Tag Archives: Secretary of State John Kerry

Kerry warns E.U. ambassadors that Security Council action on Palestine will embolden Israeli hardliners

FOREIGN POLICY by Colum Lynch December 20, 2014 Secretary of State John Kerry has privately told European Union envoys that Washington will not permit the passage of any U.N. Security Council resolution on the Middle East peace process until after … Continue reading

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Tortured logic the enemy

NEW YORK POST by Michael Goodwin December 10, 2014 A television documentary the other night featured American soldiers who fought the Nazis in the Battle of the Bulge, the last major German offensive of World War II. The soldiers were … Continue reading

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Releasing the Feinstein report is an act of exceptional recklessness

WASHINGTON POST by Michael Gerson December 8, 2014 With the release of the Feinstein report on CIA interrogations of high-value terrorists a decade ago, let’s consider the situation of intelligence personnel who have been involved, not in that program but … Continue reading

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White House said to mull settlement sanctions

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Adiv Sterman December 4, 2014 Senior officials at the White House and the US State Department held a confidential meeting to discuss the possibility of leveling sanctions against Israel to deter the Israeli government from launching … Continue reading

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New York Times Suppresses Kerry Condemnation of Palestinian Incitement

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Gilead Ini November 19, 2014 In an impassioned and unequivocal statement, Secretary of State John Kerry said Palestinian incitement was directly responsible for yesterday’s brutal murder of Jews praying in a Jerusalem synagogue. The murders were … Continue reading

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Land for Death

TABLET MAG by Lee Smith November 19, 2014 Israel may face a wrenching choice between its democracy and Jewishness. And that’s normal. Maybe all of Europe will soon follow the Swedes in recognizing a Palestinian state. Last week the E.U.’s new … Continue reading

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Evil Palestinian Propaganda Deters Peace

CHICAGO SUN TIMES by Steve Huntley November 21, 2014 The pounding of nails or the buzz of a saw to build a home in an Israeli community in the disputed lands of the West Bank never fails to spark outrage … Continue reading

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EMET’s Amicus Brief Asks the Supreme Court to Honor U.S. Law and Require the President to Recognize Jerusalem as Part of the State of Israel

EMET ONLINE News Release October 28, 2014 Today, the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) asked the U.S. Supreme Court to honor the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 2002 torecognize Jerusalem as a city governed by Israel.  Opening arguments in … Continue reading

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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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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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