Egyptian state media says the Hamas militants in Gaza and Israel have agreed to a cease-fire that’s supposed to take effect on Thursday; from Jerusalem, Matt Gutman reports.
The authors Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer have drawn fierce criticism in the US for their book, “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy,� and some Jewish leaders have accused them of being anti-Semitic and anti-Israel
The West Bank city of Jenin was once called the “cradle of suicide bombers,� and Israel has barred its citizens from going there for the past six years, but last week, Israel relaxed the restrictions for Arab Israeli citizens
Political scandals are nothing new in Israel, but now that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is under fire in the latest such scandal, many Israelis are fed up, as Matt Gutman reports from Jerusalem.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is facing damaging allegations of corruption, but Olmert says he has no plans to resign, even though his main coalition partner is calling on him to step down, as Reporter Matt Gutman has the latest.
