Barack Obama has hit back at Israel's prime minister, insisting the United States had not "given anything away" in new talks with Iran, as he defended his continued push for a diplomatic resolution to the dispute over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Full Article at Independent.ie
In answer to a question by the Channel 1 interviewer whether he trusted Mr Obama's commitment that the United States would not allow Iran to become a nuclear threat to Israel, Mr Netanyahu replied: It is an important statement, but ultimately our... Full Article at Independent.ie
Barack Obama accused his Republican rivals of "playing games" with the lives of American troops yesterday after the front-runners delivered speeches promising to take a tougher line with Iran if elected president. Full Article at Independent.ie
The two developments appeared to counter the crisis atmosphere over Iran's nuclear development programme, the focus of talks in Washington between President Barack Obama and Israel's visiting prime minister. Full Article at Independent.ie
BENJAMIN Netanyahu has invoked the US refusal to bomb Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp, in 1944 as he issued a warning to Barack Obama that Israel cannot "afford to wait much longer" before striking against Iran's nuclear facilities. Full Article at Independent.ie
Starving men in the desert have a sh Full Article at Accuracy in Media
Ammon Abramovich, one of the best-known Israeli commentators on the popular Channel 2 news station, suggested that... Full Article at The Blaze
Iran, accused by the West of seeking to deve Full Article at AlertNet
Just a week before the start of the meeting, unnamed senior officials in the Obama administration told the New York... Full Article at Taiwan News
The Romanian missile shield site appears to be a second choice for the US, after President Obama shelved the Bush... Full Article at EurActive.com
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Obama’s Magic Carpet to Atomic Iran?
To understand why Netanyahu possesses this deep sense – and why his understanding of Jewish history might lead him to attack Iran, even over Obama’s objections – it is necessary to understand Ben-Zion Netanyahu, his 100-year-old father... ‘Always in the back of Bibi’s mind is Ben- Zion,’ one of the prim...
A direct confrontation between the Obama and Netanyahu over Iran -- if, say, the Israeli air force is on the tarmac and preparing for takeoff and Obama is seen as preventing Israel from doing what is regarded as right and necessary -- could influence how American Jews and Israelis vote at election time ...
If I can just say to you and to the people of Israel: I hope there is no doubt about President Obama's seriousness and commitment that Iran should not have and cannot have A nuclear weapon. The President has made it clear that he is not talking about containment he is talking about prevention.
Romney's criticisms of Obama's handling of foreign affairs will gain political traction only if he can show voters that his policies would be different and would work at an acceptable cost. So far, Romney has not shown that to be the case. Given that Clinton, then Bush, and now Obama have broken their l...
Once it is clearly understood that Obama is prepared to accept excessive risk at a time when we face possible military intervention in Syria, hostilities with Iran and North Korea, and ongoing involvement in Afghanistan, the American public will not have much confidence in the president as a national-se...
Obama wanted a commitment that Israel would not act without a green light from Washington. What Netanyahu wanted was a commitment from Obama that if Israel refrains from acting against Iran and all other measures fail… the United States would take action itself.
I’m a staunch advocate for the strong alliance we have with Israel. I do think the Obama administration has been sending some mixed messages to Iran, and I think we need to take a very tough line.
sending these fighters to the Gulf, when the Israelis are most likely preparing for a strike of their own against Iran’s nuclear weapons program, sure won’t hurt Obama’s electoral chances with either the pro-Israeli Jews or the increasingly disenchanted independent voters come November.
If I were the Obama people, I would nto be trying to say, ‘look at the great successes we’ve had in Iran, in Syria, in North Korea
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