Monthly Archives: March 2015

Is this the theory that explains Obama’s Mideast strategy?

Posted on 30 March 2015 by anneinpt

As we have all read in the daily headlines (and in my multiple blog posts) international events are picking up pace faster than ever, the Middle East is burning, alliances are being shed and re-formed in new constellations that would … Continue reading →

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Obama has the lost the plot in the Middle East

Posted on 29 March 2015 by anneinpt

Recent events in the Middle East, together with the incomprehensible decisions by President Obama and his Administration, make it apparent that the President has completely lost the plot in the Middle East. Even the Obama-admiring New York Times admits that … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday – Shabbat Hagadol edition

Posted on 27 March 2015 by anneinpt

I’m having a very hard time finding some good news to post this week and I was tempted to “pass over” (geddit?) this week’s Good News Friday installment. But I really didn’t want to leave Shabbat Hagadol (“the Great Sabbath”, … Continue reading →

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Ratcheting up the anti-Israel rhetoric, Obama accuses Israel of spying

Posted on 25 March 2015 by anneinpt

Obama and his misadministration are absolutely determined to keep the tension with Israel simmering if not actually boiling over. Binyamin Netanyahu’s walkback of his rejection of a Palestinian State was scorned by the White House as “not sincere”, and his … Continue reading →

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Bizarro World at the UN

Posted on 24 March 2015 by anneinpt

Yesterday was the thrice-yearly Hate Israel Day at the UN, (what? only 3 times a year? I thought it was an everyday occurrence) as Hillel Neuer of UN Watch explains: Today is Hate Israel Day at the U.N., a feature of … Continue reading →

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Senator John McCain tells Obama: “Get over your temper tantrum”

Posted on 23 March 2015 by anneinpt

Following on from Senators Tom Cotton and Marco Rubio, Republican Senator and former Presidential hopeful John McCain joined in in the Senatorial onslaught on President Obama’s petty vindictiveness against Binyamin Netanyahu in the wake of his win in the Israeli … Continue reading →

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