Archive for the ‘US Politics’ Category
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Here is the transcript of the March 8 press conference given by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Vice President Joe Biden, during Biden's trip to Israel: Prime Minister Netanyahu: Vice President Biden, Joe, welcome to Israel and welcome to Jerusalem. We’ve been personal friends for almost three decades. ...
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, looks at critiques of Obama's handling of the Mideast.
Two recent newspaper pieces - one in Canada and one in Lebanon - made the same argument: that U.S. President Barack Obama has failed ...
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
In this recent piece for The New Republic, Israeli writer Shmuel Rosner looks at the meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, set to take place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in September.
Back to Reality
Is there actually ...
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
After posting this story, Israel's Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren gave an interview to NPR (National Public Radio) in which he discussed the U.S. request for a settlement freeze, the threat from Iran, and disclosed a bit of his own history.
Listen to the Michael Oren interview on NPR ...
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, reviews coverage of U.S. President Barack Obama's " settlement freeze" demand.
The recent visit to Israel by U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell put substantial media focus on Israel’s settlements - specifically, ...
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Friday, July 17th, 2009
Here's an editorial from the Calgary Herald:
Obama's middle ground on Middle East disingenuous
Calgary Herald
July 17, 2009
There is no doubt that U. S. President Barack Obama is a supporter of Israel, but his egalitarian approach to the Middle Eastern conflict is making him look misguided, and more than a little under ...
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, looks at how Obama finessed Israel's founding for a Muslim audience, and rebuts a column on "Seven Jewish Children."
New York Times columnist David Brooks is as shrewd and erudite an observer of ...
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Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Today, U.S. President Barack Obama gave a much-heralded speech in Cairo. Israel's offical reaction follows, along with the YouTube video of the speech in case you did not see the entire broadcast.
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The Government of Israel expresses its hope that this important speech in Cairo will indeed lead ...
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
In a new Jerusalem Issue Brief published by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Scott Carpenter analyzes the new US approach to Middle East diplomacy :
The Obama administration marks the return of a so-called "realist" approach and an intentional downplaying of President Bush's vision of an America that would use ...
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
In Friday's Chicago Tribune , reporter Tom Hundley mused about U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's "Jewish soul."
Writes Hundley: "Obama, of course, is a Christian. And his middle name is Hussein. In the presidential election, he won 78 percent of the Jewish vote and about 70 percent of the Arab-American vote, according ...
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