How our negotiator played Nasrallah

Virtually no heroes can be found in the affair of the abducted soldiers, except for the noble Regev and Goldwasser families. Surely a cack-handed cabinet that hastened to wage war without pausing to reflect, and a vociferous media with a penchant for exaggerations and sentimental melodrama, are not among these heroes.
But maybe, in addition to [...]

West welcomes Syrian accord with Lebanon

Britain, Germany and the US have welcomed a decision by Lebanon and Syria to open diplomatic relations, but the US Government urged its Syrian counterpart to end its ”destabilising tactics” in the region.
State Department spokesman Rob McInturff said, ”We continue to support the establishment of good relations between Lebanon and Syria on the basis of [...]