With the election in the books and the ballots being counted, it is no clearer now than 24 hours ago who will be forming the next Israeli government. Exit polls suggest Kadima will complete an amazing comeback by passing Likud in number of seats, but they also suggest...
Israel's elections are over, and the counting of ballots has begun. The early exit polls show a very narrow gap between the Likud Party and the Kadima Party, with Kadima surprisingly taking a narrow lead in each of the results. Channel 1 and Channel 10 both give...
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu says he "will approach all the Zionist parties to join a coalition headed by Likud," but has indicated that Avigdor Lieberman, head of the surging Yisrael Beiteinu party, will not be the defense minister in his prospective coalition...
Israel's Channel 2 sent a reporter to the Haifa rally for the surging Yisrael Beiteinu party of Avigdor Lieberman. The reporter, Forat Nassar, was turned away. The reason: because he's an Arab, and they're persona non-grata for a party whose sky-rocketing popularity...
At midnight tonight EST, Israelis begin casting their ballots for the next Knesset (parliament). The Likud Party's wide lead of recent weeks has narrowed considerably (on the back of a major surge in the popularity of Yisrael Beiteinu), but leader Benjamin Netanyahu...
Though the trend could hardly be called a surprise given the number of massive protests held in the wake of the assorted civilian killings in the past several months, a poll conducted by the Afghan Center for Socio-Economic and Opinion Research has revealed the extent...
The Egyptian government's eagerness to stifle any public displays of discontent with their position on Israel's war on the Gaza Strip is well documented, but weeks after the war's ending one would assume the harsh treatment was over. That appears not to be the case...
The Iraqi Parliament failed once again today to elect a new speaker, sounding a somewhat sour note as the government attempts to tout the relative success of its provincial elections on the international scene. The parliament has been practically without a speaker...
In an interview today with Suddeutsche Zeitung, Iranian parliament speaker Larijani said that the Iranian government was "ready to talk without pre-conditions" with the United States, adding that he believes the nuclear issue is not unsolvable. However, Larijani says...
NATO Supreme Commander General John Craddock made headlines recently when a leaked classified "guidance" document showed he urged NATO commanders operating in Afghanistan to kill anyone involved in the drug trade in Afghanistan, whether or not they were involved in...
