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How Barack Beat Bibi
The spat between America and Israel is hurting Netanyahu more than Obama. Peter Beinart on the fallout in the Mideast.
The Newest Israel-Iran Missile Battle
When Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrives in Israel today, a source in Israeli intelligence tells The Daily Beast's Gerald Posner, he'll hear about a failed test for a critical defensive missile shield that the U.S. has helped develop-a key strategic component in the face-off with Iran.
What Obama Can Learn from Mandela
Stan Greenberg, the Democratic pollster who masterminded campaigns for Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, and other world leaders, shares lessons and secrets from the war room.
Elections on Tuesday were supposed to end a political deadlock in Israel, but now the country's politics are more complicated than ever. Centrist party Kadima won the most seats of any party, but the conservative Likud Party and an assortment of right-wing parties captured the majority of seats in the Knesset, leading to a frantic race on both sides to engineer a working coalition to govern the country. Who will be Israel's next prime minister when the dust settles?
Israel's Election-Night Surprise
When exit polls showed Tzipi Livni as the surprise winner, a cheer went up at Kadima headquarters. But will Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu end up prime minister?
Carter's One Regret
In a revealing new interview, The Daily Beast's Reza Aslan talks to Jimmy Carter about what he would have done differently in the bungled hostage rescue of 1980-plus, the "political suicide" of condemning Israel.
Will Obama Punish Israel?
With a cease-fire reached in Gaza, Israeli politicians now wonder how America's new Mideast policy will affect the country's elections.
Hosni Mubarak, Tony Blair, and Dennis Ross: The supposed fixers are on the march trying to broker a cease-fire. Who has the best shot? By Benjamin Sarlin


















