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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1092076.html Benjamin Netanyahu cannot say no to Obama. If he does, instead of leading to American-Israeli cooperation on the Iran issue, he would be ensnarled in an Israeli-American confrontation on the Palestine issue. If he says no, he would be…
read morehttp://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=1&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=442&PID=0&IID=2995&TTL=U.S._Policy_on_Israeli_Settlements The Obama administration’s tough, confrontational rhetoric on Israeli settlements raises a number of specific questions: Were Israeli settlements a violation of international law? Were Israeli settlements a violation of agreements and an obstacle to further progress in any future…
read morehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/b829ecfa-53cb-11de-be08-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=c59753ec-d316-11db-829f-000b5df10621,print=yes.html Two years ago congressman Robert Wexler was the first Jewish elected official to endorse Barack Obama for president outside the senator’s home town of Chicago. Last year Mr Wexler toured synagogues in his native Florida with Mr Obama, trying…
read morehttp://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c52_a15980/Editorial__Opinion/Gary_Rosenblatt.html # Washington’s views on Jewish settlements have always been a telling barometer of a given administration’s attitudes toward Israel in terms of resolving the conflict with the Palestinians. When settlements have been a major issue, like during the Carter…
read morehttp://washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=3064 Combining the roles of bridge builder and strategist, President Barack Obama delivered a wide-ranging 55-minute speech to the world’s Muslims today, designed to put flesh on the bones of his signature concept of “mutual interests and mutual respect” and…
read moreREACTIONS TO OBAMA’S CAIRO SPEECH Page 4: Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Page 6: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) Commends… Historic” Page 7: Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) “Welcomes…” Page 8: American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) “Warmly Welcomes…” Page 9:…
read morehttp://debatte.welt.de/kolumnen/73/iran+aktuell/133906/saekulare+kritik+der+iranischen+praesidentschaftswahl Zwei säkulare republikanische Autoren haben sich mit dem iranischen Wahlsystem beschäftigt. Sie kritisieren die anstehende Präsidentschaftswahl als eine Show des iranischen Regimes. Die Wahlen in der Islamischen „Republik“ Iran seien von Anbeginn der Gründung der Islamischen „Republik“ nicht demokratisch…
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http://washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=3061 On June 3, Iran will mark the twentieth anniversary of Ali Khamenei’s appointment as the leader of Iran. While international attention is focused on the June 12 presidential elections, the winner of that contest will remain subordinate to Khamenei…
read morehttp://www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1243346515946&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull President Barack Obama says he doesn’t have time to watch cable television news. We sure hope he hasn’t given up reading The Washington Post, and that he made time for Jackson Diehl’s remarkably illuminating column, “Abbas’s Waiting Game”…
read morehttp://camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=27&x_article=1678 In its June 2009 issue, National Geographic demonstrated just how far it is willing to go to scapegoat Israel for suffering in the Middle East. The magazine also showed how far it is willing to go to downplay the…
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