WASHINGTON - Two high-level U.S. Congressional delegations are setting out for Syria to meet with President Bashar Al Assad. The trips are seen as a precursor for engagement with Syria, but the extent of possible diplomatic deal-making is still in question.

In the future, Israelis and Palestinians may find it natural to live together in a single, integrated and democratic state. However, planning for a one-state solution unilaterally is bound to be risky, if not deadly.

After winning an impressive personal victory at the polls, the political fruit keeps slipping from Tzipi Livni's grasp.

Israelis voted with an obsession: the occupation.

A Likud-led government is bent on dictating the terms of peace to the Arab states.