Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, offered “nothing new” in his diatribe last Tuesday at his third appearance before a joint session of the US Congress, blasting ongoing negotiations in Europe between the so-called P5+1 group of nations — United Sta

All eyes, especially in the Middle East, will be focused next week on the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the most influential pro-Israel lobby in the US, which will be holding its annual conference, as always, near the US Congress led by the triumphant Republic

All eyes are now focused on the upcoming fortnight, awaiting the much-promised address to the joint session of the US Congress by the defiant Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, which is likely to turn matters sour between Israel and the US. This will most likely be the

For generations, hardly has any Israeli leader clashed as loudly with key powerful supporters — the American presidents — as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with President Barack Obama over the current US peace seeking stance with Iran over the latter’

It remains disappointing, if not disturbing, that President Barack Obama has avoided airing any views about the decades long Palestinian-Israeli conflict in a one-hour interview about US foreign policy issues with CNN’s much-respected anchorman Fareed Zakaria. One possible

The days may be numbered for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is about to lead his “ethnocracy” into a major conflict with the United States and other international governments that are attempting to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Israel and t

Most Arabs, particularly Palestinians, seemed ecstatic that the International Criminal Court (ICC) complied with their urgent request to investigate the Palestinian charges against Israeli war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories. This issue has troubled the Middle Eas

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, erroneously believes that his permanent self-defeating threats will cripple the Palestinian leadership from pursuing additional gains in their bid to win international recognition through the powerful United Nations and its various

Why is the United States hesitant to join the Arab world and several key European powers to compel Israel to end its occupation of the Palestinian territories in the West Bank, an infuriating situation that has lasted since 1967? Is it because of the influence of the Israeli lob