rules the West Bank like an obedient province, while it views the Gaza Strip as a hostile state. The result, as Barack Obama administration…

Today, policymakers and the public alike have surrendered in the face of dysfunctional domestic politics and the passions that drive the conflict. They are bored…

In June, the top-level Commission to Examine the Status of Building in Judea and Samaria hand-picked by Netanyahu in March rejected the international consensus, and…

Israel’s ruling institutions—the Knesset and the courts—are the instruments for imparting a stamp of legality on an extraordinary system that has all but emptied the…

The Israel Defense Forces and civilian police have, when called upon, obeyed decisions by Israel’s political leadership to evacuate settlers and settlements. More recently, however,…

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has not ended the occupation, but it has recorded one significant accomplishment. As one Israeli commentator explained, “Today it seems that…