300,000 Number of Israeli settlers who live in the West Bank 2 million Number of Palestinians who reside in the West Bank ...more

May 29, 2009

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel will continue to build homes in existing West Bank settlements, defying U.S. calls to halt settlement growth. ...more

May 25, 2009

Former Air Force Officer A.J. D'Amario questions the foreign policy goals for President Barack Obama. ...more

February 18, 2009

Fidel Castro on Thursday threw his first punch at President Barack Obama after several weeks of praise for the new leader, demanding the U.S. return Guantanamo Bay military base to Cuba and criticizing the U.S. defense of Israel. ...more

January 29, 2009

60 Percent of Americans were sympathetic toward the Israelis 17 Percent of Americans supported the Palestinians ...more

January 26, 2009

According to all Israeli accounts since 2001, the rocket and mortar attacks have killed 20 Israeli citizens. However, in the days since the Israeli blitzkrieg invasion of Gaza, the hospital authorities claim 683 dead, 218 of them children and 3,085 wounded. ...more

January 14, 2009

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Newsweek-The Post's Lally Weymouth that the conflict in Gaza is not a fight of Israelis against Palestinians but a case in which Israel represents moderates in the region, including the Palestinian Authority. Here are some excerpts: ...more

January 12, 2009

The Middle East crisis is so divisive that even members of the local peace group can come down on opposite sides. ...more

January 9, 2009

When it comes to repairing the faltering U.S. economy, Barack Obama offers vision, numbers and detail. But as Israeli bombs and Palestinian missiles explode in the Middle East, the president-elect has responded with silence. ...more

January 4, 2009

Nearly 30 months after an Israeli soldier was captured, students demanded his release in a protest outside the prime minister's office in Jerusalem. ...more

December 22, 2008