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US feels the heat on Palestine vote at UN - Mondoweiss
US Secretary of State John Kerry walks past American (back) and Israeli flags at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on January 6, 2014. (Photo: Brendan.. Jonathan Cook won the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism. His latest books are ���Israel and the.. allies in the US Congress.��� The White House has a card to play that will shut-up all but the most fanatical Congressional Zionists, a card theyve toyed with but, typically for Obama, never openly.
US plays decisive role in Israels attack on Gaza - Mondoweiss
But of far greater concern should be the Obama administrations decision to back Israel to the hilt and the US medias silence on the matter.. Jonathan Cook won the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism... link to haaretz.com ���The whole industry is on the verge of a nervous breakdown,��� said the manager of a big travel agency in Tel Aviv, who asked that he not be quoted by name.��� ���According to Yossi Fattal, head of the Israel Travel Agents Association, ���tens��.
US feels the heat on Palestine vote at UN
A poll this month found that 52 per cent viewed President Barack Obamas diplomatic policy as ���bad���, and 37 per cent thought he had a negative attitude towards their country ��� more than double the figure two years ago.. US officials would like to.
RealClearWorld - Frankly America, Bibi Doesnt Give a Damn
March 8, 2014. Frankly America, Bibi Doesnt Give a Damn. Yoel Marcus, Haaretz. The Associated Press. In his speech to AIPAC, it was as if Netanyahu were saying to Obama: Attack me before I arrive and Ill get you back double.. Jonathan Cook, The National. Inside Israel, the government is seeking to silence the few critical voices left. The intimidation was starkly on display last week as the supreme court considered the constitutionality of the recent ���boycott law���. Sign up | Sign in��.
Israels Biggest Land Grab in the West Bank in Three.
Netanyahu told them ���sit back during the operation and Ill make it up to you afterwards.���. But possibly even more useful, Netanyahu has engineered a confrontation with the US that will remind the Israeli public of the international climate within which he must work, both in relation to Gaza and the West Bank.. Livni, who has cultivated strong ties to the Obama administration, has indicated that she supports the seizure in principle... Articles by: Jonathan Cook��.
Can Liberal Zionists Count On Hillary Clinton?
In his book-lined office, decorated with an Israeli flag and a poster of Yoda holding a Hebrew bible, emails from congregants had been regularly popping up on Zemels computer screen, railing about Israelis ���killing children... Since then, Clinton.
Did Obama Inc. Work to Stage a Micro Coup in Israel over.
According to a Haaretz report on Wednesday, between 2008 and 2011, the four men leaked plans and discussions of possible Israeli strikes on Iran to the media in order to prevent them from being carried out. The four men opposed an Israeli strike. The incident was seen as an indication that the security establishment does not back Netanyahus bold threats that Israel is prepared to go it alone in a strike on Irans nuclear facilities. ���That is factually wrong,��� Asheknazi��.
Israeli government implosion over peace process opens.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rarely been so politically embattled. His travails indicate the Israeli rights inability to respond to a shifting political landscape, both in the region and globally. U.S.-led��.
Why Gaza must suffer again: The four guilty parties behind.
Doubtless the army was only too ready to back Netanyahu and Baraks electioneering if it also provided an opportunity to clean out some of Hamas rocket arsenal. But there is another strategic reason why the Israeli army has��.
Dont expect a second term Obama to take on Israel.
Newspaper cartoons summed up the mood last week. The liberal Haaretz showed a sweating Netanyahu gingerly putting his head into the mouth of an Obama-faced lion, while the rightwing Jerusalem Post had Netanyahu��.
While Obama Urges Caution, Netanyahu, McConnell, IAEA.
Unfortunately, Obamas words of caution are getting little play while Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made appearances before the war-hungry mob at AIPAC to make the case for an attack now. In the meantime, Iran took positive diplomatic steps that are likely to be overlooked, reversing a death-sentence conviction on an accused US spy and committing to an IAEA visit to the disputed Parchin site. As seen in��.
Profile: Tony Blair Defends the Choices Hes Made
Looking back over the past few years, you have to wonder how Blair the pitchman would assess his own progress. Various. How would he sum up the current purpose of his life?. He said he spent roughly two-thirds of his time on his charities and on.
Get ready for Obamas comeback
And given the role a strong economy played in buoying Bill Clintons approval ratings in the late 1990s, despite the Monica Lewinsky scandal, its quite possible that Obamas will rise too, which will further fuel the journalistic perception that Obama.
Orwellian Netanyahu says U.S. demands ethnic purification.
Obama for his alleged hatred of Netanyahu wont stand up to him and appears totally bullied by him. Lets recall the last U.S. president to really stand up to Israel was the much-ridiculed George HW Bush back in 1991 when��.
The new anti-Zionists are trying to destroy Israel
As the new Muslim fanatics aim to do to Islam, so the new Jewish chauvinists aim to drag Jewish nationalism back to the darkness of previous centuries. By Ari Shavit. If theres fanaticism and death ritual around us, were moderation and choice of.
