Obama and the daylight between US and Israel
This week’s AIPAC conference will place the fractured Israel-US relationship front and center in the American public’s focus. Of all the promises that the Obama White House h...
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German mayor opposes 10,000 euro award to anti-Semitic group Code Pink
The mayor of the German city of Bayreuth, Brigitte Merk-Erbe, said on Thursday that she rejects awarding the city’s tolerance prize to the radical US NGO Code Pink because of its ties with...
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German city awards US NGO with ties to Holocaust deniers 10,000 prize
The Bavarian city of Bayreuth is slated to award 10,000 euros in April to a US-based activist group - Code Pink - that supports a boycott of the Jewish state and has participated in a conference...
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The Lame Duck Who’s Dancing
The famous lame duck got some fabulous physical therapy, because President Obama—the lame duck in question– is flexing his muscles against his political opponents, and winning handily...
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As Iran Deadline Approaches, Skeptics Draw Dueling Red Lines
In nuclear talks between Iran and the major powers, it’s deadline time, and skeptics on both sides are laying out red lines in a bid to shape a final deal. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,...
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Khamenei’s Iran Is Not Mao’s China
“The lesson of history, is that there is no lesson,” Jacob Heilbrunn writes in The National Interest, quo...
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The Amazing Coincidences of Iran’s Javad Zarif
On Wednesday, in the Red Sea, Israeli commandos intercepted a freighter carrying a secret cargo of munitions loaded in Iran and hidden under bags of cement. The weaponry included dozens of Syrian...
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A Baleful Peace Process
To be outrageously iconoclastic among the Washington foreign-policy crowd is easy: Just suggest that the Israeli-Arab peace process is not merely pointless but actually damaging to America’...
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Iran’s Time Bomb
When US Vice-President Joe Biden finally got to comment on Iran in his recent speech at the policy conference of the American Israel ...
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AIPAC Conference Highlights Canada-Israel Ties
Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird electrified the massive pro-Israel crowd at this week’s AIPAC’s policy conference with his straight-talking affirmation of Israeli-Canadian shared...
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John Kerry Roasts Turkey
On his first trip abroad, the new secretary of state criticized Erdogan’s comments about Israel. It’s about time.
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How AIPAC Is Losing
Chuck Hagel will be secretary of Defense, and Iran will go nuclear. So much for an all-powerful Israel Lobby.
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The Alan Dershowitz Syndrome
Prominent Jews like the Harvard lawyer have spent years criticizing Obama. So, why are they endorsing him?
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The Most Dangerous Man in the World
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ali Khamenei
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The Diplomats’ Dilemma
Despots need to know that their enemies are prepared for more than talk.
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How Washington Encourages Israel to Bomb Iran
Israel knows sanctions aren't likely to work and is increasingly aware of the poor quality of U.S. intelligence.
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A Guide for the Perplexed Fareed Zakaria
Why Saudi Arabia will want a nuke if Iran gets one -- and other mysteries explained.
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Obama the Bluffer
The president of the United States says he doesn...
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For America, It’s All About Timing. Can Israel Afford It?
Beyond the speech atmospherics of the Aipac conference where, in rapid succession, Israel's president Shimon Peres, US President Barack Obama, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
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Bibi, the Begin Doctrine, and the U.S.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech on Monday at the AIPAC conference reinforcing the Begin Doctrine — the preemptive-milit...