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Barak maintains position within Israeli Labor Party
Israeli Defense Minister and Labor Party chairman Ehud Barak, well-known to Americans for his time as prime minister, salvaged his political career last night by forging a compromise within his party that allows him to keep power until 2012.
Israeli politicians want stronger Euro ties
Members of Israel's parliament have launched a new initiative aimed at strengthening ties with European lawmakers.
Peres defends Iraeli democracy amid low public confidence
A report showing Israelis have low confidence in Israeli's civic institutions spurred President Peres to defend Israeli's democracy.
Netanyahu condemns Tel Aviv attacks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supports a police hunt for the man accused of murdering two people at a gay community center in Tel Aviv.
Jews to Obama: 'Hands off Jerusalem'
Jewish protesters in Jerusalem take to the streets on the holy day of Tisha B'av to protest President Obama's call to remove settlements.
Israel considering nod to God on cash
An Orthodox Jewish Knesset politician wants to put "We believe in the creator of the world" on Israeli money.
Gates meets with Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Defense Secretary Robert Gates this morning in Jerusalem.
Israel behind other Westernized countries in preventing human trafficking
Israeli officials on Wednesday talked about how they are dealing with the problem of human trafficking, a problem less glaring in other Westernized countries.
Tangling over Israel's foreign minister
Israel's deputy foreign minister defended his boss after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Avigdor Lieberman should not have been appointed foreign minister.
Reviewing the wall between Jerusalem and the West Bank
Ben Spier, videographer for the Jersualem Post, and I conducted interviews with folks talking about the barrier between Jerusalem and the West Bank, first constructed in 2002 despite protestations by the U.N.'s International Court of Justice that the structure is illegal.
The long road to reform in Egypt
A look at whether political reform is likely in Cairo following the succession of President Mubarak.
Iranian Jews in Israel prefer Ahmadinejad regime
During a gathering of Mashadi Jews in Jerusalem, leaders say they want to see President Ahmadinejad keep his position.
Free speech in Qatar
A press freedom advocacy group in Doha is under fire by the Qatari government.
Arab issues from an Israeli perspective
Today was my first day at the Jerusalem Post. I've been assigned to cover Arab issues.
Egypt-Qatari relations
Video from Qatar and Egypt
