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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
This is a new paper by Dr. Max Singer of the BESA Center for Strategic Studies, a non-partisan and independent institute, affiliated with the political science department at Bar-Ilan University in Israel.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israeli ambassador to the US Michael Oren and American President Barack Obama agree that Obama’s view of ...
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Here is the offical transcript of U.S. President Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's joint "press availablity" during their June 6 White House meeting:
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I just completed an excellent one-on-one discussion with Prime Minister Netanyahu, and I want to welcome him back to the White House.
I want to, ...
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
In April, The War and Peace Index, a joint venture of The Evens Mediation and Conflict Resolution Center at Tel Aviv University and The Israel Democracy Institute, looked at the the state of U.S.-Israel relations. Among the findings:
A clear majority - 61% - of the overall Israeli public defines the ...
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, looks at coverage of the recent Nuclear Security Summit which - for the most part - did not focus on Israel.
With very few exceptions, the coverage of the two-day Nuclear ...
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Friday, March 19th, 2010
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, looks at media reaction to the Israeli/US diplomatic spat over the announcement of housing starts in Jerusalem. U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel last week was met with controversy ...
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
By Moshe Ronen, Chair, Canada-Israel Committee
I would like to provide some insights into the recent developments in Israel-US relations. It is important to flag some key points for understanding the current situation.
Last week, during the visit to Jerusalem of US Vice President Biden, Israel’s interior ministry announced the ...
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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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