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Why Israel Won’t Change
Michael Hirsh 8/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Some things will change for Israel and its chief ally, the United States, when Prime Minister Ehud Olmert resigns. But most things won't-especially the big things. Israel still faces at least four major strategic choices: how to resolve the faltering peace talks with the Palestinians, how to deal with the growing power of Hezbollah in Lebanon, whether to maintain the fragmentary ceasefire with Hamas, and above all whether take military action against Iran. And it doesn't much matter who the next prime minister is—or even the next U.S. president: the choices that Israel makes will likely be the same.
CAMPAIGN 2008
Obama's Brain Trust
6/3/2008 12:00:00 AM
"This is a team that's very reflective of Obama, who has made it pretty clear in his speeches and statements during the campaign that he believes that diplomacy has been undervalued over the past few years and that the United States shouldn't fear to negotiate," says Derek Chollet, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security who advised John Edwards' presidential campaign.
CAMPAIGN 2008
Taking Liberties in Philadelphia
Brooks Jackson 4/17/2008 12:00:00 AM
Obama said, "I have never said that I don't wear flag pins or refuse to wear flag pins." Actually, he did. He said last year, "I decided I won't wear that pin on my chest" because it had become "a substitute for ... true patriotism" during the run-up to the Iraq war.
Proxy War
Michael Hirsh 2/28/2008 12:00:00 AM
Many in the commentariat pounced on Wednesday's sharp exchange over Iraq between John McCain and Barack Obama as a preview of the general election debate, should the Illinois senator get the Democratic nomination. But the dustup between the two leading candidates also gave us a glimpse into the growing divide within the U.S. military over how to split resources between Iraq and Afghanistan.
Garden State Grapple
9/15/2006 12:00:00 AM
Letters
Mail Call: A Crisis of Faith

Readers of Christopher Hitchens's Sept. 10 piece on Mother Teresa defended the nun staunchly. "Great saints have grave crises of faith," wrote one. Another said, "Why doesn't he spend a few months in her shoes?" A third took us to task: "You should be ashamed to allow an atheist to write such a diatribe."