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| September 4, 2019
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Obama’s betrayal of Israel during 2014 Gaza conflict takes ironic turn

While Iran was arming Hamas, the Obama Administration surprised its “greatest ally in the Middle East” by freezing delivery of US-made Hellfire missiles for IAF Apache helicopters during the 2014 conflict, so Israel remedied the betrayal by locally producing a more advanced missile, Rafael’s Spike, that the US Army is now testing for possible acquisition.

By David Israel

 

The US Army has been testing Rafael’s Spike Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) anti-tank guided missile as a solution against the Russian surface-to-air missile systems, Defense News reported last week.

In the middle of the 2014 Gaza War, the Obama administration stopped deliveries of Hellfire missiles to the Israeli Air Force’s Apache helicopters, in an attempt to pressure the Israelis to stop their operation in Gaza. Continue Reading »

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| July 29, 2018
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REVEALED: Obama administration gave $200,000 grant to al-Qaida-linked group

Even though U.S. Treasury under the George W. Bush administration in 2004 designated the Islamic Relief Agency a terror-financing organization and singled out the group as a “conduit to Hamas,” the Obama administration approved a grant of $200,000 to the al-Qaida-linked group according to Daniel Pipes’ think-tank, the Middle East Forum.

By Erez Linn and Israel Hayom Staff

 

The Obama administration approved a grant of $200,000 of U.S. taxpayer money to an al-Qaida affiliate in Sudan – a decade after the U.S. Treasury Department designated it a terrorist-financing organization – the National Review reported last week, after the discovery was made by conservative think tank the Middle East Forum. Continue Reading »

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| June 8, 2018
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REVEALED: Obama covertly allowed Iran to convert rials to dollars

According to an investigation by Senate Republicans, Obama administration officials sidestepped sanctions despite repeatedly testifying to the contrary before Congress, giving Iran access to the US banking system that would have allowed Iran to convert $5.7 billion in Omani rials to US dollars.
– The treacherous plan failed when 2 US banks refused to cooperate.

By Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff

 

The Obama administration secretly sought to give Iran brief access to the U.S. financial system by sidestepping sanctions kept in place after the 2015 nuclear deal, despite repeatedly telling the opposite to Congress and the public, according to an investigation by Senate Republicans released Wednesday. Continue Reading »

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| December 26, 2016
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WATCH: Israeli Ambassador: Obama orchestrated “ganging up on Israel” at U.N.

 

WATCH: Israeli Ambassador to US tells CNN that Israel will present unquestionable evidence to President-elect Trump identifying the White House as driving force behind anti-Israel resolution at UN Security Council.

Mordechai Sones

 

Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer spoke with CNN Monday, stating that Israel has proof that US President Obama’s administration is behind Friday’s UN Security Council resolution on Judea, Samaria, and east Jerusalem.

“We will present this evidence to the new administration through the appropriate channels. If they want to share it with the American people they are welcome to do it,” said Dermer.

According to Dermer, not only did the U.S. Continue Reading »

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| May 17, 2016
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Texas Governor to ignore Iran nuclear deal & maintain sanction

 

Texas’ Governor Abbott formally responded on Monday to President Obama’s April 8th letter, stating that “Texas will maintain its sanctions against Iran.”

By DANIELLE ZIRI

 

New York – Texas will not lift its sanctions on Iran and will take no part in the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with the Islamic republic, which has made the world a “more dangerous and compromised” place, Texas Governor Greg Abbott told Jewish media at a special meeting in New York on Monday afternoon.

Activists gather at a Capitol Hill rally against the Iran nuclear deal in Washington September 9, 2015. – Photo: REUTERS

The Governor formally responded on Monday to a letter sent out by President Barack Obama on April 8 requesting that Texas “review” its economic sanctions against Iran as part of the deal concluded last year. Continue Reading »

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| March 19, 2014
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Incredible compilation of Palestinian corruption, the EU & US won’t look at

Since 1994, the EU has provided certain representatives of the Palestinian people with financial support of nearly €5.6 billion.

Discounting Arab & American contributors to this scam, Europe gives the PA 40% ABOVE the annual budget of Sydney, Australia, a city of roughly the same population.

 

Need I ask: Where has this money gone?…and why do the Palestinians continue to receive free money?

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Surprise !!! Corruption in the Palestinian Authority

A member of US Congress has called to cut off aid to the PA,  due to the growing impact of PMW – Palestinian Media Watch exposure  of salaries being paid to terrorists . Continue Reading »

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| January 4, 2013
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Obama’s grandmother treated in Israeli hospital in Equatorial Guinea

Israeli humanitarian aid groups and teams of doctors have for years been providing free and low-cost assistance to the poorer regions of Africa.

By Israel Today Staff

 

US President Barack Obama’s step-grandmother received emergency eye surgery from Israeli doctors in Equatorial Guinea last week, Israel’s Yediot Ahronot reported.

Sarah Onyango Obama is the third wife of President Obama’s Kenyan grandfather. She lives in a remote Kenyan village.

It was recently discovered that Sarah required surgery for an unspecified problem, and the nearest full-service hospital was the Israeli-operated Shalom Hospital in the Guinean capital of Malabo.

The elderly Obama was personally escorted by Guinean Health Minister Tomas Mecheba Fernandez, and after her treatment was quoted as saying, “All of Africa is talking about your [the Israeli] hospital and the fact that one doesn’t need to fly to Europe to get medical treatment.” Continue Reading »

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| November 26, 2012
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Negotiations in Egypt begin hammering out cease-fire details with Israel & Hamas

US links end to munitions smuggling to easing security restrictions on Gaza

Washington’s unequivocal support of Israel’s right to self defense is key element in making cease-fire possible.

