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Newt Gingrich: 'Obama Endangering Israel'

Jerusalem Post | HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, JPOST CORRESPONDENT in WASHINGTON | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: New Gingrich Israel, Newt Gingrich AIPAC, Obama and Israel, Aipac, Israeli-Palestinian, Obama Israel Position, \Israel Public Affairs Committee, World News

Former US House speaker Newt Gingrich on Sunday blasted the Obama administration for setting itself on a collision course with Israel and endangering ...

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The AIPAC Case in Washington, Iraq, and Beyond

David Bromwich | Posted 06.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aipac, Jane Harman AIPAC, Steven Rosen, Jane Harman, Keith Weissman, Israel, Obama AIPAC, Politics News
David Bromwich

Like many stories about Israel and the neoconservatives, the prehistory of the case against Rosen and Weissman lies somewhere in the run-up and immediate aftermath of the war in Iraq.

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Harman Wiretapping: AIPAC Lobbyist Charges To Be Dropped

The Washington Post | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aipac, Steven Rosen, Aipac Lobbyists, Keith Weissman, Aipac Lobbyists Espionage Charges, Politics News

The U.S. government is abandoning espionage-law charges against two former lobbyists for a pro-Israel advocacy group, federal officials announced this...

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Who Gets the Prize for the Most Stupid Behavior in the Jane Harman Fracas?

Dan Fleshler | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: Aipac, Stephen Rosen, Jane Harman, Israel, Fbi, World News
Dan Fleshler

I believe we now have incontrovertible proof of the utter stupidity exhibited by some of the main players.

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Harman's Wiretap Woes and the AIPAC Cabal

Marcy Winograd | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Illegal Wiretapping, Harman, Gonzales, Aipac, Nsa, Winograd, Politics News
Marcy Winograd

Was Harman a true believer in Israel and AIPAC or was she caught up in a script that had spun out of control?

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Prosecutors Considering Dropping Espionage Charges Against Former AIPAC Lobbyists

Jerry Markon | Jerry Markon | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aipac, Steven Rosen, Keith Weissman, Espionage Act, Jane Harman, Politics News

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Jane Harman Denies Interceding In Israeli Spy Case

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aipac, Nsa, Jane Harman, Spying, Jane Harman Nsa, National Security Agency, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is considering dropping its case against two former pro-Israel lobbyists accused of illegally disclosing nat...

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G-20, Obama, And His New Brand Foreign Policy

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: George Bush, Israel, Aipac, Iraq, Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, g20, Foreign Affairs, Obama Administration, Obama Foreign Policy, G-20, World News
Omid Memarian

Unlike the challenges facing Obama's economic plan, his foreign policy strategy is moving forward fast, much faster than one could expect.

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J Street Threatens AIPAC Because Of 'Generational Anxiety:' Ezra Klein

The American Prospect | Ezra Klein | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Aipac, Jews, J Street, Israel Lobby, Foreign Affairs, Obama AIPAC, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, J Street Aipac, James Besser, Walt and Mersheimer, Jewish Americans, Israel, Advocacy, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, World News

James Besser asks why the major Jewish groups have responded to J Street with so much more fury and fear than, say, the formation of Americans for Pea...

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Need for a New Paradigm: Obama and the Muslim World

John L. Esposito | Posted 04.29.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Middle East Policy, Obama, Muslim World, Aipac, George MItchell, Chas Freeman, World News
John L. Esposito

President Obama has the desire, vision and intelligence to reach out to the broader Muslim world. But will he do what no recent American president has done and take the political risk to resist pressures?

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President Obama Offers Iran "A Promise of a New Day"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: "A New Year/a New Beginning, The Tonight Show, Central Intelligence Agency, Iran-US Diplomacy, Obama's New Year Greeting to Iranians, Cia, John Bolton, US-Iran Relations, Shah Reza Pahlavi, Nowruz, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Obama's Message to Iran, Israel Defense Forces, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Benny Morris, Iran-American Relations, Avigdor Lieberman, Mohammed Mossedegh, Iranian New Year, Aipac, Zbigniew Brzezenski, David Broder, Thomas Friedman, Norman Podhoretz, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Bibi Netanyahu, Obama's Message to Iran, John Foster Dulles, President Barack Obama, Charles Freeman, Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, Idf, Jay Leno, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Israel, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Iranians, Shah, Savak, Obama's Statement to Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News
Joseph A. Palermo

Obama's promise of a new day in U.S.-Iranian relations must be given the opportunity to bear fruit free from outside intervention.

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ABC and the ADL Don't Represent Me

Sarah Newman | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, J Street, Gore, Joe the Plumber, Capitol Hill, Kerry, Prospects for Peace, Adl, Israel, Palestine, Aipac, Obama, Joe Lieberman, Lieberman, Media News
Sarah Newman

The Jewish community's response is diverse and not the unified front which Jewish groups and the media tried to present.

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Freeman On Resignation: "S--- Happens"

Marc Aminder | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aipac, Marc Ambinder, Chas Freeman Questioned, Chas Freeman, National Intelligence Council, Obama Chas Freeman, Chas Freeman Foreign Ties, Chas Freeman Financial Ties, Politics News

On Monday I recorded an episode of blogging heads with Brian Beutler on the subject of Charles Freeman. I took the position that, since Freeman had ma...

