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The game among Israeli aides yesterday was checking their wristwatches to see how much time U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave to Tzipi Livni and Benjamin Netanyahu - the political rivals who are both staking a claim to become the country's next Prime Minister. In her first swing through...
Clinton was never going to avoid running into domestic Israeli politics on her visit. Livni's centrist Kadima Party posted a narrow win in Feb. 10 parliamentary elections but has been unable to stitch together a governing coalition. Now the hawkish Netanyahu is trying his luck, turning to the right...
Still, Israel's security chiefs have been pushing its political leaders toward the negotiating table. They recognize that Syria is the one hostile party on the Arab side of the peace process that could possibly keep its end of a bargain and prevent the Golan from being turned into a...
One major difficulty in thawing relations is that militant groups such as Hizballah and Hamas, backed by Syria (and Iran), have grown into significant threats to Israel. And then there's the matter of Syria's alliance with Iran, which gives Damascus strategic depth. Moreover, some Israeli and U.S. analysts...
Easier said than done, however, because the only basis for bringing Syria into the U.S.-led camp is a peace agreement with Israel, and the Israeli public and leaders appear to be in no mood to give up the Golan Heights. The "land for peace" paradigm of the Oslo accords...