The multiculturalist left in Israel and elsewhere has become so extremist in its embrace of groups that reject democracy that it has turned into the useful idiot of rightist zealots that advocate the supremacy of certain religious and ethnic communities, and undermine the legitimacy of pluralism

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the war, described the offensive near al-Bab as a fierce attack 'carried out by factions loyal to Ankara'

'They want to split the Palestinian people,' leader says, rejecting proposed land swaps

Nigeria, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Sudan and Tanzania added to ban ■ Pelosi: 'Discrimination disguised as policy'

'I'm sure a few people will surprise their relatives in Britain with a letter carrying this stamp,' spokesman says of the collector item

'It will not be recorded in my history that I gave up on Jerusalem,' Abbas said of the U.S. plan in Cairo, after Palestinians call for an emergency meeting of Arab FMs

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: An Israeli who spent years being 'very busy being gay' and is now focusing on what Judaism means to him, and a French expat who loves Paris but feels at home in Jerusalem

Several aspects of the dam agreement, including its safety and provisions for the resolution of disputes, still have to be finalized