Posts Tagged: us israel relations
Taking the Long View
On June 7, 1981, on the eve of the June 30 Israeli election, Prime Minister Menachem Begin ordered the demolition of Iraq's nuclear reactor,...
White House Sending Susan Rice and Samantha Power to Address AIPAC Conference
JNS.org - The White House will be sending National Security Advisor Susan Rice and US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power to address...
Of Course There’s a Crisis in US-Israeli Relations
We are, again, in the midst of that periodic occurrence: a crisis in Israel/US relations. This one revolves around White House pique over Prime Minister...
Donald Rumsfeld Blasts ‘Stunning’ White House Rhetoric on Netanyahu Speech
JNS.org - Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's much-debated March 3 address to a joint session of Congress about the Iranian nuclear threat,...
Susan Rice Claims Netanyahu’s Congress Speech ‘Destructive’ to US-Israel Relations
New York Times - Susan E. Rice, President Obama's national security adviser, sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Tuesday over his plans to address a joint...
Anti-Netanyahu Campaign Stoops to Antisemtism
The campaign against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress has reached a new low, crossing the line that divides criticism of Israel from the...
White House, State Department Confirm Withholding Information on Iran Talks From Israel
JNS.org - Both the White House and State Department on Wednesday confirmed that the US has been withholding information from Israel concerning the nuclear...
Obama’s Shameless Jewish Cheerleaders
While US President Barack Obama determinedly pursues his policy of appeasement, which may enable the world's most dangerous terrorist state to become a nuclear threshold...
Biden Snub Amplifies Obama Administration’s Tension With Israel
JNS.org - The latest episode in a history of tension between the Obama administration and Israel has escalated to a new level, with US...
Yaid Lapid Throws Tel Aviv Super Bowl Party Hoping to Win Votes to Topple Netanyahu
Bloomberg- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's protocol-bending invitation to address Congress took Israel's election campaign deep onto the American political field. This week it reached the...
Iran Threat – When Principle Trumps Protocol
Are there circumstances under which breaching diplomatic protocol is justified, even if it offends a friendly government? In recent days, Obama administration officials have loudly criticized...
After King’s Death, Status Quo Expected for Saudi Relations With Iran and Israel
JNS.org - The death of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Thursday (US time) shouldn't change how the Gulf nation treats its relations with Iran...
John Boehner on Netanyahu Invite: Congress ‘Can Make This Decision on its Own’
JNS.org - While an Obama administration spokesman said Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner (R-Ohio) breached "protocol" by inviting Israeli Prime Minister...
Israel’s Splendid Isolation
Despite the conventional claim that Israel is becoming increasingly isolated, the multinational accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers determined that 2014 was a record year of overseas...
