Acre is Burning! This was the headline of one Israeli newspaper on Day Five of the communal clashes that erupted between Arab and Jewish residents in the historic coastal town. It began on Yom Kippur,
Recent months have demonstrated greater European willingness to play a larger part in the Middle East’s most protracted conflict, that of Israel and Palestine. But willingness doesn’t necessarily indicate
It has been a strange anomaly of history that Lebanon and Syria have never had normal diplomatic relations. That anomaly is now finally being laid to rest with a decree from Syrian President Bashar
The talk about banks being humbled by the meltdown is not true, commented The Independent in an eeditorial yesterday. Experts: There is much talk in the city of banks and their managements
When I was in Alaska last month, several people told me they were afraid to speak about Sarah Palin on the record, lest they invite retaliation from the governor’s office or, God forbid, from the next
