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June 18, 2013
3:53 pm

Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, left, congratulates Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood party's leader for winning the biggest number of seats in parliamentary elections in Cairo, January 21, 2012 (photo credit: AP)

Egyptian protesters besiege Hamas at Cairo hotel

Some demonstrators attempt to kidnap Islamist delegates ‘to trade them for [Egyptian] officers abducted in Sinai’

By Elhanan Miller

June 18, 2013
1:38 pm

President Barack Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, Monday, June 17, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Evan Vucci)

Russia’s intransigence on Syria leaves Arabs sour

‘The prospect of confrontation between the US and Russia has reached the point of no return,’ warns Saudi news site

By Elhanan Miller

June 18, 2013
1:37 am

Iranian President elect Hasan Rowhani, center, is accompanied by Hasan Khomeini, grandson of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, right, and Ayatollah Mousavi Bojnourdi, during visit of Ayatollah Khomeini's shrine, just outside Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 16, 2013 (photo credit: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

Rowhani’s past actions speak louder than today’s soft words, experts say

As nuclear chief in the early 2000s, new president suspended enrichment only to resume it; said the world would learn to live with a nuclear Iran

By Elhanan Miller

June 17, 2013
5:29 pm

Palestinian supporters of Hamas attend a rally marking the 25th anniversary of the Islamist movement's foundation in the West bank town of Ramallah, December 14, 2012 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Islamist students vow to fight PA crackdown in West Bank

New campaign calls on Hamas-affiliated students to resist ‘political’ investigation summonses

By Elhanan Miller

June 17, 2013
3:27 pm

Hezbollah supporters wave Hezbollah and Palestinian flags during a demonstration against the Israeli offensive in Gaza near UN headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday, November 17, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Hamas to Hezbollah: Get out of Syria

In rare criticism, Gaza’s Islamist rulers tacitly accuse Lebanese militia of abandoning the Palestinian cause and sowing sectarian strife

By Elhanan Miller

June 16, 2013
3:36 pm

Egyptian Salafis shout slogans against Syrian President Bashar Assad as one waves a Syrian revolutionary flag during a rally after the Friday prayers at Amr Ibn Al As mosque, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 14, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Elation over Rowhani victory eludes Arabs

‘Caution is warranted,’ says one commentator regarding new Iranian president; officers defect en masse from the Syrian army

By Elhanan Miller

June 16, 2013
1:45 am

A female supporter of Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani flashes a victory sign as she holds his poster during a celebration gathering in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 15, 2013 (photo credit: AP)

Iran votes for change, but new president will have a hard time delivering

Hasan Rowhani may have his heart in the right place, but his ability to overcome a conservative supreme leader is limited

By Elhanan Miller

June 13, 2013
9:07 pm

Michael Walzer at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, June 12, 2013 (photo credit: Elhanan Miller/Times of Israel)

US should stay out of Syria, American expert warns

With no ‘good’ side to support, Michael Walzer says Washington should increase humanitarian aid rather than intervene militarily

By Elhanan Miller

June 13, 2013
3:26 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting in the Kremlin earlier this month (photo credit: AP/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Putin the moves on Assad

Iran’s most liberal presidential candidate tells Saudi Arabia he wants its friendship

By Elhanan Miller

June 11, 2013
10:49 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Egyptian then-president Hosni Mubarak at Sharm el Sheikh, May 11, 2009. (photo credit: Moshe Milner/Flash90)

What’s left of Israel’s peace with its neighbors?

Ties with Jordan and Egypt are cool and growing colder, diplomats say, with new challenges adding fragility to relations already freighted with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By Elhanan Miller

June 11, 2013
4:03 pm

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrians inspect a damaged shop at a scene of two explosions in the central district of Marjeh, Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 (photo credit: AP/SANA)

Lebanon implores Iran to rein in Hezbollah

Algerian president’s absence is putting a media strain on his government, claims Arab daily

By Elhanan Miller

June 10, 2013
7:44 pm

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (photo credit: AP/Maya Alleruzzo)

Anti-Morsi campaign garners 13 million signatures

‘Rebel’ initiative claims Egyptian president failed the revolutionary aspirations of the people, calls for early elections

By Elhanan Miller

June 10, 2013
6:34 pm

Hamas spokesman Salah Bardawil (YouTube screenshot)

Hamas official: Ties with Tehran hurt, not severed

Salah Bardawil says his movement would rather fight Israel than Iran and Hezbollah

By Elhanan Miller

June 10, 2013
2:29 pm

Hezbollah supporters clash with supporters of the Lebanese Option Party during a protest in front of the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, June 9, 2013 (photo credit: AP)

Hezbollah flexes its muscles in Beirut

Assad supporters shoot an anti-regime demonstrator dead in the Lebanese capital, and Tripoli decides to eliminate armed groups

By Elhanan Miller

June 9, 2013
4:30 pm

A damaged street in Qusair, Syria (photo credit: AP/SANA)

First we take Qusair, then we take Homs

Sudan shuts the oil tap on South Sudan, accusing it of aiding separatist rebels

By Elhanan Miller

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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: Elhanan Miller

Egyptian protesters besiege Hamas at Cairo hotel

Some demonstrators attempt to kidnap Islamist delegates ‘to trade them for [Egyptian] officers abducted in Sinai’

Russia’s intransigence on Syria leaves Arabs sour

‘The prospect of confrontation between the US and Russia has reached the point of no return,’ warns Saudi news site

Rowhani’s past actions speak louder than today’s soft words, experts say

As nuclear chief in the early 2000s, new president suspended enrichment only to resume it; said the world would learn to live with a nuclear Iran

Islamist students vow to fight PA crackdown in West Bank

New campaign calls on Hamas-affiliated students to resist ‘political’ investigation summonses

Hamas to Hezbollah: Get out of Syria

In rare criticism, Gaza’s Islamist rulers tacitly accuse Lebanese militia of abandoning the Palestinian cause and sowing sectarian strife

Elation over Rowhani victory eludes Arabs

‘Caution is warranted,’ says one commentator regarding new Iranian president; officers defect en masse from the Syrian army

Iran votes for change, but new president will have a hard time delivering

Hasan Rowhani may have his heart in the right place, but his ability to overcome a conservative supreme leader is limited

US should stay out of Syria, American expert warns

With no ‘good’ side to support, Michael Walzer says Washington should increase humanitarian aid rather than intervene militarily

Putin the moves on Assad

Iran’s most liberal presidential candidate tells Saudi Arabia he wants its friendship

What’s left of Israel’s peace with its neighbors?

Ties with Jordan and Egypt are cool and growing colder, diplomats say, with new challenges adding fragility to relations already freighted with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Lebanon implores Iran to rein in Hezbollah

Algerian president’s absence is putting a media strain on his government, claims Arab daily

Anti-Morsi campaign garners 13 million signatures

‘Rebel’ initiative claims Egyptian president failed the revolutionary aspirations of the people, calls for early elections

Hamas official: Ties with Tehran hurt, not severed

Salah Bardawil says his movement would rather fight Israel than Iran and Hezbollah

Hezbollah flexes its muscles in Beirut

Assad supporters shoot an anti-regime demonstrator dead in the Lebanese capital, and Tripoli decides to eliminate armed groups

First we take Qusair, then we take Homs

Sudan shuts the oil tap on South Sudan, accusing it of aiding separatist rebels

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