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Lessons From the Holocaust Should Inform Netanyahu.
Which brings me to a recent public statement I read in a New York Jewish newspaper ��� a statement, that was attributed to the current leader of Reform Jewry in the US. In the Jewish Daily Forward, a certain American Reform��.
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Josh Earnest and Deputy.
The reason for that is I have alongside with me here today the Presidents Deputy National Security Advisor, Tony Blinken, who is going to talk to you about a telephone call that the President convened with some of our allies in Europe today. I know that. Ukrainian forces are right now making major gains to regain sovereignty in the east, but at the same time, Russia is doubling down on its own efforts to support the separatists and destabilize the country. Indeed, it is��.
Kerry Says Netanyahu Is Welcome to Speak in US, but Calls Circumstances Odd
WASHINGTON ��� Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday tried to lower the temperature in the three-way fight among congressional Republicans, the Obama administration and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, saying that Mr. Netanyahu was .
Divisiveness Is the Only Constant in Americas Gun-Control Debate
Over at The New Yorker, Adam Gopnik has written a rather unhinged meditation on the prospects for gun control ��� on the ���moral work��� of pushing new gun laws, and presumably the moral complacency of those who fail to see a way to make them happen.
This is worth it, folks, Kerry says of talks-- and warns of.
Michael Gordon of The New York Times: ���Sir, for three days youve been meeting day and night, traveling back and forth between Jordan and Israel. If its been this difficult to get the parties to agree even to sit down together��.
The Torture Report Is Only the First Step
Amnesty for torturers is not the answer. None of this will be easy; it will take time. As President Obama said, ���this report reminds us once again that the character of our country has to be measured in part not by what we do when things are easy, but.
After Rohanis Visit to New York: Flynt Leverett on Prospects.
Even, when due to some news of a possible talk, or rapprochement they become off balance, and start throwing in the rape and need to get nuke and etc. etc. is not unusual to us, much like the RSHs BS. But for me as long.. Basiji-jan: ���Welcome to being a mokhless follower of Ahlul Bayt.��� True. And we.. New York Times editorial today says ���it could be disastrous��� if Netanyahu and his pals in US Congress block Obamas effort to improve relations with Iran. Richard��.
43 Ways New York Has Changed Under Mayor de Blasio
In his most memorable campaign ad, Joe Lhota suggested that if his opponent Bill de Blasio were elected mayor, New York would soon look like something out of the 70s (or Mad Max): a graffiti- and crime-ridden city overrun by violent biker gangs.
How The CIA Twisted The Legacy Of A Vietnam War Protest To Justify Torture
George W. Bush categorically stated in 2006 that the United States does not torture. But the CIA draft memo, revealed for the first time last Tuesday, shows agency lawyers planning to evade international and domestic laws against torture as early as.
Dirty Pretty Rock
Despite all this, coal not only remains the alpha in the U.S. electricity mix today���accounting for about 40 percent of the power generated in the country (at 27 percent, natural gas comes in second)���but it will be a fixture well into the future. The.
The Dance of Superpowers
It seemed as good a time as any for the United States to pursue the long-cherished goal of shifting its post-Cold War emphasis away from protecting Europe and securing access to Middle East oil to tapping the rich markets of Asia and checking a rising.
White House: Should have sent senior official to Paris
Bill OReilly threatens N.Y. Times reporter. ���Had the circumstances been a little bit different, I think the president himself wouldve liked to have been there,��� Earnest said, noting that the rally came together quickly late Friday and it wouldve.
Prosecutors recommend charges against ex-CIA chief Petraeus
Justice Department prosecutors and the FBI are recommending felony charges against former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus for allegedly sharing classified information with a mistress when he headed the intelligence agency, the New York Times reports.
Finally, Israel is alienating the US mainstream media
Nathan Thrall of the International Crisis Group had an excellent piece on the New York Times op-ed page on the ���road to war,��� saying that Israel chose this war as a means of blocking the unity deal between Hamas and Fatah.. Kerry expressed his frustration (maybe even accidentally on purpose), but we already know that in private American Presidents and diplomats lose their temper with Israel... Under those circumstances to speak of ���defense��� is ludicrous.
For once, the whole world hears the story of a Palestinian.
You can see what the New York Times did today.. Note that Ron Dermer, Israeli ambassador to the U.S., went on national television yesterday, ABC, and accused this boy of throwing Molotov cocktails and petrol bombs.. who can speak with appropriate condemnation about brutal kidnap-murders ��� but who feel they must add, as Prime Minister Netanyahu did this week, that the moral high ground is my sides alone: ���This is what differentiates us from our neighbors.
NYT op-ed says Jews should get off sinking liberal Zionism.
On the New York Times op-ed page, Antony Lerman says that liberal Zionists have acted as a figleaf for supremacist rightwing Zionism in Israel and blocked the idea of equal rights inside Diaspora Jewry.. Its easier for us to call it that because the classification dwarfs it and aggrandizes us, and allows us to treat it as a pest that must be eliminated, rather than a political player that must be taken into account when examining the.. That cheap blustering Netanyahu.
Rolling Stone: Obama Is One Of The Most Successful.
