Everyone made nice when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to Washington last week.It was make up time.

“When I entered the prime minister’s office for my second term, I was summoned to Washington. ‘Not one brick’, they told me… The pressure from the international community and the Americans was enormous...

Intolerance, especially when it comes to issues involving the Middle East, is a destructive force that has distorted American politics and our policies, rendering us powerless to provide constructive leadership across the Arab world.Such intolerance was on display last week follo

We have been witnessing an epidemic of violence in Jerusalem.There have been killings and near fatal attacks in Israel and elsewhere in the occupied Palestinian lands, but it is Jerusalem that has been the epicentre of the violence.This tragedy has been compounded by the fact tha

Since the end of the Vietnam War, every US president has been consumed with and defined by events in the Middle East.During all this time, we spent more money, sent more troops, fought more wars, lost more lives and expended more political capital in that region than anywhere els

No one should have been surprised that Russia committed its military to the task of saving its ally in Syria from defeat.And no one should now be surprised if Saudi Arabia steps up its support for the Syrian opposition or if the opposition attacks Russian forces in Syria.From the

The Oslo Accords and the attendant peace process came into the world with a bang 22 years ago.

I was privileged to have been in attendance at many of Pope Francis’ events in Washington this past week. What came through so very clearly is that Francis is an American pope with a profoundly American message.For two days, he held Washington captive.

Having lived in Washington for almost four decades, I thought I was beyond becoming outraged by politicians who make bizarre claims that distort history and/or logic.This week’s Republican debate, however, featured a number of whoppers that left my blood boiling.Unfortunately, th