Category Archives: Politics

Jeffrey Goldberg’s Article Blames Bibi for US-Israel Breakdown

BREITBART by Joel Pollak October 28, 2014 Jeffrey Goldberg, who has become something of a stenographer to President Barack Obama on foreign policy, has broken the dog-bites-man news that the Obama administration dislikes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He adds … Continue reading

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Israel’s Ambassador Dermer: ‘It’s a Disgrace to Call Abbas ‘a Man of Peace”

ALGEMEINER by Dave Bender October 27, 2014 Israel’s ambassador to Washington, Ron Dermer, on Sunday launched an unprecedented attack on Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, calling him “an enemy of Israel, who educates children to hate Jews and wants to … Continue reading

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USA Today’s Susan Page: Obama administration most ‘dangerous’ to media in history

WASHINGTON POST by Erik Wemple October 27, 2014 At some point, a compendium of condemnations against the Obama administration’s record of media transparency (actually, opacity) must be assembled. Notable quotations in this vein come from former New York Times executive … Continue reading

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US Supreme Court to consider Jerusalem status in Zivotofsky v. Kerry

THE HILL by Eliana Rudee October 26, 2014 In October 2002, Menachem Zivotofsky was born in Jerusalem to American parents – a birth that would result in a major U.S. Supreme Court case ruling on the legal separation of powers … Continue reading

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University of Illinois professor takes on BDS movement in new book

THE NEWS-GAZETTE by Jim Dey October 26, 2014 University of Illinois Professor Cary Nelson doesn’t shy away from a fight. Some suggest he looks for them. If so, there he goes again. The 68-year-old professor emeritus, whose specialty is modern … Continue reading

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Ya’alon launches scathing assault on US policy in the Middle East

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Staff October 26, 2014 In Washington Post interview, ‘without naming names,’ defense minister batters the administration over Palestinian conflict, Iran talks and overall regional approach While apparently trying to be polite and stressing that he was … Continue reading

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Should NYT’s David Brooks Disclose His Son’s Israeli Military Service?

NEW YORK TIMES by Margaret Sullivan October 5, 2014 Columnists play by different rules than news reporters. By definition, they express their opinions. Columnists also, appropriately, get a lot of leeway in what they write and how they write it. … Continue reading

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It’s time to beat the Jew haters

JERUSALEM POST by Caroline Glick October 24, 2014 The decision by the most prestigious opera house in America to produce an opera that mainstreams Jew-hatred and anti-Jewish terrorism is a great victory for elitist anti-Semitism. In the world of elite … Continue reading

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Something Is Rotten at Foggy Bottom. Double Standards Abound.

COMMENTARY by Seth Mandel October 24, 2014 After the Wall Street Journal broke the news that President Obama reined in the U.S.-Israel military partnership while Israel was at war, it could not be plausibly denied that Obama has sought to … Continue reading

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Untruth and Consequences in Ferguson

DAILY BEAST by Matt Lewis October 25, 2014 We’re only now starting to learn what happened the day Michael Brown was shot. But how much will the truth really matter at this point? It’s time we admit something: Increasingly, it’s … Continue reading

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