Well, finally some clarity. =========
From “My Position on the Iran Deal,” by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), Aug. 6. A related editorial appears nearby: If one thinks Iran will moderate, that contact with the West and a decrease in economic and political isolation will soften Iran’s hardline positions, one... Read moreArchive for the ‘Israel’ Category
Israel Alone
April 22 | Posted by mrossol | Israel, Middle EastSad day for sure. ==== By Bret Stephens April 20, 2015 7:37 p.m. ET 1125 COMMENTS Recent conversations with senior Israeli officials are shot through with a sense of incredulity. They can’t understand what’s become of U.S. foreign policy. They don’t know how to square Barack Obama’s promises with his policies. They fail to grasp how a president who pledged to work toward the abolition... Read more
An Unusual Religious Alliance to Aid Refugees
March 28 | Posted by mrossol | Interesting, ISIS, Israel, Middle EastHow refreshing. Oh, it can be done! ============= By Georgette Bennett March 26, 2015 7:08 p.m. ET Last month I visited the Syrian refugee camp in Jordan known as Za’atari. With 80,000 occupants, the camp would be the fourth-largest city in Jordan. It occupies a vast desert plain, filled with endless rows of tents that are gradually being replaced with rows of metal-sided... Read more
A Speech Netanyahu Must Give
February 7 | Posted by mrossol | Israel, Middle East, Republican(s)Mr Stephens hits the nail squarely, again! =========== Even friends of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are second-guessing his decision to accept House Speaker John Boehner’s invitation to address Congress next month on the subject of Iran, over loud objections from the Obama administration. The prospect of the speech, those friends say, has sparked a needless crisis between Jerusalem and Washington. And... Read more
A Speech Netanyahu Must Give
February 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Israel, ObamaAgree. Netanyahu gains little, if anything, by not speaking. He, at least, will speak more truth that Obama. ============== By BRET STEPHENS Feb. 2, 2015 7:41 p.m. ET Even friends of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are second-guessing his decision to accept House Speaker John Boehner ’s invitation to address Congress next month on the subject of Iran, over loud objections from the Obama... Read more
Obamas Curious Rage
September 3 | Posted by mrossol | Israel, ObamaCalm when it comes to Putin, ISIS and Hamas, but furious with Israel. =========== Barack Obama has become ‘enraged’ at the Israeli government, both for its actions and for its treatment of his chief diplomat, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. ” So reports the Jerusalem Post, based on the testimony of Martin Indyk, until recently a special Middle East envoy for... Read more
