NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- After more than six years of tragic neglect, Washington might have one last chance to push for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian impasse. Whether there is a direct or indirect link between this century-old struggle and the violence in the region, the Isra

NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Since President Bush unveiled his "new strategy" for Iraq the debate in the House, the Senate, and the media has centered around two main options: immediate wit

NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- After nearly four years of successive disasters in Iraq, which unleashed a civil war and brought the country to its knees, not to speak of the monumental Americ

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- It is time for the Bush administration to disabuse itself of three myths if it wishes to find a way out of the Iraq quagmire: Contrary to what the administration believes, there will be no victory in Iraq, there will be no Western-style democracy, and Ira

NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- There should be no doubt that the United States has waged two Gulf wars largely, if not solely, for oil. To ensure that the Iraq war is the last Gulf war, the a

NEW YORK, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Whereas the Iraq war has not achieved any of its stated objectives, it has dramatically and irreversibly changed the geopolitical landscape in the Middle East.

NEW YORK, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Israel must recognize its continued occupation of the Palestinian territories is not only non-sustainable but eroding -- not enhancing -- its national security.

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- North Korea has finally played its trump card by testing a nuclear weapon. In doing so, it has challenged the United States, shook South Korea, deeply alarmed J

NEW YORK, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- The failure of Fatah and Hamas to reach an agreement on a unity government is just another in a string that has come to characterize the Palestinian situation.