Posts Tagged: Barack Obama Israel
Ya’alon Should Tell the State Department to Go to Hell
The American State Department has the gall to ask Moshe Ya'alon, the Defense Minister of Israel, for an apology? With endless American pressure being placed...
U.S. Wavers on ‘Jewish State’ Recognition While Cameron Endorses It
The United States touts itself as an impartial mediator between Israelis and Palestinians. Most of the international community continues to believe that the United States...
Jewish Liberals Should Admit They Were Wrong on Obama
The Jewish community overwhelmingly supported President Obama's re-election campaign in 2012, despite his previous track record as being terrible on Israel. As Obama and Kerry...
Obama, Israel, and the Return of Robert Malley
JNS.org - That there is widespread anxiety over the Obama administration's Middle East policies is hardly a secret. If we have learned anything...
American Jews Must Support, Not Hinder, John Kerry’s Peacemaking Efforts
I am one of those who certainly support J Street's ongoing efforts to promote Israeli-Palestinian peace, and I applaud their repeated outreach calling on Congressional...
Netanyahu and Obama Expected to Extend Peace Talks Timeline
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama are expected to agree on a one-year extension of the current American-brokered...
Obama’s Promises Abroad Prove Hollow
As U.S. credibility and stature diminish in world affairs, the American president and his secretaries of state and defense engage in eloquent denial. Unfortunately for them,...
Forcing ‘Peace’ on Israel is a Terrible Mistake
When the Arab armies of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Syria attacked Israel in May 1948, it was not to liberate the Palestinian people, but to...
Propaganda for a Peace Deal
For more than a week, anyone who gets off of the Jerusalem light rail can't help but notice the impressive looking posters that feature a...
On Economic Sanctions and Appeasement
According to Winston Churchill, "an appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." The U.S. administration is leading the easing of...
Time for Allies of Israel to Speak Up
US Secretary of State John Kerry no longer pretends to be even-handed in overseeing the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. His most recent move...
Can Israel Say No to the Kerry Peace Plan?
The assumption that Israel must accept the Kerry plan as a basis for negotiations with the Palestinian Authority -- lest it risk a rift with...
Obama Treats Ally Israel Worse Than Enemy Dictatorships
Earlier this month, it leaked that Israel's Defense Minister, Moshe Ya'alon, had privately described Secretary of State John Kerry as "obsessive and messianic" in his quest...
State of the Union Address: What Jewish Leaders Want to Hear
JNS.org - Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations and the Iran nuclear program are at the top of the Jewish community's agenda ahead of tonight's annual State of...
