Gershom Gorenberg

If there is a way out of the current crisis, it lies in reuniting the West Bank and Gaza under a Palestinian unity government. That might require the release of Marwan Barghouti, the Palestinian political figure who has done the most to promote unity.

The Bush administration is supposedly committed to a freeze on Israeli settlement, as part of the bid to reach an Israeli-Palestinian agreement this year. So what are all those hardhats doing at building sites?

President Bush’s Middle East policy has been a return to the Cold War misconception that ignores local rivalries. His successor, Democrat or Republican, has to do better.

The major candidates in both parties seek the “pro-Israel” label. Now is the time to debate what it means to support Israel, so that a year from now, elected leaders will be able to refer to publicly recognized ideas to justify acting more sensibly.

If George W. Bush added a tour of Israel’s “security barrier” to his visit, he might understand how essential a political solution to terror is, rather than a military one.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is trapped by his unwillingness to acknowledge that Israel must leave the occupied territories completely.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is expected to offer a halt in construction at West Bank settlements before the Annapolis conference. But will Condi hold him to his promise?

Mearsheimer and Walt’s The Israel Lobby lacks scholarly thoroughness — and misses the debate among Jews over Israel.

Disputes and compromises over preservation in the Holy Land have a lot to teach those trying to broker peace in the region. Perhaps Condoleezza Rice should consider those lessons in shaping U.S. policy.