Influential magazine says: “He’s conquered Israel. But will Netanyahu now make peace – or war?” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu graced the cover of Time magazine that hit newsstands on Thursday, a week after the magazine made headlines with a provocative cover of a woman breastfeeding her three-year old son. “King Continue Reading »

Shimon Peres and Ron Lauder see Ottawa playing a part in future negotiations. The United States has long been a major player in attempts to broker Middle East peace, but now Washington’s neighbor to the north is looking to get into the game. Ten days after President Shimon Peres’s state Continue Reading »

Palestinian officials Sunday dismissed a new Israeli proposal for restarting peace talks, saying the document falls short of their long-standing demands. The cool reception bodes poorly for hopes of the resumption of peace talks between the Palestinians and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who fortified his ruling coalition last week Continue Reading »

‘Homeland’ star visits Israel to film scenes for hit show, says he wants his grandkids ‘to be able to have hummus with their neighbors in Hebron’ “Homeland” star Mandy Patinkin has made a small push for peace while filming episodes of the hit TV show in Israel. Israel’s Channel 10 Continue Reading »

Netanyahu’s letter to Abbas earlier this week included the first ever pledge by the PM, in an official document, to establish a Palestinian state in line with the two-state solution. The national unity government has created a new opportunity to move the peace process ahead, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote Continue Reading »

Calling an Iranian nuclear bomb “a real danger to humanity,” Israel’s President on Wednesday night nevertheless reiterated his appeal for calm in dealing with the Iranian regime. “It is better to start with non-military efforts than to go straight to war,” Shimon Peres told journalist David Frum during a live Continue Reading »

Op-ed: Peace talks can’t be successful unless tight grip of narratives sustaining conflict is dislodged Something has gone horribly wrong with the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s recent decision not to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is only the latest example and reason for the Continue Reading »

In special holiday interview, President Peres insists Palestinian counterpart ‘is most prominent Arab leader to speak against war, for peace’; adds Israel ‘can handle Iranian peril’ President Shimon Peres is not a fan of the narrative led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when it comes to Iran and the Holocaust Continue Reading »

For three years, attempts at negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian leadership have failed because of a lack of trust. It now seems highly unlikely that the two sides will return to negotiations — but that does not mean the status quo must be frozen in place. Israel doesn’t need Continue Reading »

It was a year ago this month that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas turned his back on the U.S.-sponsored “peace process” with Israel and embarked on a radically different strategy for achieving Palestinian statehood. It’s time for a reckoning. Abbas’s step one was the surprise signing of an agreement in Cairo Continue Reading »