This Blog is intended for use by students in the Islamic Middle East course at Northfield Mount Hermon School and guest students and teachers from other participating schools.
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was recently elected the new leader of the Kadima party, replacing Ehud Olmert(September 17). As he is in the process of resigning as Prime Minister, she has 42 days to form a coalition within the Knesset. The Kadima party currenntly holds 29 seats and must form a coalition of 61 seats, [...]
Samir Kuntar, a convicted murderer, along with 5 Lebanese militants(captured during Hezbollah-Israel War) were returned to Lebanon. In exchange, the bodies of 2 Israeli soldiers abducted during 2006 were returned to Israel. Hezbollah included in the exchange a coffin containing body parts of IDF soldiers killed during the Second Lebanon War. The Israelis were not [...]
BBC Middle East