Jill Nelson | President Obama's Middle East comments add to the difficulties in bringing Palestinians and Israelis to the negotiating table
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a smitten Congress
Mindy Belz | Osama bin Laden took sanctuary in a region surrounded by longstanding, if scattered, Christian outposts.
President Obama addresses the escalating situation in the Middle East
In the coming years Israel could face a confluence of problems threatening its existence
