Obama's Needs A 'Game Changer' In Middle East: Analysis
Trying to figure out what Barack Obama intends to do in the Middle East is like trying to read the leaves in a cup of tea stirred by Jackson Pollock. ...
Trying to figure out what Barack Obama intends to do in the Middle East is like trying to read the leaves in a cup of tea stirred by Jackson Pollock. ...
Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 03.08.2009 | World
The Jerusalem Media & Communications Center has released a new public opinion poll that shows that Palestinian support for Hamas has increased since I...
AP | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says his special Middle East envoy is departing on his first peacemaking mission to solidify a cease-fire be...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics
Before attending an official prayer service this morning, President Barack Obama put in a bit of work, his communications office let it be known. And ...
Usatoday.com | Posted 02.15.2009 | World
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama, who has focused mostly on the nation's economic travails, says he will appoint a team immediately after hi...
AP | EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 02.07.2009 | World
UNITED NATIONS — The Security Council failed to agree on action to end the escalating crisis in Gaza on Wednesday, but the U.S. threw its weight...
Reuters | Posted 02.06.2009 | World
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, breaking his silence about the Gaza war, expressed deep concern on Tuesday about civilian de...
AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — With time running out on the Bush presidency, the administration seemed increasingly ready Friday to let the crisis in Gaza fall to...
Washington Independent | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics
As the Israeli bombardment of Gaza enters its fourth day, there is no shortage of tests. The wisdom of Israeli strategy is being tested. The resilienc...
CNN | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics
The American Muslim Taskforce for Civil Rights and Elections called on President-elect Barack Obama for greater Muslim outreach during his administrat...
Ben Cohen | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics
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.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics
The flaring of tensions and violence in the Gaza Strip has created more than just another sensitive foreign policy crisis for Barack Obama to juggle. ...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics
As the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza worsens, numerous news organizations have looked at how the crisis will challenge President-elect Bar...
Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics
President-elect Barack Obama spoke with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Saturday about the violence in Gaza, which has left as many as 225 peop...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics
A Middle East news service is reporting that residents of the Gaza Strip are randomly calling up American voters in hopes of getting them to back Bara...
Jan McGirk | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home
We drove around the West Bank searching for Obama supporters, but even at venues with names in English, such as the Stars & Bucks cafe or Supermarket Baghdad, there were no Gobama banners to be seen.
Salon | Posted 04.18.2009 | World