Obama Israel

Read Obama's Comments In The Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Visitors' Book

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


On Wednesday, Barack Obama visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Israel. Here's what he wrote in the visitors' book: ...

Obama Makes Predawn Visit To Western Wall In Jerusalem

AP | DAVE ESPO | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


JERUSALEM — Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama paid a predawn visit to the holiest place in Judaism on Thursday, bowing his head in ...

Obama In Ramallah

Jan McGirk | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home


Jan McGirk

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.

Obama Makes A Gaffe: Says He's On Banking Committee

CNN | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


Responding to an Israeli reporter's question Wednesday on his commitment to protect the Jewish state, Barack Obama pointed to a bill "we passed" in th...

Report: Obama "Corrected" Statement On Undivided Jerusalem

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


UPDATED BELOW Barack Obama caused a stir in June when he said at AIPAC that Jerusalem should not be divided. He quickly clarified the remark in respo...

Obama Israel Press Conference (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


***UPDATE*** 12:04pm Scroll Down For Video ***UPDATE*** 11:15am From AP: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday it is in Isr...

Obama Tours Holocaust Museum In Israel

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


SDEROT, Israel — From the solemnity of a Holocaust museum to a dusty village battered by Hamas rockets, Democratic presidential contender Barack...

Obama Launches Day Of Meetings In Israel

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


JERUSALEM - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama held a breakfast meeting Wednesday with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, the first even...

Obama's Trip to Israel, McCain Supporters Seek Mystical Sign

Marc R. Stanley | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics


Marc R. Stanley

In Obama's Israel trip, we are seeing the right-wing hope for a sign that Obama secretly hates Israel and the Jews. However, nothing could be further from the truth.

Obama Lands In Israel

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics


AMMAN, Jordan — Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stepped into the thicket of Mideast politics Tuesday, declaring in Jordan that ne...

Attack Outside Obama's Jerusalem Hotel

McClatchy | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics


Hours before Sen. Barack Obama was scheduled to arrive in Jerusalem, a Palestinian construction worker went on a rampage outside the hotel where he is...

Obama Headed To Frequently-Targeted Israeli Town

AP | BY DAVID ESPO | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics


AMMAN, Jordan — Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to work for a breakthrough in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiation...

Obama In Jerusalem

Jan McGirk | Posted 07.21.2008 | Home


Jan McGirk

Activists here say there are at least 100,000 dual national Israeli-American voters. During a 4th of July picnic in Jerusalem, "the volunteers were constantly busy, not a moment to rest. People were lining up to register."

What Obama Can Teach Jesus

Greg Gutfeld | Posted 07.21.2008 | Media


Greg Gutfeld

While Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama tours the Middle East, he brings to mind another inspirational leader who made waves in that neck of the woods not too long ago.

Ex-CIA Ray McGovern on Obama's 'New World'

The Real News | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics


The Real News

Ray McGovern, former CIA officer, addresses the questions: who is going to own Iraq's oil, and how will a strategic change affect the real players in the area?

Palestinian Official: Obama To Visit West Bank

CNN's Political Ticker | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama will be visiting the Palestinian Authority president in the West Bank next week, a Palestinian gov...

Obama in Israel

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics


MJ Rosenberg

The people uncomfortable with Obama are the same people who believe that Bush was the best President for Israel in its history, overlooking the fact that these have been the worst eight years in Israel's history.

Israel's Exchange and Obama's Enemies

Steve Posner | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


Steve Posner

Amid the cheers arising in Hezbollah's Beirut and the Gaza of Hamas, the sound of Obama's defense of Israel may also be heard.

Obama's Pivot

Michael Carmichael | Posted 06.23.2008 | Home


Michael Carmichael

As a direct result of his AIPAC speech, Obama's stock is collapsing not only in the Middle East, but also around the globe.

So Sad to See Obama Surrender to AIPAC

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics


Daoud Kuttab

Speaking at the pro Israel lobby, Obama, who is being seen world wide as a potentially global president, turned on every promise he made during the run up to the nomination.

African bloggers: Florida Is Not Zimbabwe

John Liebhardt | Posted 05.23.2008 | Home


John Liebhardt

Clinton's comparison of the bungled Florida and Michigan primaries to elections in Zimbabwe is ridiculous. But an African asks: Was it just an excuse to use "Mugabe" and "Obama" in the same sentence?"

On To The General: Hillary Clinton Now A "Top Democrat" According To NBC News

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media


On a nightly newscast, time is short, and what you say or don't say is often a function of the need to be succinct and efficient, with the assumption ...

Sam Stein

Does Obama Even Need The Jewish Vote?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics


Over the past few days and weeks, much ink has been devoted to Barack Obama's potentially tricky relationship with the Jewish community. Had his rela...

Obama Is Best for Israel -- What's Complicated Here?

Gershom Gorenberg | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics


Gershom Gorenberg

A reporter says that Obama has a Jewish problem; the media herd grabs the story; the less-informed believe the next crank email they get because -- hey -- didn't you hear that Obama has a Jewish problem?

Barack Obama and Israel: More GOP Lies

John Kerry | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics


John Kerry

Rep. John Boehner and Rep. Eric Cantor have decided to ignore the actual meaning of English words and simply invent something Barack Obama didn't say about Israel.


 

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