Benjamin Netanyahu

Obama not looking out for Israel

2013-03-28 05:15:00

I see The Sun is still living in La La Land ("Opening the door to peace," March 26). President Barack Obama and The Sun really believe that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas can be a "true partner." Unbelievable! Either President Obama is...

Opening the door to peace

2013-03-25 11:02:00

Given how low the expectations were for President Barack Obama's highly publicized trip to the Middle East, it may not be saying much to declare that he exceeded them. But given the precarious state of Israeli-Palestinian relations, it would also be...

Obama should free Pollard

2013-02-27 12:11:00

President Barack Obama's forthcoming trip to Israel affords him a special opportunity to mend political fences and guarantee a warm popular reception in that country, while at the same time ensuring that justice is served here at home. These are goals...

Netanyahu's choices

2013-02-11 03:00:00

As President Barack Obama begins his second term, he faces a series of Middle East challenges far more daunting than when he began his presidency in 2009. These problems include: •what to do about the Arab-Israeli conflict, with peace talks between...

U.S. must recognize Israel's control of the Golan

2013-02-04 13:37:00

Straddling the divide between the chaos in Syria and the calm of the Galilee in northern Israel is a pastoral plateau known as the Golan Heights. Famous for its world-class vineyards, wandering cattle, and lush nature trails, the Golan has served as the...

Hillary Clinton's stock is on the rise

2012-11-26 10:51:00

In the cease-fire struck between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got second billing to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's role as the prime go-between, and rightly so. But her highly visible hand-holding on both...

For Israel, it's different this time

2012-11-19 11:48:00

Until this year, the world would have been looking at the intensifying armed confrontation between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip with a sense of deja vu all over again. But this is 2012, and the political map of the Middle East has changed...

Gaza on the brink

2012-11-19 13:58:00

The escalating exchange of rocket barrages and airstrikes between Israel and the Hamas militants who control the Gaza Strip threatens to erupt into an all-out ground war that destabilizes the entire region. The U.S. and its European allies, along with...

Columnist takes a one-sided view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

2012-11-30 05:15:00

Op-ed contributor G. Jefferson Price recently quoted the "prominent" Israeli journalist Gideon Levy to support his argument that an Israeli invasion of Gaza would be unwise ("For Israel, it's different this time," Nov. 20). Mr. Levy is better...

History shows Israel has acted reasonably

2012-11-27 08:15:00

While reading G. Jefferson Price's column ("For Israel, it's different this time," Nov. 20), I was reminded of the quip "learned nothing, forgot nothing" describing a reactionary French royal family. Mr. Price displays the same distorted views toward...

Israel is victim, not provocateur

2012-11-27 06:45:00

Two of the more common falsehoods that beset much of what passes for "analysis" of the current conflict between Hamas and Israel are exemplified in the Nov. 20 commentaries of Zainab Chaudry ("In Gaza, the powerless multitudes suffer") and G. Jefferson...

Ehrlich clueless on foreign policy

2012-10-31 05:15:00

Robert Ehrlich Jr.'s recent column ("Obama's foreign policy reset has little to show for it," Oct. 28) could not be further from the truth when it states that Iran is "oh-so-close to acquiring a nuclear weapon." In fact, our own intelligence agencies have...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, visit the Great Wall of China.

2013-05-09 00:00:00

President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to exude a friendlier image of their relationship during two days of talks and touring. The two leaders are seen here after their visit Thursday to the shrine of the book in Jerusalem.

2013-03-22 02:00:00

Israeli President Shimon Peres, left, President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walk together prior to Obama's departure from Ben Gurion International Airport on Friday.

2013-03-21 00:00:00