A new image of President Barack Obama that will undoubtedly shock many in the Arab world and Israel has emerged in a lengthy interview with the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg who has interviewed the American president several times.The interview, which was published fully, deal

Pope Francis slammed Israel with a double whammy this month, which marks the 67th anniversary of Israel’s virtual takeover of Palestine, when he canonised two Palestinian nuns and offered visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a medallion, explaining that it represented the

All eyes, especially in the Arab world, were focused this week on Barack Obama and the six leaders of the influential oil-rich Arabian Gulf states who were invited to the United States at the presidential compound in Camp David primarily to discuss the upcoming talks with Iran on

A well attended conference was held earlier this month at the prestigious National Press Club, one block away from the White House, featuring 15 prominent speakers; among them, American Arabs, American Jews and Israelis, who discussed “The Israel Lobby: Is it good for

As they say in America, all elections are local.

Once again US President Barack Obama missed a golden opportunity last week to castigate Israel for its loud criticism of his achievement in negotiating a preliminary agreement with Iran to derail its nuclear ambitions, which he described as “once in a lifetime opportunity&r

The image of Israel, certainly its present-day leaders, among Americans, particularly a high portion of American Jews, has received a devastating blow after the re-election of Benjamin Netanyahu for a fourth term last month. In turn, President Barack Obama is now seen as an infl

Despite his surprising re-election for a fourth term as Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu is still in the midst of a loud outcry over his outrageous pronouncements on the eve of the election, which are likely to mar his tenure. During his re-election campaign, he catego

Surprising, and pleasing, in the just-held Israeli parliamentary elections was the success of the large Palestinian community in Israel, which makes up about 20 per cent of the population, that launched a significant parliamentary bloc in the Knesset. The bloc, officially known