Archive for the ‘US Politics’ Category

According to Reports: Obama Gives Arabs a Convenient Excuse

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, ...

Obama’s Middle Ground on Middle East Disingenuous

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 ...

According to Reports: Obama Distorts in the Name of Diplomacy

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 ...

Israel’s reaction to President Barack Obama’s Speech in Cairo

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. * * * The Government of Israel expresses its hope that this important speech in Cairo will indeed lead ...

The Obama Administration and Implications for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East

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 ...

Barack Obama: The First Jewish President?

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 ...