Nation Topics - Shimon Peres | The Nation

What did Benjamin Netanyahu mean when he said he and Mahmoud Abbas should be prepared to make "painful concessions" for the sake of peace?

Because of Gaza, "everything is tainted" in Israel, according to Gideon Levy.

As Israel wages an international battle for its legitimacy, a new book details the country’s secret alliance with South Africa’s apartheid regime.

Is the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority a "radical bean counter" or savior of the two-state solution?

Cynthia Ozick, Norman Podhoretz and Alfred Chester contribute to the education of an editor. Second of a two-part memoir.

Israeli writers and intellectuals look at their nation and its problems in a more nuanced and realistic way than most Americans.

Making a list of the most hated arch-criminals--not the usual suspects.

According to the Western media, most Israelis, including leading peace
advocates, support the ongoing war in Lebanon. But Israeli doves are
beginning to speak out. Will it make a difference?

Suddenly, the Sharon era is over. And Sharon's centrist Kadima Party may emerge as the dominant force after the March 28 elections.

For the last three and a half years the Israeli army has deployed
American-supplied
F-16 fighter jets, Apache helicopters, armored Caterpillar bulldozers
and Merkava tanks powered by engines