When the Kerry negotiations fail to achieve an Israeli-Palestinian peace, many observers in Europe and even some in the United States will attribute the disappointment to Israel and especially to “Is…

The question of what happened in the late 2008 Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations between Prime Minister Olmert and President Abbas has been controversial since those talks took place. But now w…

On January 9, 2005—exactly 14 years ago today—Mahmoud Abbas was elected president of the Palestinian Authority. For a four-year term. Today Abbas begins serving the fifteenth year of his four-year…

I’ve written articles recently on several Middle East subjects. In a National Review article entitled "Egypt: Pity the Winner,"  I discussed the Egyptian presidential elections, the remaining candid…

News reports that Hamas will agree to the "two-state solution" actually show an effort to protect Hamas and improve its political standing.