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| June 25, 2012
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Mitt Romney speaking in Lansing, Mich., May 8, 2012 Photo by AP

Republican presidential candidate tells donors at campaign retreat he would do more than Obama to keep Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

By JTA

 

Mitt Romney told donors attending his campaign’s Utah retreat that he is briefed on the Middle East by Israeli government officials.

About 50 of the 700 donors who attended the retreat this weekend in Park City were Jewish, according to one in attendance.

Mitt Romney speaking in Lansing, Mich., May 8, 2012

Mitt Romney speaking in Lansing, Mich., May 8, 2012 - Photo by AP

Many of these attended a breakout session Friday afternoon on the U.S.-Israel relationship, although between half and three quarters of the 100 donors attending the session were not Jewish. Continue Reading »

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| June 14, 2012
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Obama: Peres is a True Founding Father

President Obama gives the Medal of Freedom to President Shimon Peres, says Peres “is nothing short of extraordinary.”

By Elad Benari

 

U.S. President Barack Obama gave the Medal of Freedom to Israeli President Shimon Peres in a special ceremony at the White House on Wednesday evening (Washington time).

Obama presents Medal of Freedom to Peres Reuters

Obama presents Medal of Freedom to Peres - Reuters

In remarks he made prior to handing Peres the medal, Obama described Israel as “one of our strongest allies and one of our closest friends.” He said that Peres “is nothing short of extraordinary.”

Obama noted that Peres joined the Haganah Jewish defense organization in 1947, when he was in his 20s, and that he ran for President at the age of 83. Continue Reading »

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| June 13, 2012
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In joint appearance with Peres in Washington, Clinton condemns Syria for using attack helicopters to quash uprising

Secretary of State appeared alongside Israeli President at Washington event; Peres to raise issue of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard in a meeting with President Obama.

 

 

WASHINGTON – Israeli President Shimon Peres and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared on Tuesday at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, where they spoke about the escalating violence in Syria, the negotiations with Iran and the peace process with the Palestinians.

At the event, Clinton expressed deep concern over Russia’s reported shipment of attack helicopters to the Syrian regime. “Attack helicopters on the way from Russia to Syria will escalate the conflict quite dramatically,” she said. Continue Reading »

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| June 12, 2012
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Peres Will Ask Obama for Humanitarian Pardon for Pollard

President Shimon Peres will ask President Barack Obama to grant a pardon for Jonathan Pollard on humanitarian grounds.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

President Shimon Peres will ask President Barack Obama to grant a pardon for Jonathan Pollard on humanitarian grounds.

Shimon Peres and Jonathan Pollard

Shimon Peres and Jonathan Pollard - INN archive photo

Pollard, incarcerated for some 27 years on a single charge of passing classified information to an ally (Israel), has been in increasingly poor health. He was hospitalized several times over the past year, including for emergency surgery.

Peres has said he will discuss the issue of a pardon for Pollard with Obama during a private meeting. Continue Reading »

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| June 10, 2012
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Report: Al-Qaida affiliate offers reward of ten camels for Obama’s whereabouts

Somali group al-Shabaab reportedly offers reward of chickens and roosters for information on Hillary Clinton’s ‘hideout,’ mocking U.S. for putting out a bounty on its leaders.

By Reuters

A Somali Islamist militant group is offering rewards of chickens and camels for information on the whereabouts of U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, mocking the millions of dollars the United States has offered for leaders of the al-Qaida affiliate.

 

U.S. President Barack Obama, June 8, 2012.

U.S. President Barack Obama, - Photo by Reuters

 

Fuad Muhammad Khalaf of the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement in Somalia made the offer after Friday prayers, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors militant organizations. Continue Reading »

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| June 8, 2012
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White House talks with ‘anti-Israel’ preacher panned

Christians United for Israel executive-director David Brog tells ‘Post’ that preacher Serge Duss holds views “very offensive to Jews and Bible-believing Christians.”

The head of one of the most prominent pro-Israel Christian organizations in the United States slammed the White House on Wednesday for agreeing to several meetings with an “anti-Israel” preacher who denies that Jews have a historical link to Israel.

According to the online news outlet Washington Free Beacon, preacher Serge Duss “propagates borderline anti- Semitic conspiracy theories and advises several groups that have stigmatized the Israeli government – [and] has made at least four trips to the Obama White House for several high-level powwows with top administration officials, records show.”

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| June 6, 2012
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OObama to U.S. Orthodox Jews: My administration is more attentive to Israel than to Palestinians

Obama told a White House meeting with leaders of Orthodox community that the window of opportunity for peace with the Palestinians might have already closed, but expressed hope that progress is possible.

U.S. President Barack Obama told a delegation of the U.S. Orthodox Jewish community at the White House on Tuesday that his administration is decidedly more attentive to Israel than it is to the Palestinians.

