by James D. Besser, The Jewish Week President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu staged a diplomatic dance in Washington on Tuesday meant to show the world — and their respective constituencies — that they are still in step. But the carefully choreographed atmospherics belied potential difficulties ahead and many unanswered questions, starting with…
by Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post Just ahead of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s trip next week to Washington, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas went on a charm offensive towards the Israeli media. On Tuesday Abbas invited representatives of the Hebrew-language press to his office in Ramallah and assured them of his good intentions towards Israel. We…
by Gil Ronen, Israelnationalnews.com As the march by First Sergeant Gilad Shalit’s family and supporters neared Jerusalem, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took a step Thursday to preempt public pressure on him and gave a clear statement of his policy on freeing terrorists. In a live news conference, Netanyahu said that Israel agreed to free 1,000…
by Yoram Ettinger Tell me who initiates the meeting and who wants a photo opportunity, and I’ll tell you who has the inferior position. The upcoming meeting between Israel’s prime minister and the US president was initiated by Obama, who is concerned about the outcome of the November election and his declining support by Democrats…
by Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post Since the navy’s May 31 takeover of the Turkish-Hamas flotilla, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his advisers have deliberated around the clock about how to contend with the US-led international stampede against Israel. But their ultimate decision to form an investigatory committee led by a retired Supreme Court justice and…
by Hillel Fendel, Israelnationalnews.com In the hubbub surrounding the “battle of the flotilla,” Netanyahu’s quick reversal of his decision to remain in the United States has been largely ignored. It turns out that Obama told him to leave because he didn’t want Netanyahu to use the White House as a stage on which to present…
By Earl Cox, JPost.com Can’t the US recognize that all the pro-Arab pressure has only resulted in more terror and war, and anything but security? We have to ask: When was Hillary Clinton anointed the supreme boss of Israel, as she seems to think she is? Supporters of Israel were probably not surprised at the…
By Bill Mehlman and Kim Johnson “O Israel hope in the Lord For with the Lord there is mercy And with Him is plenteous redemption And He will redeem Israel…” Thus ends Psalm 130, a cry from the depths of a soul whose yearning for the sight of God is as that of the “watchman…
by Jackson Diehl, Washington Post So it’s now been two weeks since President Obama chose to seize on a poorly-timed Israeli announcement about new Jewish housing in Jerusalem to launch another public confrontation with the government of Binyamin Netanyahu. The results, so far, are these: Obama’s demand, through Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, that Israel…