No precedent for Netanyahus contentious speech to Congress
Some of these speeches are powerful ��� think Winston Churchill rallying Americans for a long, hard war or Nelson Mandela calling them to lead all humanity toward democracy and peace. Others, frankly, are so bland theyre dull. Its not unusual for.
Pugnacious Netanyahu Pushes U.S. to Call for 1967 Borders
Netanyahus cabinet clarified its so-called ���settlement restraint��� policy with todays decision (some have called it a ���moratorium��� or a ���freeze��� but as you will see shortly, it is nothing of the sort, and those words are an... Others may have been merely defeatist, assuming Jewish victory and preferring to live under Arab rule: the sense of national boundaries is not strong in most of the Arab world. Another... She accuses us of failing to hold the Palestinians to account.
Netanyahus ISIS takeover campaign video - Mondoweiss
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released an ISIS inspired campaign video late Saturday evening where his Likud party suggested a vote for his opponents will lead to Israels takeover by the Islamic terror group.. On a black screen bullet markings barrel out the warning, ���The left will surrender to terror,��� closing with Netanyahus electoral catchphrase, ���Its us, or them. Only the Likud. Only Netanyahu.��� The video is sampled with the Arabic song ���Ghorbah��� by the��.
Republicans Sweating As Democrats Hold Leads In.
All the talk of a Republican takeover of the US Senate after this years midterms may have been a bit premature as a new poll in Georgia shows that Democratic candidate Michelle Nunn holds a three-point lead over Republican nominee. If they can energize these bases and have them show up on Election Day, then both candidates should have no problem pulling out victories... I think a strong male Republican vote for Nunn and Carter has a lot to do with farmers.
Patrick Leahy: Netanyahu Address To Congress A Tawdry And High-Handed.
President Barack Obama, who will not meet with Netanyahu during his visit to Washington, D.C., reiterated Monday that international talks over stemming Irans nuclear plans are delicate. Obama said it wont help if Netanyahu calls for more sanctions.
Local Patriots fans caught in ups, downs of Super Bowl
New England Patriots fans rejoiced in family rooms and taverns across the region as the team squeaked past the Seattle Seahawks to claim a 28-24 victory in Super Bowl XLIX at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. As the game clock. Though.
6 dynamics that could make or break the next Congress
WASHINGTON ��� The 113th Congress is on track to be among the least productive in two decades. Will the next Congress be any better? Newly empowered Republicans say yes ��� emphatically. After the GOPs resounding victory in the 2014 elections, party .
Dreams for the Tennis Year Ahead
Some wishful thinking became reality in 2014. Those of us who craved variety in the Grand Slam honor roll for a change got just that, with eight different singles champions, including Stan Wawrinka and Marin Cilic. Those of us who wanted a stirring.
Netanyahu in Congress address: This is a bad deal
REUTERS/Gary Cameron Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 3, 2015. U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner (L)��.
The crisis in Israel-Palestine - Vox
The lines between them indicate interactions; the dots that are close together form a cluster, which Lotan says show the degree of connectedness as measured by a statistical algorithm examining rates of interaction on Twitter.. Noy Allouche is an Israeli who does funny, musical YouTube remixes of speeches; this is a reference to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu allegedly telling the US not to ever second guess me again on combatting Hamas. Big caveat:��.
Palestinian Groups Are Found Liable at Manhattan Terror Trial
The verdict ended a decade-long legal battle to hold the Palestinian organizations responsible for the terrorist acts, an effort that encompassed fights over jurisdiction, merit and even practicality: History has shown that it is difficult for victims.
Al Jazeera publishes leaked intelligence files showing.
Dubbed The Spy Cables, the initial reporting leads to one conclusion: Benjamin Netanyahu is a liar.. Al Jazeera publishes leaked intelligence files showing Netanyahu lied about Iranian nuclear threat.. The Palestinian ���street��� has long (very long) regarded the PLO and PA leaders as corrupt (profiting from deals with Israel) (they are not the only corrupt politicians ��� USAs pols are corrupt, having deals with all of OUR oligarchs: big oil, big defense, big Zion, big��.
Netanyahu holds lead, calls strong showing victory
JERUSALEM -- Benjamin Netanyahus conservative Likud Party held a small lead over its major opposition party in Israels elections Tuesday that kept alive the prime ministers hope for a fourth term. Partial results showed Netanyahus party clinging to.
On Being Treated Like Some Foreign Alien
The other day I caught an Israeli Television news talk show and was horrified to hear how the panel referred to me and my neighbors as if were some unwanted foreign enemy. Theyre perfectly happy to take our blood donations from the Magen David Adom .
Netanyahu speech is destructive of bipartisan, immutable.
National security adviser Susan Rice claims that the American people want a strong bipartisan immutable relationship between Israel and the US, but she and the Obama administration are using the Netanyahu speech to do all their power to. Hardline support (almost all Republicans, and some Schumer-Menendez-Engel Democrats too), J Street Democrats (the center of the Dem Party now, pushing for a Labor victory in Israel) and the Obama/Congressional Black��.
Scott Walker Takes Step Towards 2016, Launches New.
Walker, frequently cited as a strong presidential contender because of his conservative credentials and victories in a Democratic-leaning state, won headlines for a strong performance at this weekends GOP cattle call in Des Moines.. But make no mistake: Todays election in Israel is a big deal -- on the domestic politics surrounding the Iran talks, on the U.S. politics over Israel (where Prime Minister Netanyahus Likud Party usually = Republicans, and Israels��.
