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Ariel Sharon’s most powerful weapon: George W. Bush
Aluf Benn
How did a Texas oilman end up being a fervent supporter of the hard-line Israeli prime minister?
Terrorists under the bed
Eric Boehlert
"Terrorism expert" Steven Emerson paints a terrifying picture of lethal Muslim fundamentalists among us in "American Jihad." But he doesn't know the difference between Osama bin Laden and Yasser Arafat.
The Palestinians’ first female bomber
Ferry Biedermann
The woman who blew up herself and an Israeli man last Sunday was also a paramedic who once dedicated herself to saving lives.
Israel turns up the heat on Iran
Aluf Benn
Worried about a possible thaw between Washington and Iran, Sharon warns that the Islamic regime poses an urgent threat to Israel.
Crumbling dreams of statehood
Ferry Biedermann
Israel's actions in the Palestinian territories this week, particularly the re-occupation of an entire city, are destroying any remaining semblance of Palestinian sovereignty.
“What is there to talk about?”
Ferry Biedermann
That's what Ariel Sharon wondered at a meeting with the press.
And after an Israeli girl's bat mitzvah party ends in bloodshed, many
others are asking the same question.
The prime-time smearing of Sami Al-Arian
Eric Boehlert
By pandering to anti-Arab hysteria, NBC, Fox News, Media General and Clear Channel radio disgraced themselves -- and ruined an innocent professor's life.
One thing India and Pakistan can agree on
Phillip Robertson
A Kashmir independence fighter makes enemies on both sides as he dreams of a free and secular state and tries to stay out of prison.
France’s legendary terror cop
Jay Cheshes
Carlos the Jackal's nemesis walks the global beat, warning of a "permanent" threat.
John Walker’s brothers and sisters
Anthony York
None of the San Francisco Bay Area's many other Muslim converts followed his same ill-fated path. But is there something about their religious experience that estranges them from their own country?
The ticking Palestinian bomb that Israel can’t defuse
Flore de Preneuf
An exploding birthrate means that Arabs will outnumber Jews in Greater Israel next year. How long can Israel continue to rule a "minority" population larger than its Jewish one?
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to an interview with controversial Israeli historian Tom Segev and an article about a bestselling memoirist whose family says her book is full of lies.
After Arafat?
Flore de Preneuf
As Israel cuts off contact with the Palestinian leader after another bloody attack, the question of who might succeed him gains urgency.
It’s not just Hamas
Norah Vincent
It's time for America to stop coddling the Palestinians -- they're bloodthirsty bigots who would have exterminated the Jews if they were in charge.
Israel’s House foes
Jake Tapper
In a meaningless resolution, a small group of House critics tee off on U.S. foreign policy -- and Israel -- lamenting the "root causes of terrorism."
Beyond tribalism
Suzy Hansen
Controversial Israeli historian Tom Segev says a new generation of Israelis is moving beyond Zionism -- but there will be no peace until old warriors Sharon and Arafat are gone.
Ordinary terrorists
Flore de Preneuf
Osama Bahar and Nabil Halabiyeh played soccer and practiced karate together. On Saturday, the best friends blew up themselves and 10 young Israelis. An exclusive portrait of two unlikely mass killers.
Pat Buchanan: America first
Jake Tapper
The commentator and former presidential candidate talks about Bush, bin Laden, Saddam, Arafat, Sharon -- and when and where the U.S. should draw a line in the sand.
A born-again isolationist
Michael J. Smith
By trying to rule the world, we open ourselves to the world's madness. America should let go of its empire and set its own house in order.
The United States of oil
Damien Cave
No administration has ever been more in bed with the energy industry -- but does that mean Big Oil is calling Bush's shots? First of two parts.
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