Gates: Obama to Decide Within Days on Afghan Surge

Since his election in November, President Obama's promised escalation of the war in Afghanistan has been presumed to be one of the first things his administration would do. Yet the president has ordered reviews of the strategy to be completed before moving ahead with...

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Livni Edges Bibi, but May Not Get to Form Govt

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...

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Netanyahu: Lieberman Won’t Be Defense Minister

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...

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The Strange Bedfellows of Israeli Politics

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...

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Landmark Israeli Election Begins

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...

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Poll Shows Afghan Populace Losing Faith in Govt, NATO

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...

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Egypt Disappearing Gaza Protesters

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...

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