Kiss of Judis
One of the presuppositions of the 2002 book was the Democrats would continue to make ���a respectable showing among white working-class voters.���. And Judis and Teixeira were correct in predicting Democratic gains among credentialed professionals.
A Republic of Disrespect
But the Netanyahu invitation seems to me worse. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports the idea was ���cooked up��� behind the back of the American president, that the White House, the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Embassy in Israel ���were totally .
Conservative Radio Host Wants Democrats Skipping.
Apparently, having integrity is a hanging offense according to Andrea Shea King, who fails to explain how bombing Iran will save us from ISIL.. We are shame-faced and angry, but we are also celebrating those few brave Democrats who will not attend Netanyahus address to Congress today ��� oh wait, thats 23, no, its 42���oh! Make that 52, no, 53! Every time. People with whom, no matter how much you might differ, were elected to the offices they hold. The sad part��.
Bruce Jenner discusses becoming a woman
Bruce Jenner was the quintessential American guy. Hes a gold-medal Olympian who loves planes, helicopters and golf. He has 10 children ��� six biological and four step. Jenner - who was involved in a fatal car crash recently in Los Angeles - was long .
Netanyahu Sets Address to US Congress, Roiling Israeli Election
Mr. Netanyahus office said that the congressional visit reflects ���strong bipartisan support for U.S.-Israel relations��� and that Mr. Netanyahu would thank the president his support of Israel. The Israeli leader said he planned to ���share with the joint.
Election race tightens in Israel as polls show Netanyahus.
Benjamin Netanyahus re-election prospects were looking increasingly grim on Wednesday amid fresh polls showing a strong lead for a buoyant Left-wing opposition and signs of panic in the Israeli prime ministers own��.
Capital Journal Daybreak: The Senates Odd Couple | Emails Test Clinton.
Now, as Mr. Paul prepares to run for president, a five-year effort to bury the hatchet has forged an odd-couple partnership that is an unseen force in both the 2016 presidential campaign and the U.S. Senate. Mr. Paul used his. Now, Mr. McConnell is.
Modest Victory for Israel in Quest for International Meeting on Anti-Semitism
���Whenever you attack a Jew for being a Jew, its all of us, the community of nations, who are under attack for the founding principles of the United Nations,��� Harlem D��sir, the French minister of state for European affairs, told the General Assembly on.
Netanyahus battle for Jerusalem cant end well for any of us
Calling Jews to put aside their little differences and take up arms for the battle for Jerusalem is a vision of holy war, with fascistic trimmings. The battle for. Today in the U.S. I hear some Americans seeking to be post-Zionist. A one-state... Ben-Ami relates that after the UNSCOP was formed in May of 1947, Ben Gurion explained that his acceptance of the principle of partition was an attempt to gain time until the Jews were strong enough to fight the Arab majority.
Israel: Signs of panic in Netanyahus campaign as polls.
Benjamin Netanyahus re-election prospects were looking increasingly grim on Wednesday amid fresh polls showing a strong lead for a buoyant Left-wing opposition and signs of panic in the Israeli prime ministers own campaign. Less than a week before. The sense of victory and change is in the air.��� The optimism was. They didnt realize it just made them look forever weak in Muddled-East Minds ��� the ones which want the USA$$ but not the words. Words like��.
Obama Calls for Restoration of Voting Rights Act at 50th Anniv. of Bloody.
The brutal police violence brought against courageous, peaceful marchers that day, and the subsequent peaceful marches that followed it, led directly to the passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, widely regarded as one of the most important.
Queens Village GOP Club To Celebrate 140th Lincoln Dinner
William Kristol, one of the nations leading proponents of Republican conservatism and known to national Sunday morning television audiences as a political commentator on ABCs This Week, will be the keynote speaker at the 140th Anniversary Lincoln .
UPDATED ��� BREAKING: Netanyahu declares VICTORY.
Im seeing a lot right now that say things are too close to call, however theres a lot of opinion out there that suggests that Netanyahu and Likud are winning, especially after Netanyahus Likud and Bennetts Jewish Home are joining. Against all odds:a great victory for the Likud.. Kahlons strong showing positions him as kingmaker, with both Netanyahu and Herzog likely requiring his support to pass the 60 seat threshold needed to form a coalition... Follow Us��.
Netanyahu on Iran nuclear deal: Were better off without it.
The Guardians diplomatic editor Julian Borger (@julianborger) offers one last assessment of Netanyahus remarks today, looking at just how quickly could Iran militarize a nuclear arsenal.. Indeed, ahead of the speech an unnamed Israeli official traveling with Netanyahu had appeared to suggest that the Israeli prime minister would reveal damaging details of the US-led negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme,.. The other calls itself the Islamic State.
Pelosi blasts Netanyahu speech as a insult to U.S..
Marc Ginsberg said Netanyahu was likening Obama to a Nazi appeaser, Nancy Pelosi said she was in tear from the insult to the intelligence of the U.S. and Christiane Amanpour called it dark, Strangelovian.. An amazing scene today, as a rightwing foreign leader told the Congress that our president is pursuing a ���very bad��� foreign policy and the Congress jumped up to cheer him. On the cables.. Military analysts were calling it ���a victory based on a technicality���.
State Dept says Netanyahu speech is not inappropriate.
First, the US Campaign to End the Occupation and Jewish Voice for Peace are calling on Congresspeople to ���boycott��� Netanyahus speech, planned for March 3. The US Campaign reports that opposition to the speech is��.