Anonymous says that its actions support a freer world, ‘where governments don’t oppress their citizens’
Officials: US drops demand for settlement freeze - AP
U.S. officials say the Obama administration is abandoning attempts to convince Israel to slow West Bank settlement construction
TheDC Analysis: Unicorns, centaurs and a 'moment of opportunity' for peace in the Middle East - TheDC
A ‘moment of opportunity’ for Arab-Israeli peace? Fiction. Forging an Arab-Israeli alliance against Iran? Nonfiction.
Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast talks - AP
To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their American mediators quietly agreed to push aside the question of Hamas
Obama, Netanyahu condemn killings as talks open - AP
Standing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, Obama condemned the killings on Tuesday of four Israelis who were shot
Hamas claims responsibility for attack on Israelis - AP
A Palestinian gunman opened fire on an Israeli vehicle traveling in the West Bank on Tuesday, killing four passengers, authorities said, in a deadly attack that cast a long shadow over Mideast peace talks set to start this week
US officials: Mideast talks starting soon - AP
The Obama administration says it is near to securing an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians to resume direct peace
Obama voices support for weakening Israeli blockade - AP
‘The situation in Gaza is unsustainable,’ Obama said as he met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office
OPINION: Dems can't afford to slam Israel in an election year - Newsweek
Adler argues that liberals are wrong to expect the current dust-up to trigger a major long term shift in U.S.-Israel relations
Ahmadinejad tells US to 'fight terrorism like Iran' - AFP
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged Barack Obama to follow Tehran’s example in fighting terrorism in a letter sent to his US counterpart, the Iranian leader’s office said on Wednesday
Barbershop politics in Baghdad - THE NEW YORK TIMES
Iraq may yet be riven with ethnic and sectarian divisions – certainly among its political leaders but on the walls of the barbershop hung a postcard of a Christian altar and another of Imam Hussein, the revered Shiite martyr