The promotion of pluralism and tolerance is the primary challenge for Europe and the Middle East. In its absence thank goodness for the Jewish state, argues Dr. Einat Wilf.

THERE has always been a special relationship between Ireland and France going back to at least 1798. The French, unlike the brutish Brits, are a civilised, rational people, right?

PRESIDENT Barack Obama offered the world the audacity to hope for peace in the Middle East and a better understanding between the United States and Muslims.

THE choice of former US senator George Mitchell as special envoy to the Middle East shows that US President Barack Obama is serious about changing the direction of US policy there, experts say.