According to Sky News Arabia, Barghouti told his lawyer he is determined to run and will not withdraw if elections are held. He remains one of the most popular Palestinian political figures despite being imprisoned by Israel for nearly 25 years

The internal power struggle inside Iran's regime reached a peak this week, as mounting domestic pressure on Tehran's negotiating team has not gone unnoticed in Washington. One thing is now clear: Iran is no longer led by Ali Khamenei

Israel is a lackluster performance, a display at the heart of a disaster zone. Remove the peel and you discover a chasm. The gap between our life and the picture they sell us could (and is perhaps meant to) drive one crazy

This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: A Christian Arab Israeli living in Paris who doesn't see identity as the most important thing about him, and two brothers from Eilat who understand each other without words