With the proviso that my Farsi is rusty (and my humor is Borscht belt) and I’ve never liked the Iranian President’s Holocaust denial, this is a reader’s response to my “wiped off the map” reference earlier today. My reader links…
David Bromwich writes: One inference is plain from the contrary emphases of Netanyahu and Obama at their news conference. The coming six months will see a continued aggressive insistence by Israel’s most uncritical American supporters, tuned to a single theme:…
On Monday night, following the Obama-Netanyahu meeting, Charlie Rose had an interesting half hour with Rashid Khalidi, Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal, and Lally Weymouth of Newsweek (and Jim Hoagland in Washington, reporting). The best part of the…
Haaretz says that Netanyahu is walking away from his visit with Obama saying he got a win: On Iran, a senior Israeli official said the premier was also pleased with the outcome of the visit: Obama set a deadline -…
I missed this, and I was sitting right there, at AIPAC, two weeks back. But the National Iranian American Council didn’t. Congresswoman Jane Harman was talking sanctions and military action against Iran, when she said: “The Persian population in Iran…
I missed this, and I was sitting right there, at AIPAC, two weeks back. But the National Iranian American Council didn’t. Congresswoman Jane Harman was talking sanctions and military action against Iran, when she said: “The Persian population in Iran…
Reuters got the story; it’s all about Obama insisting on the two-state solution. Huffpo got this. So did French TV. So did the Washington Post. But The New York Times blew the story. “OBama Tells Netanyahu He Has an Iran…
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…
Steve Walt scripts Obama to Netanyahu: First, I was elected president of the United States, and my foreign policy will be guided by what I believe to be the American national interest. Second, I am convinced—as are all of my…