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Getting Chas Freeman: Who Is Behind The Effort?

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Aipac, Freeman, Rosen, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Human Rights, Chas Freeman, China Human Rights, World News
MJ Rosenberg

The folks trying to defeat Chas Freeman's appointment are trying hard to switch the ostensible reason for their dislike of him from Israel policy to Chinese human rights. It's not working.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, India, Warship, Chas Freeman, Freeman, Obama, Iran, Submarine, Nuclear, Brown, Sallai Meridor, Ukraine, Medvedev, Clinton, Gaza, Donors Conference, Billions, Sudan, Cricket, Hague, Washington, Guinea-Bissau, Palestinian National Authority, Assassination, Taliban, Aipac, China, Ambassador, Paksitan, Foreign Affairs, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Pakistan's Civil War? Facts: Gunmen attack the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday and...

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CBS News Pick Claimed Democrats are Bad People

Ira Forman | Posted 03.23.2009 | Media

Read More: CBS News, Aipac, National Jewish Democratic Council, Cbs, John Kerry, Ballabon, Jeff Ballabon, Liberal Media, Jeff Ballabon Obama, Jeff Ballabon CBS, Media News
Ira Forman

CBS News named Jeff Ballabon, a New York Republican activist, to serve as the Senior Vice President of Communications. What are they thinking?

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Why Isn't This News? U.S. Rabbis Call for Gaza Cease-Fire

Dave Belden | Posted 02.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Aipac, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Network of Spiritual Progressives, Jews, Gaza, Tikkun, Middle East Peace, Media Bias, Media News
Dave Belden

A group of prominent liberal rabbis and other religious and cultural leaders have called for a cease-fire in Gaza. So far no U.S. media have considered it news.

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Obama's Silence on Gaza is Deafening

Ben Cohen | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aipac, Israel, Hamas, Gaza, Barack Obama, Israeli Airstrikes, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, Obama Silence Gaza, Obama Gaza, Obama Silence, Obama Gaza Silence, Politics News
Ben Cohen

Obama has massive political capital, and could have injected himself into the crisis before it happened and could have lent his credibility to a situation that has spiraled dangerously out of control.

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More Birth Pangs in the Middle East?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.29.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gaza, Vietnam War, Ariel Sharon, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Lebanon, Aipac, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Ehud Barak, Likudniks, Israeli Airstrikes, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
Joseph A. Palermo

Israel finds itself in a similar position the United States found itself in Vietnam: The more it flexes its military muscle the politically weaker it becomes vis-à-vis a determined, largely civilian enemy.

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Rahm Emanuel: Barack Obama's Sarah Palin?

Jeff Gates | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jennifer Flowers, White House Chief of Staff, Irgun, Israel Lobby, Joe Biden, Richard Durbin, Charles Percy, Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, Sayanim, Paul Findley, Nancy Pelosi, Zionist, Sara Palin, Harry Reid, Aipac, Politics News
Jeff Gates

Known in DC as a pro-Israel hardliner, he joins Pelosi in bringing to the Middle East peace process a record of support for Tel Aviv's targeted assassinations of Palestinian political leaders.

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Does Emanuel Appointment Signal Obama Pro-Israel Tilt?

Richard Silverstein | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Aipac, Dennis Ross, Pro Israel, Rahm Emanuel, Rahm Emanuel Chief of Staff, Obama Cabinet, Obama Administration, Israel, Benjamin Emanuel, Politics News
Richard Silverstein

Dick Cheney was able to perpetrate his outrages due to a president who had no sense of political self. That isn't the case with Obama. No one is going to take this man for a ride, political or otherwise.

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U.S. Election Fever Grips Arab Media

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Al Hayat, Gop, John McCain, An-Nahar, Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera, Cindy McCain, Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, The Daily Star, Barack Obama, Al Seyassah, Kuwait, Asharq Al-Awsat, Future TV News, Israel, Aipac, Al-Akhbar, Ralph Nader, Michelle Obama, HuffPost Election Analysis, 2008 Election, HuffPost Election Reaction, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Lebanese citizens interviewed on Lebanon's Future TV News channel were mostly for Obama, while Iraqis were waiting for the election's results to determine their country's fate, according to an FTV report.

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Joe Lieberman Helping Palin With Foreign Policy

Washington Post | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Aipac, Lieberman Republican Party, Lieberman Palin, Lieberman McCain, Joe Lieberman, Lieberman Republican Convention, Lieberman Gop, Politics News

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman is among several national security experts helping brief Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on foreign policy i...

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Phony Biden Broadcast And Disturbing Palin Church Sermon Raise Alarms Among Jews

Jan McGirk | Posted 10.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Israel, Vice President, Joe Biden, Barack Obama Vice President, Aipac, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Vice President, Evangelicals, Home News
Jan McGirk

As Americans debate family values and experience levels, Israelis have also been focused on the vice presidential candidates. They have been sizing up Biden and Palin according to their foreign policy stances and political affiliations.

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Holy Joe: Gore's Mistake; My Shame

David Goldstein | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Aipac, John McCain, Joe Lieberman, Iraq, Israel, Politics News
David Goldstein

Joe (left), me (middle, holding sleepy girl), in happier days The overwhelming majority of my fellow Jewish Americans are Americans first, and Jews ...

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