Yitzhak Rabin

Zero Dark Thirty and the Israeli documentary The Gatekeepers are up for Academy Awards. Only one should win.

Yigal Amir will reportedly be voting for The Jewish Home leader

In Fortress Israel, journalist Patrick Tyler argues that the country’s warrior ethos impedes Mideast peace

+972 Magazine strikes up an unlikely conversation

Gets a taste for the rule of law he so despised

Plus yet another new government in Jordan, and more in the news

Obama has bullied the Jewish state more than any president in history, according to op-ed pages and partisans. They said the same about Reagan.

Today would have been Yitzhak Rabin’s 90th birthday—as good a time as any to remember, and repent for, the time I considered assassinating him.

How can the president persuade Jews he supports Israel in his kishkes?

Ariel Sharon planned Israel’s settlements as bulwarks for defending the state and preserving Jerusalem, as his youngest son recalls in a new biography

Israeli tycoon Arnon Milchan is the billionaire Hollywood producer behind Pretty Woman. He was also a secret agent who helped Israel and South Africa broker deals trading nuclear material for propaganda assistance. An excerpt from the forthcoming Confidential.

New ambassador attends D.C. power-synagogue Adas Israel

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Israel and Jordan once worked together for peace. Now their alliance is collapsing, driven apart by the issue of refugee resettlement, and Jordan may be turning to Iran.

Also, Mark Zuckerberg won this year