By HERB KEINON

 

 

Washington understands well that Israel’s restrictions on the Gaza Strip are related to arms smuggling, and that a total relaxation of the restrictions would necessitate assurances that arms stop pouring into the enclave, a senior US official said Monday.

IDF vehicle patrols along Gaza border fence - Photo: REUTERS

IDF vehicle patrols along Gaza border fence – Photo: REUTERS

 

The official’s comments came as Egyptian mediators began separate talks Monday with Hamas and Israel to flesh out details of last Wednesday’s cease-fire.

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| July 30, 2012
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Let My People Know: Barack Obama Is Not Good for Israel

At a recent press conference when insistent journalists asked James Carney, Obama’s press secretary, what the White House considered Israel’s capital, Carney, adamantly evasive, refused six times to say Jerusalem.

By Aliza Davidovit

 

There is the old joke that if you have two Jews in a room you will have three opinions. But thanks to President Barack Obama, he has been able to accomplish what even Moses couldn’t do, create a consensus among Jews, well at least Israeli Jews. They have by a strong majority united on one thing: They don’t like President Obama. A recent poll commissioned by the Begin Sadat Center at Bar Ilan University and the Anti-Defamation League revealed that only 32% of Israelis have a positive view of Obama as compared to 2009, when his likeability among them was at 54%. Continue Reading »

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| July 27, 2012
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Obama signs bill giving Israel $70M in military aid

President Obama releases additional aid while signing bill that underscores Washington’s ‘unshakable commitment to Israel.’ Romney camp: Bill does nothing to address Obama Administration’s evasiveness recognizing Jerusalem as capital of Israel

By Yitzhak Benhorin, AP

 

 

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Friday he is releasing an additional $70 million in military aid for Israel, a previously announced move that appeared timed to upstage Republican rival Mitt Romney‘s trip to Israel this weekend.

The stepped-up US aid, first announced in May, will go to help Israel expand production of a short-range rocket defense system. The system, known as Iron Dome, has proved successful at stopping rocket attacks fired at Israeli civilians from close range, including from Gaza. Continue Reading »

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| July 27, 2012
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White House Refuses To Identify Israel’s Capital …..Twice, at Press Briefing

White House spokesman Jay Carney continues to evade questions at WH press briefing regarding which city the U.S. considers to be the capital of Israel.

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney evaded a question at Thursday’s press briefing regarding which city the U.S. considers to be the capital of Israel.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney
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Carney refused to disclose whether the U.S. officially believes Jerusalem or Tel Aviv to be the capital of Israel.

Persistently questioned for about a minute, an uncomfortable Carney only responded that, “I have not had that question in a while. Continue Reading »

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| July 25, 2012
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Romney: Obama is undermining Israel’s global standing and the Israelis deserve better

Speaking ahead of his visit to Israel, Mitt Romney says Obama is fond of ‘lecturing Israeli leaders,’ adding Israel will never again be criticized by Washington at UN.

 

The people of Israel deserve better diplomatic protection than that they have been receiving from the United States under President Barack Obama, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said in an address on Tuesday.

Mitt Romney - AP - 23.7.2012

Mitt Romney speaking in Costa Mesa, California – Photo by AP

Speaking at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Reno, Nevada on his upcoming visit to Israel, Romney accused the incumbent president of being “fond of lecturing Israel’s leaders.” Continue Reading »

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| June 4, 2012
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Romney Widens Lead; Obama Worried about Jewish Vote

Romney is leading Obama in the polls by a new high of four percent as the president tries to win back sagging support from Jews.

 

Republican de facto presidential candidate Mitt Romney is leading President Barack Obama in the polls by a new high of four percent as the president tries to win back sagging support from Jews. Romney has sewn up the nomination and is scheduled to be officially nominated at the GOP’s summer convention.

Obama greets Jews at White House

Obama greets Jews at White House - Photo by Reuters

The latest daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday by Rasmussen gives 48 percent of the vote to Romney, 44 percent to Obama, 4 percent to other candidates and the rest undecided.

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| May 3, 2012
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Novelist Who Accused Israel of Genocide to Receive US Honor

Toni Morrison, the Nobel-winning author who has accused Israel of perpetrating genocidal policies, is to be awarded the Medal of Freedom.

Toni Morrison, the Nobel-winning author who has accused Israel of perpetrating genocidal policies, is to be awarded the presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.

Barack Obama

US President Barack Obama - By REUTERS

Morrison is one of 13 recipients of the prize this year, alongside Israeli President Shimon Peres and former Secretary of State Madeline Albright.

In 2006 Morrison and 17 other writers signed a letter stating that, Israel’s aim “is nothing less than the liquidation of the Palestinian nation.” Continue Reading »

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| March 29, 2012
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Abbas drops threat to dismantle PA over stalled Israel talks, foreign diplomats say

The Associated Press obtains a letter the Palestinian Authority president is planning to deliver to Israel, with planned ultimatum to dismantle the PA removed from the text.

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has dropped a planned threat to dismantle the Palestinian Authority in protest of the deadlock in peace efforts with Israel, foreign diplomats said on Thursday.

Abbas had been planning to deliver the threat in a letter to Israel. But, according to the letter obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, the language has been dropped from the text.

The diplomats who provided the letter said Abbas scrapped the threat at the urging of President Barack Obama.

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