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A Former Israeli Cabinet Member Charged With Spying for Iran

ECSTASY AND ESPIONAGE

Gonen Segev was a rising star in Israeli politics who crashed and burned in 2005 and has since been living in Africa. Now the Israeli government says he was spying for Iran.

Noga Tarnopolsky | Published Jun 18, 2018

Middle East Peace Becomes a Broadway Hit

WINNER

‘Oslo,’ about the complex diplomatic negotiations behind the Oslo Accords in 1993, is a frontrunner to win Best Play at the Tonys. Playwright J.T. Rogers explains how it came to be.

Jake Adelstein | Published May 14, 2017

The Nobel Peace Prize: From Bad to Farce

BAD TIMING

The Nobel committee in Norway awards Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos the coveted Peace Prize days after the Colombian people rejected his deal in a referendum.

Christopher Dickey | Published Oct 07, 2016

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Trump’s Joke Will Get Real People Killed

Deadly Bluff

The GOP nominee built his celebrity on the sense that he was always, in some way, kidding. But his musings on a Clinton assassination have grave consequences.

Olivia Nuzzi | Published Aug 09, 2016

Why Israel Couldn’t Save Rabin

DOOMED

A new film blames the assassination of Prime Minister Rabin on the Israeli extreme right—and highlights the chaos and incompetence surrounding him in his final moments.

Lewis Beale | Published Jan 31, 2016

The Israeli Right’s Dangerous Attack Ads

Smear Campaigns

Two weeks before a national election, the no-holds-barred dissemination of fear and anger reminds some of the atmosphere that preceded the 1995 assassination of Prime Minister Rabin.

Ricky Ben-David, Nira Yadin | Published Mar 02, 2015

Inside U.S. Meddling in Israel Elections

Anybody But Bibi

Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu is headed for new elections. Obama will be tempted to try to bring him down. Not a good idea.

Aaron David Miller | Published Dec 04, 2014

Subsidizing Israel’s Political Violence

In Depth

An Israeli group is raising tax-exempt money in the U.S. to support Israelis charged with or convicted of violence against Palestinians.

ProPublica | Published Jul 10, 2014

Tony Lewis, American, Jew, Remembered

In Memoriam

Bernard Avishai remembers longtime New York Times columnist and two-time Pulitzer recipient Anthony Lewis.

Bernard Avishai | Published Oct 24, 2013

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