Perry says Obama Mideast policy is 'naive, arrogant'

BY REBECCA STOIL AND JPOST STAFF— Both US Republican  presidential front-runners slammed US President Barack Obama’s policy on  Israel Tuesday morning, days before the expected United Nations vote on  Palestinian statehood.  Texas Governor Rick Perry and former  Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney blamed Obama for the upcoming UN  vote, even though the US delegation was expected…

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Funding the enemy

BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Speaking Sunday at the UN’s conference of donors to the Palestinian Authority, Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon warned that while Israel supports economic assistance to the PA now, that is liable to change within the week. As he put it, “Future assistance and cooperation could be severely and irreparably compromised if…

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If Israel disappears

BY CAL THOMAS, TOWNHALL— The world — or at least the large part of it that hates Israel and wishes it would go away — moves a step nearer that goal this week when the United Nations votes on whether to recognize a Palestinian state. The vote violates the Declaration of Principles signed by the…

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Orange rice with chicken

Ingredients ½ teaspoon saffron threads water 2 cups basmati rice, uncooked 1 tablespoon salt 2 oranges, zest only 1 cup sugar 4 tablespoons olive oil ½ cup slivered almonds, toasted 2 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts ¼ teaspoon black pepper 1 onion, sliced ½ cup pistachio nuts, shelled and chopped Directions 1) Preheat oven to 300 degrees. …

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'Jewish al-Jazeera' going on the air

BY AKIVA NOVICK, YNET— Jews of the world, prepare your remote controls: The first-ever Jewish news network will begin broadcasts this Wednesday. Jewish News 1 (JN1) was born as an alternative to the world’s leading news networks – CNN, Fox News and Sky News. But its main goal is to serve as the Jewish version…

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Palestinians Bring Their Intifada to the United Nations

BY JOSEPH KLEIN, FRONTPAGEMAG.COM— Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas threw down the gauntlet in his September 16 address to the Palestinian people, televised from his Ramallah headquarters. He said he will take the Palestinians’ request for full United Nations member state recognition to the U.N. Security Council on the basis of the 1967 territorial lines,…

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Who is to blame for the UN Disaster?

BY JONATHAN TOBIN, COMMENTARY— For many liberal pundits, the blame for the circus that will unfold this week at the UN with the start of a debate over Palestinian statehood is to be assigned to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu whom they wrongly claim has obstructed peace talks. Others are inclined, with more justice, to put…

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Will Abbas go all the way?

BY ATTILA SOMFALVI, YNET— As international efforts to try to convince Mahmoud Abbas to give up his plans to file a proposal for recognition at the UN continue, Israeli officials are admitting that the Palestinians’ plans for the coming week remain a mystery. “It is unclear to us whether Abbas intends to go all the…

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Palestinians warn Obama not to stand in way of statehood

BY ISRAEL TODAY— The Palestinian Authority knows all the right buttons to push with Washington. The Palestinian leadership is fully aware of the value US President Barack Obama (like his predecessors) puts on overseeing an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, and has regularly wielding that weakness like a diplomatic bludgeon against the White House. On Saturday, the…

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Erdoğan's Not-So-Sublime Porte

BY VICTOR SHARPE, AMERICAN THINKER— The Muslim and Arab world smells blood. Like sharks circling their prey, many in most of the world’s 57 Muslim states are eager and willing to commit genocide against embattled Israel. With the Palestinian Authority’s leadership pressing ahead with their unilateral bid at the United Nations for a declaration of…

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Wish I'd Said That

“Decisions that are binding on UN members pass through the Security Council. I am convinced that the activity of the US, which is deeply cooperating with us, as well as the activity of other governments with which we are also cooperating, will result in the failure of this attempt.  The UN also has the General…

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The Palestinian obsession

BY CAROLINE GLICK — JPOST — If nothing else, the Palestinians’ UN statehood gambit goes a long way towards revealing the deep-seated European and US pathologies that enable and prolong the Palestinian conflict with Israel. In a nutshell, the Palestinian Authority – or Fatah – or PLO initiative of asking the UN Security Council and…

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