Kevin Peraino

Could a series of Palestinian attacks spur a wider conflict?

Can Tzipi Livni form a government?

Israel's separation barrier has blocked West Bank bombers, but may be creating a new threat within.

The prisoner exchange between Israel and Hizbullah involves a complex political calculus. Where does that leave Hamas and Gaza?

Why Israel has agreed to release one of its most reviled prisoners in return for the bodies of two Jewish soldiers.

Making the Negev Desert bloom once seemed like a good idea, but it's killing the Dead Sea.

Israel's boutique wine industry is finally taking off. But now peace talks may threaten their prospects.

The start of peace talks between Israel and Syria could re-align regional politics and change Damascus's relationship with Iran, says a veteran Israeli negotiator.

Even as Hizbullah leaders cut a deal to remove their troops from Beirut's streets last week, the Islamist group's on-the-ground commanders were quietly making plans to consolidate their military gains. "Our units are still patrolling the area," said one Hizbullah military commander, who asked not to be identified because he didn't have authorization from his superior. "We still have guns, but we're hiding them now." The Islamists are particularly focused on expanding their network of...

Even as Hizbullah leaders cut a deal to quiet Lebanon's guns, a commander of the Shiite force says it's "still patrolling" areas of West Beirut recently seized from Sunni rivals.

What drove so many Libyans to volunteer as suicide bombers for the war in Iraq? A visit to their hometown—the dead-end city of Darnah.

Despite flaring Israeli-Palestinian violence, a chorus of security officials, academics and ordinary Israelis is urging direct negotiations with the radical Islamist group Hamas.

In spite of escalating violence, a growing chorus of Israelis have begun calling for negotiations with Hamas.

Hizbullah's Imad Mugniyah was responsible for some of the deadliest attacks on Americans on record. His death will likely spark more killings.

Attack fells a suspected terrorist with a list of enemies.

A debate has opened among Israeli policymakers about how best to deal with the newly porous border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Last week, Hamas militants blew down part of the barrier, letting thousands of Palestinians pour into Egypt.

Bush's visit--and Israeli crackdowns--have only strengthened the Islamists' image.

Can Bush make any breakthroughs on his Mideast trip? A veteran negotiator assesses the prospects.

It's been a long year for Tony Blair. After stepping down as Britain's prime minister in June, under fire for his Iraq policy, he took on what many consider the hardest job in the Mideast: representative of the Quartet—the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations—to the Palestinians.

It's been a long year for Tony Blair. After stepping down as British Prime Minister in June, under fire for his Iraq policy, he took on what many consider the hardest job in the Middle East: the representative of the Quartet—the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations—to the Palestinians.

Palestinian spooks are finding inventive ways to undermine the Islamists in the Gaza Strip.

In Jerusalem, digging into the past only fuels the fight over the future.

Billionaire Munib al-Masri looks to capitalize on Palestinian anger.

Yesterday I took a day trip with Gen. David Petraeus – one of his frequent "battlefield circulations" – to a small farming village near the Iraqi town of Yussefiya, about 30 miles southwest of Baghdad.

Kanan Al-Sadid was not yet 10 years old on the afternoon that his father opened the trunk of the family car and Saddam Hussein popped out. It was the early 1960s, and the future dictator was hiding out from the Iraqi authorities, who accused him of plotting to assassinate the country's then strongman, Gen.

An extensive evidence file assembled by the Iraqi National Police after the controversial Blackwater shooting suggests that the private contractors opened fire unprovoked from the ground and the sky.

Why are a growing number of young women in this relatively safe corner of Iraq showing up in local hospitals, dying of suspicious burns?

For Gazans who want to escape the territory's political tensions, there are few boltholes. And video games aren't always the answer.

It is not a fact that he particularly likes to advertise, but, if pressed, Abdel Hamid Bahar will acknowledge that his business is at its best when people are dying.

Yehia Abu Moghaseb knew something wasn't right almost as soon as he saw the headlights. The Gaza Strip gravedigger watched from his house as two cars turned down the sloping dirt driveway of the Martyrs' Cemetery in his village of Wadi Salgah, where he works.