Posts Tagged: Israel lobby
800 Cultural Exchange Trips in Congress Between 2006-2011, Only 5 to Israel
In the years 2006 -2011 U.S. lawmakers and their senior staff took more than 800 cultural exchange trips courtesy of foreign governments. Of those 800...
Senate Committee Delays Vote on Hagel
The Weekly Standard - Carl Levin, the Michigan Democrat and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, tells Politico reporter Manu Raju that the committee...
At Senate Hearing, Chuck Hagel Describes Iranian Government as ‘Elected’ and ‘Legitimate’ (VIDEO)
Secretary of defense nominee Chuck Hagel faced the Senate Armed Services Committee in a confirmation hearing Thursday. Fielding questions from both Democratic and Republic...
Liberals Blast Hagel’s Senate Hearing Performance on Twitter
Free Beacon - Distraught by his poor performance in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee, liberals viciously turned on secretary of defense ...
The Hagelian Dialectic
The Chuck Hagel trial balloon has been aloft for weeks now, not to burst or land - since its lofting was never officially acknowledged -...
Obama Stands by Chuck Hagel, Says None of His Statements Disqualify Him (VIDEO)
In an interview with David Gregory on Meet the Press today, President Obama defended former Senator Chuck Hagel who has been named as a possible...
Time to Challenge the ‘Palestine-Firsters’
Between June and October of this year, Palestinian terrorists in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip launched almost 260 attacks, the vast majority involving rockets and missiles,...
Senate: Preventing a Nuclear Iran is Vital National Interest
The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution stating that containment of a nuclear-capable Iran is not an option. The non-binding bipartisan resolution, which passed 90-1,...
Dershowitz: J Street Stands Against Obama’s Israel Policies
J Street, the Washington based lobby which calls itself "The Political Home for Pro-Israel, Pro-peace Americans" is no longer on the same page as President...
Guardian’s Chris McGreal Suggests IDF ‘Killing’ of Corrie no Different than Hamas Suicide Bombing
While Chris McGreal may be the Guardian's Washington correspondent, he is certainly not a "reporter". His shrill, tendentious activist journalism - which arguably makes Harriet Sherwood...
Opinion: A Response to Senator Lautenberg’s Attack on the Republican Position on Israel
I consider Senator Frank Lautenberg a personal friend and a distinguished Jewish leader. My criticism, therefore, of his furious attack on Republican attitudes toward Obama...
J Street Makes an Attack on Iran More Likely
J Street, which calls itself "pro-Israel and pro-peace", is now making it more likely that Israel and/or the United States will have no choice but...
Now Playing on PBS: Why America Should Support a Nuclear Iran
Within America's foreign policy establishment there exists a coterie of academics and former State Department officials who endlessly toil to sever the close...
New Ad Slams Obama Administration on Israel’s Capital City (VIDEO)
Following a press conference at the White House yesterday where Jay Carney - the president's press secretary - would not affirm whether the Obama administration...
