Posts Tagged: obama
‘Good Riddance, Obama’: Jerusalemites Send Mixed Parting Messages to the Outgoing US President
Ahead of Friday’s inauguration of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States, a reporter from the Hebrew news site nrg took to the...
Obama: ‘Moment May Be Passing’ for Two-State Solution
President Obama defended his administration's decision to abstain from a United Nations vote condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank, saying it was necessary for...
Obama Commutes Sentence of Chelsea Manning, Ex-Intelligence Analyst Convicted of Leaking US Secrets
President Obama on Tuesday commuted all but four months of the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the Army intelligence analyst convicted of a 2010...
Goodbye, President Obama: Parting Words From an Israeli Settler
Dear President Obama, I wanted to say goodbye and show you the respect due to a tenacious adversary. Many US Jews, and even a few here...
Iranian President Calls Trump’s Vow to Rip Up Nuclear Deal ‘Empty Talk’
JNS.org -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that US President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to dismantle the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is “only empty talk." "I...
Poll: Confidence Drops in Trump Transition
Donald Trump will become president Friday with an approval rating of just 40%, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, the lowest of any recent president and...
In ’60 Minutes’ Interview, Obama Downplays US-Israel Tensions During His Tenure
JNS.org -- In what was expected to be his last official interview, outgoing President Barack Obama downplayed the hit US-Israel ties has taken under his administration. Obama told the CBS Sunday program...
Trump Tells Obama’s Ambassadors to Leave by Inauguration Day
President-elect Donald Trump is not allowing for any diplomatic dawdling. His transition team has issued a directive that all ambassadors appointed by President Obama must...
History Repeats Itself, From Begin to Netanyahu
The United Nations Security Council resolution -- which stated that Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, “occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem,” have “no legal validity," and...
Report: Russian-Brokered Cease-Fire in Syria Holding Despite Minor Violations
A nationwide Syrian cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey that went into effect at midnight was holding Friday despite minor violations, marking a potential breakthrough...
Obama’s Abandonment of Israel Should Surprise Nobody
JNS.org -- The United Nations resolution condemning Israeli settlements comes in the wake of two other motions, passed by the UNESCO cultural body in October,...
Barack Obama’s Antisemitic UN Act
JNS.org - It was particularly painful and frustrating seeing President Barack Hussein Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and US Ambassador to the United Nations...
US Abstention at the UN Security Council: An Overview
JNS.org -- The United States' abstention at Friday’s United Nations Security Council vote on a resolution condemning Israeli construction beyond the 1967 lines, has left many speculating...
Alan Dershowitz Joins Call for Obama to Pardon Imprisoned Iowa Kosher Meat Plant CEO
During his remaining time in the White House, President Barack Obama should pardon an Iowa Jewish man currently serving a 27-year prison sentence for 86...
