Posts Tagged: Barack Obama
Obama’s Misplaced Mideast Optimism
Confidently commenting on the execution of Libya's long-time dictator, Barack Obama stated that "the death of Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi showed that our role in...
Obama’s Frightening Success
Turkish and Iranian flags. So this is how American foreign policy "success" looks nowadays. (WARNING: Graphic Images.) Without getting all misty-eyed about...
Accept No Substitutes
Days after the "groundbreaking" and "uncompromisingly pro-Israel" speech in the United Nations, the new White House tactic for dealing with the Israeli problem is rapidly...
A Crucial Week at the UN
This has been an amazing turnabout. A few sentences in Barack Obama's speech at the UN represented the most articulate and explicit summary of the...
The Elevator Interview – Elie Wiesel (Exclusive)
AJ: As a Holocaust survivor and Jewish activist, what do you think Jews could or should be doing for our continued, proud survival? EW: The primary...
Greetings To Robert Gates From an Ungrateful Ally
Israel is an ungrateful ally of the United States. So says Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense until recently, according to Jeffrey Goldberg. There's no reason...
The Demonization of Eric Cantor
Attacks on Eric Cantor are gaining steam. Harry Reid called him childish. Many in the media have portrayed him as the obstinate Republican who will...
Congress: Enablers of the Rich and Powerful
The Republicans are playing with fire. They have embarrassed their leader in the House of Representatives, Speaker John Boehner, by rejecting his efforts to ...
Sarah Palin is Hated for all the Right Reasons
Generally speaking, I follow the advice of the Talmudic sages who strongly urge caution, and warn of the potential dangers, regarding unnecessary entanglements with politicians...
The Left and the Banks
First up, a story. Let's say that I live a in high-crime neighborhood, or I'm terribly prone to lose things, or I'm a paranoiac, or...
How to Block the Palestine Statehood Ploy
Now that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his recent sparring partner Barack Obama are back in their corners, the next Arab-Israeli political flash point...
Even With Bibi and Barack In D.C., the News Does Go On Here In Israel – It Just Doesn’t Get Covered
Obama and Bibi, Bibi and Obama. He said, she said. That is how this week seemed to play out, in Washington. First came Obama's State...
He Said It, He Meant It, You Applauded It
The image of the AIPAC, as developed by its detractors (and secretly embraced by many gleeful Jews in US and Israel) is one of the sabre-toothed tiger,...
Obama, We Aint Going Back To Auschwitz Borders
Today's speech by US President Barack Obama is nothing short of an outrage, and one which openly declares Obama an enemy of the State of...
