Today marks 30 years of peace between Israel and Egypt. "The Treaty of Peace between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Israel" signed on March 26, 1979, stands not only as a testament to the enduring value of personal honor and astute diplomacy but serves as a beacon of hope for all who aspire to a lasting peace in that troubled region. ...more

March 26, 2009

Members of Pasco Hadassah learned of both Israel's toughness and its gentleness at their Wednesday meeting at the Jasmine Lakes Civic Center. ...more

February 21, 2009

Israel's shift to the right could throw a monkey wrench into President Barack Obama's conciliatory overtures to Iran and his budding drive to promote Arab-Israeli peacemaking. ...more

February 16, 2009

Hamas offered Israel an immediate weeklong truce Sunday, hours after Israel silenced its guns and grounded its aircraft, but the Islamic militant group conditioned long-term quiet on a complete Israeli withdrawal from the territory. ...more

January 18, 2009

Militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza fired salvoes of rockets into southern Israel on Sunday, defying a unilateral cease-fire called by Israel and threatening to reignite three weeks of violence that medics say has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians and turned Gaza's streets into battlegrounds. ...more

January 18, 2009

Israeli ground forces made their deepest foray yet today into Gaza's most populated area, with tanks rolling into residential neighborhoods and infantry fighting urban warfare in streets and buildings with Hamas militants who kept up their rocketing of southern Israel. ...more

January 11, 2009

ON THE ISRAELI-GAZA BORDER - Israeli troops and tanks, protected by heavy air, sea and artillery fire, sliced through the center of Gaza on Sunday, taking control of rocket-launching areas and surrounding the main city, as their government rebuffed diplomatic efforts to end the nine-day assault. ...more

January 5, 2009

So how will it end? President Bush is down to his final 100 days in office as of today. Don't expect a quiet fade into the Texas night. ...more

October 12, 2008

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, facing a widening corruption probe, announced Wednesday that he will not compete in his party's leadership primary in September. The move will effectively end his tenure as premier and is likely to complicate efforts to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before President Bush leaves office. ...more

July 31, 2008

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's chances of hanging on to power amid a burgeoning corruption probe diminished Wednesday after the leader of his main coalition partner demanded he either step aside or face new elections. ...more

May 29, 2008