Former President Jimmy Carter raised eyebrows and questions  this week when he distanced himself  — but using a suspiciously bizarre choice of words —  from efforts to mount a boycott against the Jewish state. In an interview with the AP reprinted at the Ynet news site, Carter promoted a meeting of...

Both the White House and the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) blasted the decision of the government of Saudi Arabia Monday to deny an entry visa to Michael Wilner, the Washington bureau chief of the Jerusalem Post, during the visit of President Obama to Riyadh this week. Wilner, an American...

Reuters yesterday conveyed statements from Secretary of State John Kerry expressing his “hope” that the Ukraine crisis, which has pitted Washington against Russia, would not impact the international effort to degrade Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, a context in which the Obama administration had gambled heavily on extensive cooperation from the Kremlin. “I...

As Arab leaders gather in Kuwait this week, the Palestinian delegation will seek support for their rejectionist stance on the American-brokered peace talks with Israel, hoping to convince them to reinvigorate the Arab peace initiative as an alternative to the American track. The Israel Project’s Regional Analyst Paul Shindman believes Palestinian leader...

The Israeli military’s discovery of an underground “terror tunnel” stretching from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip deep into the Jewish state has deepened concerns that a U.S.-backed initiative to secure a comprehensive peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians may be deeply complicated – if not rendered untenable – by the...

Arab League officials over the weekend predicted that the bloc’s upcoming meeting in Kuwait will revolve around “rifts” dividing the Arab world, with both international wires and regional outlets using the phrase. Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy gave comments on Monday that – even under interpretations that have the various...