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March 19, 2013
11:14 pm

Netanyahu, Obama and Abbas during a meeting in New York in 2009 (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

With large gaps, an interim deal might be realistic

Could Obama’s visit produce an agreement leaving both Jerusalem and Ramallah only partially satisfied?

January 25, 2013
1:18 am

Egyptian protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo (photo credit: Amr Nabil/AP)

In Davos, examining the Arab Spring’s mixed bag

Political liberation can be a double-edged sword, the Middle East learns

By Dan Perry

January 17, 2013
6:13 am

Yair Lapid in his home this week. (photo credit: AP/Oded Balilty)

Newcomer Lapid says he won’t join coalition for free

TV anchor turned head of fledgling Yesh Atid party vows to demand prime minister take care of ultra-Orthodox, peace process

By Dan Perry and Josef Federman

January 12, 2013
5:32 am

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians take part in a rally marking the 48th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah movement, in Gaza City on January 4 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Israel’s left draws on demographic doomsday in effort to mobilize voters

Threat of binational state may not be enough to lure disillusioned public back to land-for-peace formula

By Dan Perry

December 25, 2012
3:26 am

Egyptian opposition leader Hamdeen Sabahi in his office in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. (photo credit: Nasser Nasser/AP)

New Egyptian charter is illegitimate, leading opposition figure says

Most Egyptians are not Islamists; low turnout gives hardliners an edge, shows public’s mistrust of new government, according to Hamdeen Sabahi

By Aya Batrawy and Dan Perry

November 17, 2012
3:59 am

Smoke rises from a building in the northern Gaza Strip after an Israeli airstrike on November 16 (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

Operation Pillar of Defense: A clash of arms and narratives

Current historical moment takes on particular potential for instability and escalation

By Dan Perry and Josef Federman

October 15, 2012
2:21 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laughs during a recent cabinet meeting (photo credit: AP/Jim Hollander)

Netanyahu faces wild cards in early elections

Vote pits Israel’s Western-oriented liberals against the PM’s alliance of social conservatives, security hawks and fundamentalist Jews

By Dan Perry

April 23, 2012
9:24 pm

Former Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia gestures as he speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in his office in Abu Dis, near Jerusalem, Monday, April 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Former Palestinian PM Qureia says one-state solution may be necessary

Claim follows argument that Israel may need to leave territories in order to avoid demographic disaster

By Dan Perry

The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Dan Perry

With large gaps, an interim deal might be realistic

Could Obama’s visit produce an agreement leaving both Jerusalem and Ramallah only partially satisfied?

In Davos, examining the Arab Spring’s mixed bag

Political liberation can be a double-edged sword, the Middle East learns

Newcomer Lapid says he won’t join coalition for free

TV anchor turned head of fledgling Yesh Atid party vows to demand prime minister take care of ultra-Orthodox, peace process

Israel’s left draws on demographic doomsday in effort to mobilize voters

Threat of binational state may not be enough to lure disillusioned public back to land-for-peace formula

New Egyptian charter is illegitimate, leading opposition figure says

Most Egyptians are not Islamists; low turnout gives hardliners an edge, shows public’s mistrust of new government, according to Hamdeen Sabahi

Operation Pillar of Defense: A clash of arms and narratives

Current historical moment takes on particular potential for instability and escalation

Netanyahu faces wild cards in early elections

Vote pits Israel’s Western-oriented liberals against the PM’s alliance of social conservatives, security hawks and fundamentalist Jews

Former Palestinian PM Qureia says one-state solution may be necessary

Claim follows argument that Israel may need to leave territories in order to avoid demographic disaster

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