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The article discusses the relationship between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama. During March 2010 the relations between Israel and the U.S. deteriorated after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton informed Netanyahu that Obama was offended and hurt by Israel's decision to continue building settlements in occupied East Jerusalem. According to the author the two leaders have a very different worldview which complicates their attempts to communicate with each other on important issues including Iran's nuclear ambitions and the resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East.

This article discusses the violence enacted by radicals in Palestine, and how the strategy taken by the U. S. and the world to weaken Palestinian radicals has to change. It discusses the war in Gaza, the rivalry between Hamas and Fatah, and the United States' relationship with President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas.

The article focuses on the potential threat of a nuclear armed Iran under president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The article explores multiple questions surrounding the issue, including what Iran wants, how close the country is to gaining a nuclear bomb, and what the United States can do about it. Iran's boldness in the face of the international community may result from what it sees as a vulnerable Western world, with high oil prices and troops deployed in Iraq.

This article reports on the problems and priorities facing Hamas in the wake of its election victory in the Palestinian Territories. Speculates as to whether the militant organization is capable, or even willing, to lay down its arms and play a purely political role in the region. There are details of the election victory over rival Fatah and the reactions to the election from the United States and Israel.

The article discusses the possibility that Israel will use military force to stop Iran's nuclear development program. A senior Israeli official has said that due to the geographic dispersion of facilities in Iran and limitations to Israeli air power a strike against Iran would set the program back no more than a year. The article examines the 1981 destruction of Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor and looks at nuclear facilities in Iran including the Natanz enrichment facility and the Fordow facility. Foreign relations between Israel and the U.S. and U.S. military power are also discussed.

This article reports on conflicting views on the settlement of the West Bank territory by Israelis and Palestinians. The article discusses Israeli settler families living in the Palestine-occupied region, noting that the civilians are not supposed to live in the military areas. Information is also provided on Jewish heritage in the area, the role of the U.S. in the Israel-Palestine conflict, exile, and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The article focuses on Prime Minister of Israel Binyamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu will visit the U.S. for a May 18, 2009 meeting with President Barack Obama. Policy differences between the two leaders are discussed on the questions of Iran's nuclear energy program and an Israeli-Palestinian Arab peace agreement.

The article urges the U.S. government to raise its financial transactions tax (FTT) in order to limit the effects of unfair trading, increase revenue and help reduce income inequality.

The article discusses the need for lending laws in the U.S. to be updated to keep pace with artificial intelligence that are adopted by banks and other financial companies. Topics mentioned include the need for lawmakers to consider what structures are needed to protect consumers against unfair lending practices, a machine learning algorithm used by artificial intelligence (AI) to integrate big data sets, and transparency for borrowers and lenders to know how AI operates.

The article reports on the U.S. National Credit Union Administration's (NCUA) approval of rules that open up membership requirements to more easily create national credit unions. Topics discussed include the desire of some credit unions to grow into national financial institutions, the need for the NCUA to require compliance under the Community Reinvestment act, and the average asset size of credit unions in America.

In the article, the author discusses the decision by the U.S. Treasury Department to improve the bankruptcy code and the Dodd-Frank Act to better govern the financial services industry. Also cited are the proposal by U.S. Congressman Jeb Hensarling and Senator Pat Toomey to repeal the Orderly Liquidation Authority (OLA), and the single point of entry (SPOE) regime that was created by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC).

The author comments on the proposal to allow everyone on the social network Website Facebook or uses online retailer Amazon who share a common bond to form a credit union in the U.S. Topics discussed include the concept of a common bond in the credit union movement, the consequences of expanding the definition of common bond to a meaningless level, and the outdated regulatory structure of credit unions.

The article opines financial crisis in the European Union countries and in the U.S. has allowed policymakers to increase their central banks' regulatory authority and also offers five principles central bankers should consider. The principles include recognizing the diverse business models of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs) and giving central bank regulators a status equal to that of monetary policy specialists. Cooperation between regulatory agencies is also noted.