Obama was speaking at a meeting between White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew and leaders of the Orthodox Jewish community, including Dr. Simcha Katz, Rabbi Steven Burg and Nathan Diament of the Orthodox Union. Continue Reading »

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| June 5, 2012
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Obama Orders Embassy to Remain in Tel Aviv

Obama for the seventh time exercises the “security” waiver to ignore a Congressional law for the US. embassy to be in Jerusalem.

President Barack Obama for the seventh time has exercised the “security” waiver allowing him to ignore a Congressional law that the U.S. embassy be relocated to Jerusalem.

The 1995 law requires the embassy to be located in the capital unless the president decides that doing so would endanger national security. Every American president has exercised the waiver but no detailed explanation has been offered as to why moving the embassy would endanger U.S. security.

The law states, “The President may suspend such limitations for an additional six-month period at the end of any period during which the suspension is in effect under this subsection if the President determines and reports to Congress in advance of the additional suspension that the additional suspension is necessary to protect the national security interests of the United States.” Continue Reading »

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| June 1, 2012
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Report: Obama secretly ordered cyber attacks on Iran’s nuclear program

According to New York Times report, Stuxnet worm was part of joint U.S.-Israel effort to sabotage computers that control Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities.

Shortly after being inaugurated, U.S. President Barack Obama secretly ordered sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that control Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities, the New York Times reported.

U.S. President Barack Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama.

According to the report, Obama decided to expand attacks that had begun during the George W. Bush administration.

The report said that the Stuxnet worm, the existence of which became public in 2010, was developed by the United States and Israel as part of a joint effort to sabotage the Iranian nuclear program. Continue Reading »

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| May 30, 2012
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White house apologizes for Obama’s Holocaust gaffe

Polish Foreign Minister says President’s slip up during award ceremony to honor anti-Nazi war hero was a matter of ‘ignorance and incompetence’

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said President Barack Obama misspoke on Tuesday when he referred to a “Polish death camp” while honoring a Polish war hero.

 

President Barack Obama upset Poles by describing German death camps located in Poland as 'Polish' camps. (photo credit: Official White House/Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama upset Poles by describing German death camps located in Poland as 'Polish' camps. - Photo: Official White House/Pete Souza

 

The president’s remark had drawn immediate complaints from Poles who said Obama should have called it a “German death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland,” to distinguish the perpetrators from the location. Continue Reading »

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| May 16, 2012
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Shapiro: US Military Ready for Iran Strike – If Needed

US Ambassador tells Israelis that America’s military is not only ready to strike Iran, but has made all the necessary preparations to do so.

US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro said this week his nation’s military is ready to execute “the military option” on Iran’s nuclear program if need be.

Makor Rishon reported that Shapiro, speaking at a meeting of the Israel Bar Association for Tel Aviv and the Central Region, said that not is an American military option available, but that made all necessary preparations to carry it out were complete.

“We do not know if sanctions and diplomacy will work,” Shapiro said of Western efforts to force Tehran to halt its controversial uranium enrichment program. Continue Reading »

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| May 6, 2012
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Israel’s atomic arsenal could fall victim to a new U.S. nuclear policy

Senior Haaretz analyst Amir Oren says that if Obama wins in November, he will likely push for dramatic new reductions in nuclear arsenals; in addition to the U.S. and Russia, Israel may also have to give up some of the nuclear warheads it reportedly holds.

 

On February 17, Defense Minister Ehud Barak visited the Hiroshima memorial for the victims of the first atomic bomb used on people in human history. Barak, who according to the Japanese news agency Kyodo described the bombing of the city as “one of the unavoidable tragedies” of World War II, viewed the exhibits. His escorts drew his attention to a map of the world listing the number of nuclear warheads in the possession of the atomic powers.

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| April 12, 2012
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Kosher Food Being Served at White House is ‘Insulting’?

MJ Rosenberg, a leftist who was recently ousted from his position at Media Matters, says White House’s serving kosher food is ‘insulting’

 

MJ Rosenberg, the radical leftist who was recently ousted from his position at Media Matters for America, is now writing a blog where he continues to propagate his anti-Israel and anti-Jewish views.

He wrote on Monday that the most “ridiculous (and insulting) White House pander came at Hanukah” when kosher food was served at a high-profile event.

He references a New York Times article, which describes “A Lubavitch SWAT team” expunging the kitchen of all traces of non-kosher food, and proclaims that such actions are merely attempts at appeasing Jewish voters, while treating them as if they “just arrived from Poland or Russia.” Continue Reading »

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| March 4, 2012
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Obama: All options remain on the table to prevent a nuclear Iran

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses AIPAC conference in Washington; staunchly defends his administration’s record on Israel, citing strong security and diplomatic assistance.

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that the entire world has an interest in preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, and that all options remain on the table to keep Iran from going nuclear.

Barack Obama March 4, 2012 (AFP)

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses AIPAC conference in Washington, March 4, 2012. Photo by: AFP

“We all prefer to resolve this issue diplomatically,” Obama said in an address at the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC’s policy conference in Washington. “Having said that, Iran’s leaders should have no doubt about the resolve of the United States, just as they should not doubt Israel’s sovereign right to make its own decisions about what is required to meet its security needs.

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