Provocative Israeli Cartoon on Deteriorating Relations With US Evokes 9/11
A cartoon published Thursday by the left-leaning Israeli daily Haaretz has sparked controversy for its blunt attempt to depict deteriorating relations between conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama. The cartoon .
Will this US-Israel crisis go to waste?
But the most consistent one has been to give up easily on peace efforts, out of distraction by events elsewhere or out of fear that public disagreements with Israel will be costly in domestic politics. Which brings us to Obama and Netanyahu. The bad.
Why Is Yaalon Not Playing By the Rules? - Commentary.
Why is Yaalon, previously known primarily as more of a defense intellectual than a firebrand, twisting the U.S. tigers tail in this manner? Is it part of a strategy cooked up by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu aimed at showing��.
To oust Netanyahu, stop moaning and start convincing Israelis to vote
Instead, 18 years later, Netanyahu is still with us, running yet again for prime minister, this time as the incumbent, now a man with great experience - at building settlements, transferring wealth to the wealthy, rabble-rousing from one side of his.
ynet says U.S. told Iran it wont back Israeli attack
yeah, of course i considered that. not sure if that was clear in my commentary re ���Sounds a little like the kind of stuff cooked up by the opposition during an election cycle! ��� lots of obama said this and obama said that begging. Israel tends to be clever but extremely short-sighted. Israels not going to like it if Obama seizes the opportunity to simply not deny the story, and leave behind the implication that the US WONT back Israel ��� without ever having had to say so.
Updated: Is the European Union about to sanction Israel?
The European Union is contemplating a variety of measures that would punish Israel for its occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to an internal EU document obtained by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.. the EUs Political and.
Israeli Arabs, dont give the Jewish State your vote
But I have bad news for our new political couple, Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni: As far as Im concerned, as long as their camp, which aspires to the crown, doesnt change its political operating system, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the right.
Behind Obamas back: How Netanyahus US trip was cooked up
Behind Obamas back: How Netanyahus U.S. trip was cooked up. Speaker Boehners invitation was preceded by weeks of contacts between Republican leadership and Israeli ambassador Ron Dermer, who is pushing lawmakers for new Iran sanctions.
What Israeli Elections Mean for Obama | FrontPage Magazine
The United States is popular in Israel, but Obama isnt. Obamas spats with Netanyahu ended up making the Israeli leader more popular. The plan was for Obama to gaslight Israelis by maintaining a positive image in Israel��.
US-Israel Alliance: Obamas ���Green Light��� to Israel Attack on.
Four Guilty Parties behind Attack.. We now know, thanks to Israeli peace activist Gershon Baskin, that in the period leading up to Jabaris execution Egypt had been working to secure a long-term truce between Israel and Hamas.. Doubtless the army was only too ready to back Netanyahu and Baraks electioneering if it also provided an opportunity to clean out some of Hamas rocket arsenal.. Jonathan Cook won the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism.
Will US Jewish groups pivot left if Herzog wins?
Differences between the Netanyahu and Obama governments have sowed discomfiture for American Jews, particularly in the areas of Iran policy and settlement expansion. Frequently the differences have devolved into personal heated exchanges of insults.
Bibis Romney Rally - The Washington Monthly
But as it turns out, Romneys visit was less noteworthy for his pandering to Israelis and their U.S. supporters than for his love fest with Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, as Haaretzs Barak Ravid explains:. According to Tablet Magazine, those who cooked up the visit over breakfasts at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem a month ago were Romneys adviser Dan Senor and Netanyahus adviser, Ron Dermer, who himself hails from a Republican family in Miami.
Saar wont challenge Netanyahu for Likuds top spot for now
Saar wont challenge Netanyahu for Likuds top spot for now. Criticizing the decision to move up the primary, former interior minister bows out of bid to take Likud leadership from Israels prime minister. By Haaretz | Dec. 11, 2014 | 5:41 PM.
Media Coverup: US Played A Decisive ���Behind the Scenes.
Netanyahu, backed by the US, is using the current attack to terrorise Gazas civilian population, deplete Hamas rocket stockpile, and then force it to accept terms of surrender. The second investigation comes. But of far greater concern should be the Obama administrations decision to back Israel to the hilt and the US medias silence on the matter. There can be no hope of a. Jonathan Cook won the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism. His latest books are��.
Israels society, still shaped by military arrogance
Haaretz theater critic Michael Handelzalts already praised it to the skies two days ago on the Haaretz Hebrew website. But it is. That the 1973 war had healed us. That there were no more Gorodishes, nor Moshe Dayans. And look at the nightmare were.
Jewish food chronicler Gil Marks dead at 62
Marks made Aliya to Israel in 2012 after going back and forth between his home in New York and his large family in Israel for several years. Yet by then Marks was also facing a lung cancer diagnosis. Active on social media, Marks publicly chronicled.
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Finally, Ferguson, Mo., reminds us of our own wounds of mistrust we need to heal. The controversial verdict was announced the same day President Obama awarded this years Presidential Medals of Freedom, which also reminded us that weve been a work .