Credit where it’s due: Not in the darkest corners did I think liberals would have the balls to complain about Congress stepping on executive prerogatives after the years-long dump Obama’s been taking on separation of powers with executive orders. Obama in a dictatorship like fashion unilaterally suspended the employer mandate in ObamaCare, ordered not one […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday decried the decision by the European Union to remove Hamas from its list of terrorist organizations, while expressing appreciation to the United States for what he called a “true friendship.” Netanyahu contrasted the two relationships at a meeting with Senator-elect Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who is in Israel on a […]
Downtown Sydney was shut down as police and a radical Islamic gunman spent the day in a tense standoff. An estimated 15-30 hostages were held in cafe at the Martin Place pedestrian mall. The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney Daily Telegraph, The Australian and ABC News live-blogged the drama. So did Channel 7, whose news studio is across the street […]
The United States is considering taking “harsher action” against Israeli construction efforts in Jerusalem and in Judea and Samaria, reports Thursday said. According to the report in Ha’aretz, Obama has been discussing taking “active measures” to discourage Israeli construction, instead of just issuing condemnations, as it has done until now. But commentators on Israel’s right dismissed […]
President Barack Obama and his White House National Security team headed by Susan Rice have decided to seize on the political crisis besetting the Israeli government and the upcoming general election on March 17 for action to bar Binyamin Netanyahu’s reelection to a fourth term as prime minister. This decision reverberated through Future party leader […]
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Thursday criticized the tone and timing of what it called the Obama administration’s “intensified critique” of Israel for movement on housing plans in eastern Jerusalem. In a statement, the ADL called the criticism “myopic” and said it reinforces Palestinian intransigence regarding reconciliation with Israel. “The Obama administration’s intensified critique of […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said in an interview which aired Sunday on CBS that the White House’s rebuke of Israeli construction in Jerusalem goes “against American values”. In the interview, which was recorded on Thursday and of which excerpts were quoted by The Associated Press (AP), Netanyahu said he did not accept restrictions on where […]
At first such meeting in 10 years, Netanyahu invites Modi for state visit, suggests expansion of relations into realms of technology, cyber warfare. By Barak Ravid | Sep. 29, 2014 | 3:53 PM | http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.618211 NEW YORK – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Sunday night with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York, where […]
By Joseph A. Klein : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a powerful and sobering speech to the United Nations General Assembly on September 29th. He said he came from Jerusalem to speak on behalf of the Israeli people and to “expose the brazen lies spoken from this very podium against my country and the brave […]
A number of bronze shoes were stolen from the riverside Holocaust memorial ‘Shoes on the Danube’ in Budapest, Hungary, The Budapest Beacon reported on Tuesday. It is not known whether the incident was racially motivated or simple theft, the report said. The memorial by Gyula Pauer and Can Togay, which was erected on the left […]
