Prime Ministers of Israel
Where were all the mourners this weekend, as Ariel Sharon lay in state?
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon fought in the country’s war of independence and was one of the dominant figures in Israel’s history. So why did so few people show up to pay their respects when his coffin was on display this weekend? Reporter Daniel Estrin has some possible reasons.
Controversial Israeli leader and former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has died
Former Israeli leader Ariel Sharon has died after spending nearly eight years in a coma that followed a stroke. Sharon was highly controversial — both loved and hated. And few individuals in recent memory have had as much of an influence on the recent history of the Middle East.
Israel says it’s received a message of peace from Egypt’s President; Egyptians say no
Israelis were buoyed to receive a letter seeming to be from Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi, expressing his wish for security in the Middle East and a resumption of the Middle East process. Egyptian officials, though, say the letter isn’t real. But Israelis have their doubts about that claim.
Is there Hope for Middle East Peace in Obama’s Second Term?
This week, for the first time in Barack Obama’s presidency, Air Force One touched down at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. As the president greeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres, he assured his Israeli audience, as many American leaders have before him: “Just as we have for these past […]