Outside the Beltway

Americans were once largely united in their opinions about Israel and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. That’s not the case anymore.

Donald Trump’s Jerusalem decision reveals yet again that he is an appallingly bad deal maker.

A foolish, and potentially dangerous, decision by President Trump.

Despite campaign promises, President Trump won’t be moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem anytime soon.

A night of carnage and depravity in the United Kingdom.

This will get people killed. Quite likely, including American citizens.

Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech on Middle East peace was largely correct, but his words are pointless given the fact that neither Israel nor the Palestinians seem serious about peacefully resolving their differences.

While you were celebrating Christmas, Israel was blasting the Obama Administration and cozying up to the incoming Trump Administration.

One of the last survivors of Israel’s founding generation has passed away.

President Obama has apparently come to the same realization as many of his predecessors, that trying to craft a legacy by single-handedly bring about “Middle East Peace” is largely a waste of time.

The Vatican has announced that it will recognize Palestinian statehood, but this is not going to resolve the underlying issues that prevent a Palestinian state from actually coming into existence.

The two sides in Gaza keep extending the humanitarian cease fire, but remain miles apart on the major issues dividing them.

The war in Gaza seems to be winding down, but the underlying issues remain.

Hopes for a temporary respite in the Gaza conflict faded away today.

An effort yesterday to bring about a cease fire in Gaza came to naught when Hamas rejected the proposal.

Things look to be going from bad to worse in Gaza.

After eight years in a coma, Ariel Sharon has passed away.

Signs of some progress in the talks over Iran’s nuclear weapons program.

Was Arafat poisoned? A new report raises some questions, but answers none of them conclusively.

Secretary of State Kerry becomes the latest American official to wade into the Middle East’s longest lasting quagmire.

Michael Kinsley contends “Being against marriage equality doesn’t make you a monster.”

The son of a former Israeli Prime Minister proposes an utterly insane idea.

The conflict between Israel and Hamas appears to be heading in one unfortunate direction.

For the fourth day, American and other embassies became the focus of mass protests in many Muslim nations.

Romney’s foreign tour didn’t go quite as well as planned, but it’s unclear how much the minor gaffes will actually matter.

The Secretary of State is ignoring a hold by the House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman.

Rick Santorum has some bizarre views when it comes to the dispute between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

Time Magazine has chosen “The Protester” as its Person Of The Year. Let the outrage ensue.

Newt Gingrich’s comments about Palestinian nationhood came up during last night’s debate.

Once again, Newt Gingrich speaks without thinking.

We may have entered a new and dangerous phase of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Rick Perry’s speech criticizing the President’s policies in the Middle East raised more questions than it answered.

Foolishly, the Palestinians are going forward with their effort to get Palestinian statehood recognized by the United Nations.

Tim Pawlenty’s foreign policy speech shows him siding with the hawks, and joining in the neocon distortion of Reagan’s legacy.

I get the impression that a lot of people don’t even know what “the 1967 borders” are or why they tend to be considered the logical point of departure for any type of peace negotiations.

President Obama doubled down in his speech before this year’s AIPAC conference. Why he did so only he understands.

Israelis and Palestinians don’t agree on much these days, but they do agree that Barack Obama hasn’t helped the peace process at all since coming to office.

The media is now starting to look at it’s own role in the whole Koran burning story, but the truth is that there really wasn’t any way they could’ve ignored the story.