Pursuing baseball glory in Israel

PETAH TIKVA, Israel (AP)_Dan Duquette, the former general manager of the Boston Red Sox, took one look at me, nodded, and with a somewhat puzzled look said: “Try not to

A reporter’s busy year in Israel

JERUSALEM (AP) _ When I arrived in Israel one year ago, Ariel Sharon was the prime minister, Hamas was a radical Palestinian opposition group, and Israeli troops were just leaving

My AP Blog on the Lebanon War

Tuesday, Aug. 15, 7 p.m. local

METULLA, Israel – The route from Kiryat Shemona to Metulla is a 5-mile stretch of winding, uphill road. I’ve driven it dozens of times

At the zoo, two-by-two

JERUSALEM (AP) _ Like most of its modern, conservation-friendly counterparts, Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo is trying to save animals from extinction and reintroduce them into the wild. But that philosophy, referred

Shimon Peres, pub crawler?

JERUSALEM (AP) _ It’s nearly midnight and Shimon Peres, clad in a fashionable black leather jacket, casually strolls down a sidewalk in downtown Jerusalem, the heart of the city’s nightlife.

My AP blog on Ariel Sharon’s stroke

THURSDAY, Jan. 19, 6 p.m. local

TEL AVIV, Israel, The Old Bus Station

Israel’s first suicide bombing of 2006 was also its first in five years without Ariel Sharon at

CORRESPONDENT’S DIARY: Farewell, Gaza

KISSUFIM CROSSING, Gaza Strip (AP) _ The sun poked out from beyond the horizon, and Lt. Col. Tzvika Tzoran ordered his driver: “OK. Let’s move.”

The jeep roared to life