I restlessly hunt the planet for people who agree with me; do you? Tonight NBC White House reporter Savannah Guthrie emphasized what I did about the Obama-Netanyahu meeting–tension. Also, I listened in to a conference call the Israel Policy Forum…
Earlier today we mentioned Netanyahu’s three adlibbed conditions for Palestinian self-government. From the transcript of his press conference: “If, however, the Palestinians recognize Israel as the Jewish state, if they — if they fight terror, they educate their children for…
Tonight I was having an argument with myself about Jewish responsibility for Israel’s brutality. Well that part’s over. Gaza has awakened the Jewish conscience. There is less and less Jewish responsibility by the minute; the Jewish community is at last…
This just in, and it’s good news: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced today that Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) has canceled a scheduled appearance at an “anti-Islam” conference in Washington, D.C., hosted by a right-wing think tank headed by…
Lots more to come on the Obama/Netanyahu meeting. Here is a transcript, here is a video, now for some more initial impressions. One moment that stood out was Netanyau’s answer to the direct question whether he supports the two-state solution….
My president looked as tense as I have ever seen him in the press reception he just had with Bibi Netanyahu. His face was reddened, sweat shone on his cheeks and forehead, his jaw was clenched as he listened to…
Netanyahu is said to be meeting with Jewish organizations later today, but I’m told that none of the American Jewish peace groups was invited. Apparently Netanyahu feels that he does not have to talk to the Jewish left in the…
Netanyahu is said to be meeting with Jewish organizations later today, but I’m told that none of the American Jewish peace groups was invited. Apparently Netanyahu feels that he does not have to talk to the Jewish left in the…
John Kearney writes: Did you see the news item noting that Netanyahu is giving Obama a copy of Mark Twain’s travelogue to the Levant from Innocents Abroad? This may seem a peripheral news item, but it isn’t — not in…