Posts Tagged: Barack Obama Israel
Obama Tells UN Israel Can’t Permanently ‘Occupy’ Palestinian Land
JNS.org - US President Barack Obama summarized his analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his final address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York...
Will the US-Israel Aid Deal Mend the Strains of the Obama Years?
JNS.org - The United States and Israel made history on Thursday signing the largest-ever military assistance package between the two allies. The agreement was hailed by...
Why Does Obama Continue to Support the UN Human Rights Council?
Reforming United Nations institutions is often a fool’s errand. Yet, the Obama administration chooses to draw no lessons from its attempt to improve the UN...
We Ignore Iran’s Words and Actions at Our Deathly Peril
This week marked the first anniversary of the Iran nuclear deal. Last year at around this time, many of us were engaged in the effort...
Israel Has No Permanent Allies — Just Permanent Interests
Aware that President Erdogan remains an aggressive Islamist and presumably harbors as much love for Israelis as we do for him, the government was strongly...
Do Houses Matter More Than Jews?
In the wake of the report of the Middle East Quartet, which called on Israel to cease settlement construction and expansion, the US State Department this...
Mideast Peace: Moving Beyond the Quartet
The report that was recently released by the Middle East Quartet -- comprised of the United States, Russia, the European Union, and the United Nations -- is...
Obama Questioned Necessity of Israel’s Military Edge in Middle East, Former Defense Secretary Reveals
Frustrated over a stall in an arms sale to Saudi Arabia, Obama once questioned the necessity of maintaining Israel's qualitative military edge in the region,...
The Next US President Must Restore America’s Leadership on the World Stage
With Donald Trump having wrapped up the Republican nomination and Hillary Clinton almost across the Democratic winning line, attention turns to the next president’s policy...
American Jewish Leaders Must Distance Themselves From Jewish ‘Liberals’
The confusion and uncertainty arising from the presidential election campaign, together with the hostility generated over the new Israeli coalition, has emboldened a number of...
Israel at 68: Are We Isolated?
Secretary of State John Kerry and other Western policy-makers -- joined by the “elite” Western media -- contend that 68 year-old Israel is increasingly isolated...
Islamist Terrorists Couldn’t Care Less About the Palestinian Cause
According to President Obama’s worldview, the Palestinian issue is a principal Muslim concern and a major source of Muslim frustration that has fueled regional violence and intensified Islamic terrorism. However,...
The ‘Obama Doctrine’ Has Led to Global Chaos
President Barack Obama’s determination to downgrade US international power has generated massive global instability and chaos with especially ominous implications for Israel. The Obama policies have...
Strain, But No Rift: Former Diplomats Weigh In on Current US-Israel Relations
JNS.org - “If one would characterize the relationship [between Israel and the United States] over the last couple of years, it would be strain,” Dr. Bernard...
