Condoleezza Rice

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and US President Donald Trump are seen prior to their meeting at the Palace Hotel in New York City ahead of the United Nations General Assembly on September 18, 2017.(AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

May 7, 2019, 1:03 am

Under Trump, US a mere bystander in Israel-Hamas ceasefire efforts

Preferring to stand in Jewish state’s corner, White House allows Egypt and UN to fill vacuum as mediators during Gaza conflicts in break from traditional policy

By Jacob Magid

Then-Israeli PM Ehud Olmert meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in Jerusalem, on November 17, 2008. (Moshe Milner GPO/Flash90)

March 26, 2018, 6:54 am

Ehud Olmert: When peace was within arm’s reach, I was politically ‘assassinated’

In new memoirs, jailbird ex-PM alleges a conspiracy of Israeli forces thwarted him: ‘They killed Rabin with bullets. I live in Maasiyahu jail. This, too, is an assassination’

By Marissa Newman

Professors David M. Kennedy and Condoleeza Rice at Stanford University in 'American Creed.' (Courtesy PBS)

February 27, 2018, 4:31 am

PBS documentary reminds Americans of their ties that bind — not gag

In ‘American Creed,’ San Francisco filmmaker Sam Ball examines different ways people keep the country’s founding ideals alive in a time of extreme political polarization

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Eliot Cohen, director of the Strategic Studies program, introduces US Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before remarks at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2016. (DoD Photo by US Army Sgt. James K. McCann)

October 17, 2017, 4:56 am

The ex-Bush staffer whose ‘Jewish sensibility’ made him a leading Trump critic

Former counselor to the State Department Eliot Cohen argues it’s a mistake for ‘another highly identifiable American Jew’ to lead Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy for US

By Eric Cortellessa

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton facing off during the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, September 26, 2016. (AFP/Paul J. Richards)

October 9, 2016, 7:51 pm

Trump faces uphill battle in second debate with Clinton

Republican candidate, abandoned by many in his own party over recorded comments on women, to face questions from undecided voters

By AFP

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, right, shakes hands with Republican nominee Donald Trump after the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York on September 26, 2016. (AFP Photo/Timothy A. Clary)

October 9, 2016, 12:07 pm

At campaign nadir, Trump set to face Clinton in second debate

Mired in latest scandal over vulgar comments, Republican presidential candidate will field questions from undecided voters

By Olivia Hampton

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at London's Stansted Airport, north of London on September 18, 2015. (AFP Photo/Pool/Evan VucciI)

April 6, 2016, 9:58 pm

Kerry breaks record as most traveled secretary of state

Former senator clocks 1.06 million miles as top diplomat, outstripping Condoleezza Rice’s record

By Bradley Klapper

Then-vice president Dick Cheney watches a TV broadcast of the Twin Towers burning following the attack on New York on September 11, 2001. (US National Archives)

July 25, 2015, 3:30 pm

A presidency horrified: New images offer inside look at Bush administration on 9/11

Pictures show president, senior staff at White House grappling with immediate aftermath of terror attacks on New York, Washington

By TOI staff

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the Council of Foreign Relations on July 24, 2015 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

July 24, 2015, 6:23 pm

Kerry: Bush offered Iran better terms, Iran walked away

Defending nuke deal, secretary claims 2008 proposal involved generous US concessions for Tehran to halt enrichment, reprocessing

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

August 15, 2014, 1:46 am

The new US-Israeli quarrel. How bad is it, really?

The withholding of a missile shipment is nothing to worry about, an ex-defense minister says. Others call it a ‘very serious rupture’

By Raphael Ahren

US Secretary of State John Kerry (right) with former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice during a ceremony to unveil the official painting of her that will hang in the State Department, June 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Paul J. Richards)

June 20, 2014, 5:22 am

Rice, Kerry laud each other’s peace efforts

US secretary of state also praises his Republican predecessor for laying the groundwork for Iran sanctions

By Ron Kampeas

Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Twin Peaks, at a news conference in Sacramento, California, April 4, 2011 (photo credit: AP)

May 15, 2014, 9:11 am

Governor hopeful’s Obama-Hitler comparison worries California GOP

Republicans concerned moderate Neel Kashkari may lose to Tim Donnelly, who said US gun control laws were akin to those of Nazis

By AP

PLO official Hanan Ashrawi (Ahmad Gharabli/Flash90)

January 27, 2014, 2:09 pm

Palestinians: Yes to Jews, no to settlers in our state

Netanyahu raised issue of settlers remaining in a future Palestine during recent talks with John Kerry, Palestinian official says

By Elhanan Miller

US Secretary of State John Kerry waits for departure after boarding a Jordanian helicopter in Jerusalem, en route to Amman, Jordan, to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Saturday, June 29, 2013. (photo credit: AP /Jacquelyn Martin)

January 3, 2014, 7:21 am

Just like his predecessors, Kerry finds trouble crossing the Jordan

Back when Bush and Rice were seeking a deal, Barak drew up an ‘Eight Point’ paper that kept the IDF in the Jordan Valley. Abbas said no. Now, Kerry is mired in the same dispute

By Avi Issacharoff

US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, takes questions from reporters with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in July 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin/File)

August 9, 2013, 7:37 pm

Despite chill, Kerry launches talks with Russia

Top US diplomat cites ‘challenging moments’; Russian FM urges both sides to act like ‘grown-ups’

By Matthew Lee