US vote may alter stance on Mideast US voters go to the polls Tuesday in an election that may shift the congressional balance of power and change the government’s policies in the Middle East.

Saddam Back in Court for Genocide Trial A subdued Saddam Hussein returned to court Tuesday for his genocide trial.

Gay Pride Parade time and route final The upcoming Gay Pride Parade will take place on Friday in Jerusalem as scheduled.

Rice: Better to have Hamas in power than in streets An elected Hamas government in the Palestinian territories may be preferable to the group operating outside the power structure and carrying out terrorist actions.

The Region: Meet ‘national Islamism’ In July 2006, Muhammad Abd al-Sattar, a deputy minister in Syria’s government, made a very strange statement on that country’s state-controlled television.

Gov’t expected to okay Peres plan for Eilat-Dead Sea Canal Vice Premier Shimon Peres will in two weeks present his proposals to the cabinet for the “Peace Valley” program for development of the border region between Israel, Jordan, and Palestinian Authority controlled areas.

‘Israel should learn from Kosovo’ Strategic Affairs Minister Avigdor Lieberman found common ground with another country caught in a territorial dispute.

‘War within 10 months’ Syria and Hezbollah are likely to start a war with the Jewish state within 10 months.

NATO chief tells EU not to ‘replicate’ army tasks The EU should not “replicate” NATO’s military tasks and do more instead to help the alliance with civilian work like policing in Afghanistan.

Plan to create human-cow embryos UK scientists have applied for permission to create embryos by fusing human DNA with cow eggs.