Many buyers, particularly first-timers, have been priced out of the housing market in central and northern Tel Aviv in recent years. Other real estate investors, although they can still afford those areas, are put off by the crowding and the hustle and b

Since rebellion against Syrian President Bashar Assad began nearly a year ago, thousands of soldiers, mainly Sunni recruits, have deserted their posts after defying orders to fire upon unarmed civilians. It remains unclear how many soldiers decided to un

Despite the beating drums of war on its news pages from David Sanger and others, the Times published an intelligent, pragmatic outline of a possible agreement between Iran and the U.S. , written by two senior diplomats of past Republican administrations,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama, shown at a September 2011 meeting at the United Nations in New York, are likely to meet again in Washington at the beginning of March, when decisions on Iran will be coming to a head. (Avi Oh

Lt. Colonel James Rothrock examines the dire consequences that could result from an attack on Iran with a high probability of a devastating retaliatory attack against Israel. Fox News has just reported that Israel is preparing for a showdown with Iran—me

Russia faced what Sergei Lavrov, the foreign minister, called a "hysterical" reaction when it vetoed a resolution that would have urged President Bashar al-Assad to step down. But why is the Kremlin willing to bear such criticism for the sake of an allia