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Netanyahu’s AIPAC speech and its implications

Posted on 7 March 2012 by

Here is a link to the full text of Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech to the AIPAC conference earlier this week. (Apologies for being a couple of days late on this subject, but life suddenly got very busy.)  I will just post … Continue reading →

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Obama’s AIPAC speech – what a difference an election year makes

Posted on 5 March 2012 by

It’s hard to believe that nearly a whole year has passed since that contentious speech by Barack Obama and the diplomatic lesson given to him by Binyamin Netanyahu that followed. President Obama, addressing the AIPAC convention today in Washington, portrayed … Continue reading →

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Obama tells UN to consider Israel’s security re Palestinian statehood – but do the Palestinians really want a state?

Posted on 22 September 2011 by

Kicking off the UN’s new General Assembly session, US President Obama’s speech made a refreshing change in his tone towards Israel and its security needs, as the JTA reports: President Obama appealed to the United Nations to recognize Israel’s security … Continue reading →

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Israeli embassy in Cairo attacked, staffers evacuated safely

Posted on 11 September 2011 by

I’m a bit late with the news today, what with Shabbat and family celebrations out of town but now I’ve had a chance to catch up somewhat and the news out of Cairo is not good. Israel’s embassy in Cairo … Continue reading →

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The cruel White House

Posted on 21 June 2011 by

In answer to my previous question – no, they didn’t. Release Jonathan Pollard to go to his father’s funeral, that is. Not only did the US administration not allow Pollard to visit his dying father – just like they did … Continue reading →

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Where is Israel’s capital?

Posted on 9 June 2011 by

Via Jewish Ideas Daily I found this rather enlightening article, “Where is Israel’s Capital?” by Jonathan Tobin (originally published in Commentary Magazine).  In the article Tobin explains the origin of the complicated American approach to Israel’s possession of Jerusalem, and … Continue reading →

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