Category Archives: Politics

At AIPAC, Sen. Menendez Goes Head-to-Head With the Obama Administration on Iran

Posted on March 2, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

NATIONAL JOURNAL by Lauren Fox March 2, 2015 The New Jersey senator, and ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, takes his Capitol Hill fight to AIPAC and vows not to back down—even from his allies. Sen. Bob Menendez takes joy … Continue reading →

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More Than 70% of US Legislators Skipping Netanyahu’s Speech Endorsed by J Street

Posted on March 2, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

This J Street Hall of Shame includes Democrat Illinois Congressmen Jan “Israel-is-in-my-DNA” Schakowsky and Luis Gutierrez. ALGEMEINER by JNS March 1, 2015 More than 70 percent of the federal legislators who have announced their intent to skip Israeli Prime Minister … Continue reading →

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RJC Launches Ad Campaign for Netanyahu Speech

Posted on March 2, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION February 27, 2015 The Republican Jewish Coalition announced today that it will launch two full-page ads in the New York Times in advance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress. A complementary online video ad campaign … Continue reading →

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Administration denies Obama threatened to shoot down Israeli warplanes

Posted on March 1, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

WASHINGTON TIMES by Jeffrey Scott Shapiro March 1, 2015 President Obama threatened last year, according to Middle Eastern news outlets Sunday, to use the U.S. military to shoot down Israeli fighter jets if they attempted to destroy Iranian nuclear facilities … Continue reading →

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As Netanyahu arrives, White House plugs Obama’s Israel bona fides

Posted on March 1, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Rebecca Shimoni Stoil March 2, 2015 As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed in the US, and thousands of pro-Israel activists in town readied to go to bat for greater Congressional oversight on any Iran deal, … Continue reading →

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Why Netanyahu’s Speech Matters

Posted on March 1, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

NATIONAL REVIEW by Matthew Continetti February 28, 2015 The emerging nuclear deal with Iran is indefensible. The White House knows it. That is why President Obama does not want to subject an agreement to congressional approval, why critics of the … Continue reading →

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Netanyahu is coming to Washington next week because Obama has left him no choice

Posted on February 28, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST by Caroline Glick February 26, 2015 It is hard to get your arms around the stubborn determination of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today. For most of the nine years he has served as Israel’s leader, first from 1996 … Continue reading →

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Obama vows veto of new [AIPAC endorsed] Senate legislation ensuring vote on Iran deal

Posted on February 28, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST by Michael Wilner February 28, 2015 Four Senators have introduced a bill that would grant Congress the opportunity to approve, or disapprove, of a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran negotiated by the Obama administration. Under the pen for several months, the … Continue reading →

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Insult and Injury: Obama Sends Susan Rice, Samantha Power to AIPAC

Posted on February 28, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

BREITBART by Joel B. Pollak February 26, 2015 President Barack Obama is sending National Security Advisor Susan Rice and UN Ambassador Samantha Power–widely seen as among the most anti-Israel members of his administration–to address a prominent pro-Israel gathering next week. The … Continue reading →

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Obama Sabotaged AIPAC, Not Netanyahu

Posted on February 28, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

COMMENTARY by Jonathan S. Tobin February 27, 2015 The AL Monitor website gained a lot of attention yesterday with a story that alleged that AIPAC was opposed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to speak to a joint session of … Continue reading →

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