Even as momentum for Iran sanctions grows, containment seems only viable option

By Glenn Kessler  After months of first attempting to engage Iran and then wooing Russia and China to support new sanctions against the Islamic republic, the Obama administration appears within reach of winning a modest tightening of U.N. measures targeting Tehran. But administration officials acknowledge that even what they call “crippling” sanctions could prove ineffective…

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'Time for Israel to fall in line with US agenda'

By Israel Today Former US Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk on Wednesday told Israel’s Army Radio that the time has come for the Jewish state to fall in line with American foreign policy, or risk ruining its relationship with Washington. “The shift in America’s Middle East interests means that Netanyahu must make a choice: Take…

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Blessings and curses

By Dennis Prager Most observers, right or left, pro-Israel or anti-Israel, would agree that Israeli-American relations are the worst they have been in memory. Among the many indications is that only 9 percent of Jewish Israelis think President Barack Obama’s administration is more pro-Israel than pro-Palestinian, according to a Smith Research poll taken during the…

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No Peace While World War Rages

By Clifford May, Moment Magazine Israel’s American supporters spend a lot of energy trying to convince people that Israelis want peace, are working for peace and are prepared to sacrifice for peace. All that’s true but it misses this point: Militant jihadis are waging a war against the “infidel” West. They see Israel as a…

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So Many Tears

By Stan Goodenough “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year…

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Blessings and curses

By Dennis Prager Most observers, right or left, pro-Israel or anti-Israel, would agree that Israeli-American relations are the worst they have been in memory. Among the many indications is that only 9 percent of Jewish Israelis think President Barack Obama’s administration is more pro-Israel than pro-Palestinian, according to a Smith Research poll taken during the…

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The Jews of Silence

By Richard Baehr, American Thinker The New York Times, in a front page article, described how President Obama appears to be reconsidering, if not turning away from, the historic strategic alliance between the U.S. and Israel. In remarks made at the end of the multinational nuclear security talks, Obama reinforced this message, saying the following:…

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Israel's Memorial Day 2010

by Naomi Ragen     I have just sat down after the fading notes of the siren have finally disappeared. It is another Memorial Day for Israel’s Fallen. We have lost 22, 684 sons and daughters. For a little country like Israel, that is an enormous and incalculable loss. Over the years, I have told all those…

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Eric Cantor: Israel a key strategic ally in Middle East

By Jpost.com Washington D.C. – House Republican Whip Eric Cantor issued the following statement on Thursday in response to President Obama’s remarks Tuesday, which appeared in the New York Times, that Israel may be “costing us significantly in terms of both blood and treasure.” “Israel is a democracy that has always made the sacrifices necessary…

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Ronald S. Lauder: An open letter to the president

Dear President Obama: I write today as a proud American and a proud Jew. Jews around the world are concerned today. We are concerned about the nuclear ambitions of an Iranian regime that brags about its genocidal intentions against Israel. We are concerned that the Jewish state is being isolated and delegitimized. Mr. President, we…

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The Times Makes It Official: Obama Has Shifted U.S. Policy Against Israel

By Jonathan Tobin, commentarymagazine.com If there were any lingering doubts in the minds of Democrats who care about Israel that the president they helped elect has fundamentally altered American foreign policy to the Jewish state’s disadvantage, they are now gone. The New York Times officially proclaimed the administration’s changed attitude in a front-page story this…

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Obama's Middle East Disaster

By Gary L. Bauer Everything that the Obama Administration has done in the Middle East has been a failure. Since taking office, Obama has reached out to Iran repeatedly with an “open hand,” and every time the Iranian response has been a clenched fist. They have accelerated their nuclear program, which threatens U.S. troops, the…

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