The author of 20 books and writer for the New York Times, Krugman goes on to list several key achievements Obama has made during, what Krugman calls, a wave of Obama-bashing by mainstream pundits and talking heads... His compromises are celebrated like those of the Whigs, but his moderation, however welcome after Bush radicalism, is limited to a few fixes rather than a broad national vision that would usher in a new party system such as Lincoln and��.
Video: If you voted for Hamas, Israel has a right to kill you.
There was a pro-Israel rally of 10000 people in New York yesterday, a half block from the United Nations, and Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner, who is an executive of the NY Board of Rabbis, suggested that Palestinians who voted. As a Zionist here once told us, when we were discussing what Rabbis might be able to do to help moderate Israels intransigence; A Rabbi is nothing but a hired hand, and if he doesnt say what the Temple board wants to hear, he gets fired.
Obama will not meet with Netanyahu during trip to Washington
He was initially scheduled to address lawmakers in February, but the date was changed so that it could coincide with Netanyahus trip to Washington to address an annual conference held by AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby group,. Obama has been urging Republicans, as well as some members of his own party, to hold off on passing new Iran sanctions legislation while the U.S. and international partners are in the midst of nuclear negotiations with the Islamic republic.
Dont lose sight of the real story in the alliance between.
Benjamin Netanyahu seems to think that standing and speaking before the Congress of the United States will make him look big right before an election back home. John Boehner seems to think that behaving like an ass will��.
Before the chickenshit hit the fan
But that wasnt all. Yaalons adjectives were blown up into a major diplomatic confrontation when an unnamed ���senior US official��� demanded that Netanyahu ���put this right by publicly expressing his disagreement with the statements against Secretary.
01/22 Links Pt1: Fatah: stabbing a ���self-sacrificing operation���
Europe is a relatively new battleground, but the last few weeks showed mounting escalation, both in jihadist activities against governments (see France) and in governmental activity against jihad cells (Belgium, Germany). Jihad activities in.. Despite the White Houses cold response to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli leader is welcome to give a speech at any time in the United States, top US diplomat John Kerry said Wednesday. But he agreed it��.
How Campbell Brown Became the Most Controversial Woman in School Reform
This past summer, Rhee stepped down from a nonprofit backed by the Bloomberg Foundation that had hoped to raise $1 billion, and a number of recent studies have shown mixed results for charters, which do not, generally speaking, outperform traditional.
01/02 Links Pt2: Does the Israeli Left actually live here?; Anett
I also foresaw that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would agree to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerrys formula for a Palestinian state based on the 1967 lines, but that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas would cut and.. of Palestinian calls for its destruction, in part through BDS. Gaza is Full of Dispair, But I Know the Solution! Or So Says Roger Cohen. In his final New York Times column of 2014, ���Gaza is Nowhere,��� Cohen first tells us that life in Gaza��.
Heroic Villains
To be sure, Ebola caught everyone by surprise; even the United States and Spain arguably bungled the first cases that reached their borders. But Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone were stunned by the sheer enormity of the crisis and their lack of.
Chris Hedges Tells Dinesh DSouza That His Obama Film Is.
Isnt it odd that you havent read that in the New York Times? Or seen it on the CBS evening news? If Mitt Romney had had that kind of a background, dont you think it would be everywhere? SK: And what about Chriss point��.
Sunday Globe Special: Live From Israel.. Its Saturday Night!
When the anchor asks what gives with the nosh and the casual attire, Netanyahu shrugs and says it doesnt matter what he does anymore, the voters will reelect him anyway (to a historic fourth term as premier, by the way)... The meetings purpose was to try to defuse the optics of the planned speech to Congress, and to return to substantive issues involving the two nations, said Representative Steve Israel, a New York Democrat who hosted the gathering in his��.
Hall-of-Fame Voters Explain Why They Voted Differently for Barry Bonds and.
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, both among the best players of all time statistically but also both tainted by PED accusations, are often linked together with respect to their Hall chances. But some voters selected one and not the other: Clemens.
NY Ebola doctor was told he didnt have to self-quarantine
Dr Craig Spencer returned to the U.S. on October 17 from Ebola hot zone Guinea where he was treating patients with non-profit group, M��decins Sans Fronti��res/Doctors Without Borders (MSF).. After news broke that Dr Spencer was infected they issued.
Palestinian minister dead after being hit in chest with rifle butt by Israeli.
The Israeli military said it is looking into the incident and had no immediate comment, while the Arabic language spokesman for the countrys prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said the circumstances leading to the death of the minister were being.
TEXT-Full text of Obamas State of the Union address
It has been, and still is, a hard time for many. But tonight, we turn the page. Tonight, after a breakthrough year for America, our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999. Our unemployment rate is now lower than it was.
Opinion: Netanyahu Betrays Whats Best For Israel | Jewish.
Netanyahus Office Releases Clip of PM Writing Congress Speech. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is said to have made significant concession over Irans nuclear. Kerry Rewrites History. Black leader Star Parker said members of the Congressional. Even though the U.S. has kept Israel informed about the substance of the negotiations with Iran, Netanyahu spared no efforts to rally Congress to legislate a new set of sanctions that could only derail the negotiations.