The vast majority of the news coming out of the Middle East these days is pure misery. That's why it's such so nice to see the occasional nice...

Despite Republican leaders' repeated characterizations of the UN as a weak, ineffectual dinosaur with little authority or relevance to the real world,...

In the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians (the current bout for the last five months taking place in the Gaza strip) it's often a...

In the nearly sixty years following the creation of the Israeli state out of former Palestine, Israel has been battling its neighbors and the former residents...

Tensions between the Hamas controlled Palestinian state in Gaza and Israel have been increasing over the last few days, after a group of Palestinians dug...