The U.S. president is a businessman who views the world through an economic prism. Preferring to avoid the military option, he is instead using economic sanctions to bludgeon countries and regimes that pose a threat to American interests.

A recent feature in The New York Times speaks volumes not only about the ignorance and obtuse nature of the Israel criticism that emanates from the paper, but also about the chattering classes and foreign-policy establishment that take their cues on the Middle East from its pages.

Culture Ministry selects Jeff Finkelstein, the president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, to light a torch on behalf of Jewish Diaspora as part of government's May 8 Independence Day festivities.

Israelis spending their Passover vacation in the Sinai Peninsula, be warned: The Sri Lanka bombings are proof you are not safe from attack.

A lack of qualified staff and funding prevented Hamas from operating the center after the building was complete. Eventually, the Qatar Fund for Development assumed the operational expenses and trained 150 medical staff locally and abroad to run the hospital.