Since the recent reelection of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Israel has largely dropped from the news. The removal of Saddam Hussein and the establishment of a democratic government in Baghdad promise the beginnings of a new Middle East. But which domino will fall next? Does the impending war with Iraq...

Review ofElie Podeh's examination ofanti-Arab bias in Israeli textbooks.

Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are trapped in a futile cycle.

Conflict seems likely between the Obama administration and the Netanyahu government, but there is reason to hope that things will not deteriorate too far, too fast.

There has been an exaggeration on Israel being the source of problems in the Middle East.

Because of the Obama administration's reluctance to confront this looming threat, others—such as the Republican presidential candidates—must begin preparing the case for a military strike to destroy Iran's nuclear program.

The conflict in Gaza is the policy of Hamas, and hoping for positive diplomatic intervention from Hamas's allies in Iran and Syria is futile.

It is no outsider's "fault" that theIsraeli-Palestinian conflictcontinues. Diplomats might be able to slow its progress, but this war will notbe over until someone has won.