Posts Tagged ‘israel’
Settlement Freeze Extended
Barack Obama announced yesterday that Israel will work on a settlement freeze before Israel was able to announce that they would re-new their settlement freeze. Mr. Netanyahu would have a hard time ending it now, after Mr. Obama's statement. The U.S. has agreed to trade approximately $3 billion worth of military materials with Israel for a three [...]
Why Israel Shouldn’t Bomb Iran
Bret Stephens for the Wall Street Journal recently wrote an op-ed piece about Why Israel Hasn't Attacked Iran. Although he has received numerous accolades from around the world, I am surprised at his war hawking in this piece. First off, Israel completed a rocket tracker yesterday that can shoot Hezbollah and Hamas rockets out of the sky. Nice. [...]
Peace Talks Back on Track
With President Obama set to mediate proximity talks again between Israel and Palestine, there is still much debate as to what it means to have American intervention in the process, especially among American Jews. Elie Wiesel (Left). For many on the right, supporting the Obama administration is akin to denouncing Israel as a state. But many [...]
Israel is Absent at Nuclear Summit
At the largest convention of world leaders in Washington in more than 50 years, President Obama can point to making progress. With Russia and Ukraine working to cut back on stockpiles of Uranium and bombs, and China with the U.S. on Iran sanctions, Israel should feel confident. Israel remained absent from the meeting, however. Speculations [...]
Gaza Prospers and West Bank Plants In Hope for Peace
In Gaza, the tunnels that lead to Egypt are a key mechanism for the transportation of goods. They have recently been multiplying like rabbits, fueling illegal trading of supplies that Israel has outlawed, in turn, dropping prices and leading to rebuilding of the areas that Israel bombed last year. Overall, Gaza is in much better shape than the [...]
Westernization and Palestine
It has recently been argued in an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal that the Westernization of the world is not related to Palestine, and infuriates jihadists nevertheless; that no matter the cause, Islamists would find reason to hate America. Westernization, Bret Stephens suggests, will be embraced by few and rejected by many, as is always [...]
Bibi’s Visit Ends Amidst Peace Doubts
Talks between Netanyahu and Obama wrapped up after tensions between the two governments flared over the past few weeks. Recently, the U.S. has urged Israel to yield to its requests to forego building in Jerusalem, but Israel asserts its right to build in its capital. The Obama administration has softened its approach to Iran's building of [...]
Obama and Israel
The Obama Administration has condemned the Israeli comments about building new homes in Ramat Shlomo, leading to the absence of warmth and fuzziness in the American-Israeli relationship so characteristic of preceding American presidencies. Obama believes the only way to peace in the region is a two state solution, and that the way to achieve this [...]
Biden’s Journey to Israel
Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Israel on Tuesday to call for negotiations between Palestine and the Jewish state and to dissuadeIsraelis from unilateral military actions against Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah. Calling the U.S.'s ties to Israel "unshakeable," the Vice President arrives on the eve of indirect peace talks between Palestine and [...]
Israeli Organizations Send Aid to Relieve Haiti Earthquake Damage
Following the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday, the Jewish community has been at the forefront of relief efforts, with much of the push coming directly from Israel. The earthquake, ranked a 7.0 on the Richter scale, devastated the impoverished nation of Haiti, particularly the capital city Port-au-Prince. Experts estimate a death [...]
