Jon Alterman

This was totally unprecedented - a live interchange with no questions given in advance.

This was totally unprecedented - a live interchange with no questions given in advance.

Arabs will turn round and point out the United States gives billions of dollars to Israel. It's just an area read more

Arabs will turn round and point out the United States gives billions of dollars to Israel. It's just an area where they will have to agree to disagree.

It's a 12-step program. The first step is to admit you have a problem. They still have 11 steps to read more

It's a 12-step program. The first step is to admit you have a problem. They still have 11 steps to go.

Everybody's going to fight for the mantle of Ariel Sharon. I think partly because he covered such a wide swath read more

Everybody's going to fight for the mantle of Ariel Sharon. I think partly because he covered such a wide swath of the middle of Israeli politics there are going to be innumerable theories of what he might have done.

Most countries in the Gulf do not have to be persuaded that a nuclear Iran is a threat to them. read more

Most countries in the Gulf do not have to be persuaded that a nuclear Iran is a threat to them. But they ask if the cure is worse than the disease.