Pessimism is rife in Israel.

Dubai must crack down on rampant smuggling, and the U.A.E. federal government has significantly stepped up pressure.

After 9/11, we did see Palestinian terrorism in the context of all terrorism.

On taking office in 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama put Israeli settlements at the center of U.S. policy in the Middle East.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned, it seems, to direct the Middle East policy of the Obama administration.

When freedom of the press is threatened, the United States should be leading efforts to protect it.

I grew up in Queens, in New York City, in a middle class Jewish family. My mother was a public school teacher, my father was a lawyer. They were Democrats - kind of middle-of-the-road democrats.