Obama is expected to propose a "security package" to move the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks forward. Benjamin Netanyahu Imposes a new condition for discussing a Palestinian State. How does Iran factor...

One thousand days have passed since Gilad Shalit was abducted, and no deal in sight. Why did the prisoner swap fail? And what will be the fate of Shalit and...

Mosaic: World News from the Middle East is a Peabody Award-winning daily compilation of television news reports from the Middle East, including Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, the Palestinian Authority, Iraq...

(Global Pulse: January 1, 2009) A New Year's Day special half-hour report: How the world covered Barack Obama's historic victory, and how the next president sees the global challenges ahead. SOURCES:...

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: December 19, 2008) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is in Washington. Why? According to his spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina, "The president is working to obtain the end of...

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: July 18, 2008) In a rare public appearance, Hezbollah's leader Sayyed Hassan Nassrallah greeted the five Lebanese freed from captivity in Israel after his organization returned the...

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: June 20, 2008) Israel reaches a cease-fire agreement with Hamas, while also negotiating a prisoner swap with Hezbollah. Both organizations are on the United States terror list...

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: April 25, 2008) The U.S. claims that North Korea is helping Syria build a nuclear reactor. The Syrians claim that the Israeli Prime Minster has made an...

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: April 18, 2008) Former President Carter meets with Hamas and outrages Israeli officials. But why did he make Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas uncomfortable? And is he on...

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: February 29, 2008) Hamas continues its rocket attacks on Israel. An Israeli official warns of a "Holocaust" in Gaza. And the Palestinian President accuses Hamas of working...

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: February 22, 2008) Kosovo declares independence from Serbia. Many Palestinians are talking about a similar move. Will a unilateral Palestinian declaration for independence succeed? - And if...

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: January 18, 2008) President Bush was optimistic as he ended his Middle East tour, saying that an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal can be reached. But violence erupted between...