Category Archives: Politics

The Amateur in the White House: Obama’s Iranian Folly

THE OBSERVER by Abraham H. Miller February 25, 2015 Barack Obama will go down in history as the American president who enabled the Shi’ite theocracy to become the region’s hegemonic power and looked the other way while Iran developed the … Continue reading

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Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) writes a constituent

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D) is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and has chosen to break with his group by attending Bibi’s address to the Joint Session of Congress next week. I don’t agree with some of his commentary, but … Continue reading

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Foreign governments gave millions to foundation while Clinton was at State Dept.

WASHINGTON POST by Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger February 25, 2015 The Clinton Foundation accepted millions of dollars from seven foreign governments during Hillary Rodham Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state, including one donation that violated its ethics agreement … Continue reading

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U.S. and Israel: The Manufactured Crisis

WEEKLY STANDARD by Elliott Abrams February 26, 2015 The crisis between the United States and Israel has been manufactured by the Obama administration. Building a crisis up or down is well within the administration’s power, and it has chosen to … Continue reading

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Durbin, Feinstein Invite Netanyahu to Dem-Only Meeting; Prime Minister Declines

The irony of this situation — Democrats characterize Netanyahu’s upcoming congressional speech as a partisan act, so what’s the Democrat’s solution? Invite Netanyahu to a Democrat-only meeting ! Fortunately, the Prime Minister didn’t take the bait. Some have announced a boycott (e.g. local “Israel-in-her-DNA” Congresswoman Jan … Continue reading

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Seven in 10 Americans Continue to View Israel Favorably

GALLUP by Lydia Saad February 23, 2015 Even as relations between the leaders of Israel and the United States reportedly deteriorate over disagreement about how to handle Iran’s nuclear program, Israel has retained its broadly favorable image in the U.S. over … Continue reading

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The Worst of Jen Psaki

POWERLINE BLOG by Scott Johnson February 21, 2015 State Department spokesman Jen Psaki has been promoted to the position of White House communications director. As a result of her expositions of Obama administration foreign policy, Psaki has become a huge … Continue reading

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Navigating the Iran endgame

ISRAEL HAYOM by Richard Baehr February 22, 2015 A week from Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint ‎session of Congress. He will find some empty seats as a few dozen Democrats, ‎almost all them either members of … Continue reading

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Now we know who to believe on Iran

TIMES OF ISRAEL by David Horovitz February 23, 2015 In an op-ed on February 9, I suggested that Israel’s opposition leader, Isaac Herzog, should stand alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before Congress on March 3, to underline “their common conviction that the … Continue reading

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Is This the Way to Run a War?

GATESTONE by Shoshana Bryen February 19, 2015 A Jordanian, 21 Egyptians and 4 Americans – sounds like the start of a bad joke, but it is not. They, along with thousands of others, have been murdered by the Islamic State (IS, … Continue reading

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