Middle East Realists vs. Middle East Fabulists
There is a clear division not only between politicians but also Middle East hands on the UN sanctions. The Washington Post sets the table. On one side is the reality-based community (not to be confused...
View ArticleMarco Rubio Gets It
Marco Rubio addressed a gathering of Jewish Republicans in Florida on Thursday. The entire speech should be read in full. It is frankly the best speech on Israel since George W. Bush went to the...
View ArticleWhat Is Obama Up To?
Bill Kristol reports that the administration is telling foreign governments that it will back an international panel’s investigation of Israel concerning the flotilla incident: The White House has...
View ArticleCalling ‘Em Like You See ‘Em on the Middle East
James Lindsay of the Council on Foreign Relations writes of the UN sanctions against Iran: These are not the crippling sanctions that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had promised about a year ago....
View ArticleStill Trying Not to Offend Obama and His Offensive Israel Policy
AIPAC released a statement on the flotilla. It is a remarkable effort to weave around the Obama administration, which plainly doesn’t see things AIPAC’s way. But far be it from AIPAC to make that...
View ArticleWhat Comes from Equivocation
The Obama administration has pointedly refused to rule out a UN inquest into the flotilla incident. Jewish groups have been giving him a pass in public as they hand wring in private. Now we learn: A...
View ArticleBeyond Sanctions
There was bipartisan praise for the sanctions resolution that emerged from the long-delayed House-Senate conference committee. AIPAC cheered the passage of the “toughest sanctions ever passed.” Its...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Ships
It is instructive to see how differently the UN and the Obama team reacted to two naval incidents: the terrorist flotilla and the sinking of a South Korean ship. Israel was and remains the target of...
View ArticleWhat Was Sestak Thinking When He Wrote to UN Human Rights Council?
If Joe Sestak was hoping to shore up his pro-Israel bona fides, he badly miscalculated with his “please be impartial” letter to the UN Human Rights Council. Dan Senor of the Council on Foreign...
View ArticleWestern Inaction Makes Another Israel-Lebanon War More Likely
After last Tuesday’s incident on the Israeli-Lebanese border, Western states hastened to call for calm and restraint on both sides. The implicit message was that the West sought to avoid another...
View Article“Count the Lies”
That’s how one observer of J Street’s meltdown put it. Honestly, it’s hard to keep track. Eli Lake reveals a bunch more in his latest bombshell report: J Street — the self-described pro-Israel,...
View ArticleObama’s Repudiation of Promises to Israel Comes Back to Haunt Him
The Israeli media ran a mind-boggling story today: in exchange for a two-month extension of the freeze on settlement construction, Barack Obama has offered Israel various mouth-watering goodies, as Jen...
View ArticleNew Challenges for Pro-Israel Activists
Former UN ambassador John Bolton, as he is wont to do, sounds a warning: Once past Nov. 2 and faced with the impending and embarrassing collapse of direct talks, President Obama may well be moved to...
View ArticleBureaucracy 101
A college course could be built around the new UN report on North Korea’s continuing proliferation activities. The report, released on Friday, was ready for publication in May 2010 but was delayed for...
View ArticleWhy the Silly Deal Is a Bad Deal
Some genuine friends of Israel have shrugged their shoulders over the latest foolish attempt by the Obami to lure the parties back to the non-peace talks. OK, they concede, it won’t work and is absurd...
View ArticleRichard Holbrooke’s Legacy
One of Richard Holbrooke’s most significant intellectual contributions to American diplomacy was an address he gave on June 4, 2007, entitled “The Principles of Peacemaking,” at a conference on...
View ArticlePalestinians’ UN Gambit Puts Both Israel and Obama on the Spot
The news that the Palestinian Authority is expected to try to use the United Nations Security Council to label any Israeli presence in the West Bank and Jerusalem “illegal” is hardly a surprise to...
View ArticleMorning Commentary
Despite the beltway chatter about President Obama’s recent “moves to the center,” Charles Krauthammer points out that the “shift” was just for show. Far from embracing a more moderate course, the...
View ArticleThe Definition of ‘Anti-Israel’
Last week, Steve Clemons organized a contingent of foreign-policy officials and commentators to send a letter to President Obama urging the U.S. to support the anti-settlement resolution at the UN. It...
View ArticleIsraeli Ambassador Michael Oren Blasts J Street
It looks like the feud between Michael Oren and J Street has been re-opened after the Israeli ambassador to the U.S. took a shot at the organization during an interview with the Daily Caller. Oren...
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