December 31, 2013
7:23 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, sits across from justice minister and Israeli chief negotiator Tzipi Livni, third right, Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat, second right, Yitzhak Molcho, an adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, fourth right, and Mohammed Shtayyeh, aide to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, at an Iftar dinner, which celebrates Ramadan, at the State Department in Washington, marking the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Monday, July 29, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Poll: Most Israelis, Palestinians support 2-state solution

Hebrew University study shows many on both sides eager to achieve peace, but wary of opposing party’s true aim

By Adiv Sterman

December 8, 2013
4:21 am

Obamas to attend Tuesday service for Mandela

President will be accompanied in South Africa by the first lady

By AP

December 7, 2013
12:42 pm

Former South African president Nelson Mandela in 2009. (photo credit: AP/Theana Calitz-Bilt, Pool)

Bereaved South Africa prepares to welcome world leaders

As thousands of mourners pour in, Johannesburg anticipates arrival of heads of state wishing to pay their respects to Mandela

By RAY FAURE

October 30, 2013
10:58 pm

A Palestinian boy walks past a wall painted with graffiti reading 'Death to Israel' in the northern Jerusalem Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina, July 2008 (photo credit: Michal Fattal/Flash90)

The curious Israeli half-battle against ‘Palestinian incitement’

Netanyahu warns repeatedly that Palestinian children being taught to hate Israel ‘lays the groundwork’ for continued terrorism. So why isn’t he reviving the joint panel designed to counter the malaise?

By Elhanan Miller

October 20, 2013
2:47 pm

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was closed for the first two weeks of October, due to the US government shutdown (photo credit: courtesy)

US Holocaust Museum plans for a future without survivors

Reopened last week after the government shutdown, ‘the conscience of the nation’ revs up its work with eye witnesses and continues to excavate memory

By Matt Lebovic

September 23, 2013
2:21 pm

A mother shows her son a book with a map defining all of Israel and the Palestinian Authority areas as "Palestine" and tells him: "This is your bride... when you grow up you will know the dowry." PA official daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 31, 2012.

Tackle incitement, stop the killings

Two decades after Oslo, Palestinians are still murdering Israelis because they’re still taught we have no place here. If that doesn’t change, nothing else will

By David Horovitz

August 9, 2013
12:31 am

Prof. Daniel Kahneman (image capture: YouTube)

Kahneman to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

Princeton psychologist who escaped the Nazis and served in the IDF compares being awarded to being struck by lightning

July 29, 2013
2:58 pm

US Ambassador Dan Shapiro and host Lior Lior Schlein on the Israeli political satire program 'Matzav Haumah' (State of the Nation), on July 27, 2013. (photo credit: screen shot, YouTube).

US envoy yuks it up on Israeli TV

Ambassador Dan Shapiro holds his own on Israeli satire show

By Asher Zeiger

June 26, 2013
2:10 pm

Marc Rich and his wife Gisela in 2000. (photo credit: AP Photo/Urs Flueeler)

Controversial financier Marc Rich dies in Switzerland

Rich, 78, fled US to avoid fraud charges in 1983; will be buried in Israel on Thursday

By John Heilprin

June 19, 2013
4:13 pm

President Shimon Peres with Barbra Streisand at Peres's 90th birthday party, June 19, 2013 (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

The king is still alive, long live the king

The press goes gaga for Peres, but some say the hubbub over his 90th birthday is excessive as well as premature

By Ilan Ben Zion

June 19, 2013
3:23 pm

Richard A. Clarke speaks at the Third Annual International Cyber Security Conference of Tel Aviv University's Yuval Ne’eman Workshop (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Running out of time on Iran, and all out of options

The Iranians will complete their nuclear program unless somebody stops them, says Richard Clarke, former White House counterterror chief. But military intervention could have ‘apocalyptic’ consequences

By David Horovitz

June 19, 2013
2:16 pm

Peres roasted for birthday bash

Journalists and Facebook users express dismay at excessive media coverage of president’s lavish, star-studded celebration

By Adiv Sterman

June 19, 2013
12:30 pm

President Shimon Peres awards former president Bill Clinton with the Presidential Medal of Distinction, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

Peres honors ‘cherished friend’ Bill Clinton

In accepting Presidential Medal of Distinction, former US leader recalls his mistakes, calls on Israel to make peace with the Palestinians

By Gavriel Fiske and Raphael Ahren

June 19, 2013
2:21 am

Babs and Shimon (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash 90)

Happy birthday, Mr. President

Shimon Peres rakes in the blessings, greetings, and good wishes at a fan-filled 90th birthday bash in Jerusalem

By Jessica Steinberg

June 18, 2013
11:05 pm

Israeli singer Shlomo Artzi congratulates Israeli President Shimon Peres after performing at a celebration in honor of Peres's 90th birthday, in Jerusalem, June 18, 2013. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

Peres: ‘We came to the promised land, we must make it a land of promise’

Speaking at 90th birthday party, president calls for more just Israeli society, says ‘Israel and Palestine of tomorrow offer children ray of hope’

By Adiv Sterman and Times of Israel staff

Topic: Bill Clinton