Aipac

Obama's pledge that "Jerusalem must remain undivided" is a smackdown to decades of Palestinians' dreams and demands that East Jerusalem be the capital of their own state.

Times are changing. Barack Obama's speech to AIPAC on Wednesday was a hit even though his determination to promote negotiations was unambiguous.

For Obama, who prides himself on being a candidate for change, perhaps for a change he should stop pandering to interest groups and take a hard look at the facts on the ground.

Ahmadinejad certainly realizes, unlike McCain and Israeli right-wing politicians like Bibi Netanyahu, that Iran doesn't have the capacity to seriously damage, much less eradicate Israel.

Hard-line supporters of Israel have been pushing Obama, and for the most part, his speech pushed all the "right" buttons -- however, his reference to Jerusalem raises some concerns.

Kowtowing to an Israeli fear of Iran, McCain used the AIPAC forum to reinforce his three most dubious and dangerous policy claims and beat the drums of war.

How, exactly, did the U.S. and Israel get into this current mess? To ask such questions would force McCain to engage in a bit of historical reflection and a dose of self-criticism.

With John McCain now in his sights, tomorrow's AIPAC speech is the perfect opportunity for Obama to lay out a compelling, transformative roadmap for the future of American foreign policy.

Regardless of one's belief about Israel, violence is not the answer and both HAMAS and Israel need to be condemned for their appeal to violence to advance their cause.

That most of the crowd loved McCain's speech is a sad reflection on AIPAC, and that it is reaping what it has sown in moving so aggressively to the right in recent years.

In today's hyper-partisan environment, it's like you can't hold a conference in the nation's capitol without things getting all...political. A few su...

Direct diplomacy won't necessarily solve all of our problems but it is surely better than the current failed course, and it is worth trying.

Republican strategists who hope to cut into Democrats' usual advantage among Jewish voters have some cause for optimism this morning. Speaking on Mond...

One way or another, America's next president will be speaking to the nation's premiere pro-Israel lobby sometime this week. Each of the three remainin...

In the latest evidence that neocons "support the troops" as long as it doesn't cost anything to them or their rich elitist friends, they don't want to help soldiers facing foreclosure.

Despite the renewed attention to John Hagee's noxious worldview, American Israel Public Affairs Committee has remained silent about the controversy.

Obama manages to seamlessly affiliate himself with just about every political persuasion on the spectrum.

Taking Mandela off the terrorist list -- a no brainer. Consequently opening up some new possibilities for peace in the Middle East? Priceless.

At the Seder, the order of service asks participants to imagine themselves as participants in the Exodus, so as to make the story of liberation alive in our own time. And I've got a new version of Exodus for you to think about tonight.

At last, at long last. There will be a hard money lobby in Washington that represents progressives on Israel/Palestine issues, that lobbies for Israel...

A new Israel lobby group has launched to combat the dominance of American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in advocating American policy in the...

Hagee's comments on Catholicism have received considerable attention since his public endorsement of McCain. His pernicious views on Israel and Judaism have received less scrutiny.

Israel hard-liners have harbored concerns about Obama since his attendance at a 1998 dinner where the late advocate for Palestinian self-determination, Professor Edward Said.

Sibel Edmonds' story, if true, involves corruption at the highest levels of government coupled with the sale of secrets vital to the security of the United States.

Clinton supporters have exclusively engaged in name-calling on the democratic side instead of addressing the legitimate criticisms that are made against their candidate.