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…
'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…
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…
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…
Rahm Emanuel: Now is not the time for a new Mideast plan
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said in an interview on Monday that the time has not come yet for a new U.S. Mideast peace proposal. In an interview with Charlie Rose on Bloomberg Television, Emanuel emphasized that a new U.S. plan isn’t the correct move at this time. “A number of people have…
A new and far more serious phase of judgement
A prophecy given by Lance Lambert Jerusalem — Do not fear, neither be dismayed for that which is coming upon the face of the earth, for I am with you, says the Lord. Nevertheless I have a serious controversy with the nations. They are seeking to divide My Land, says The Lord, the land that…
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…