Politics
Obama to Outline Legal Justification for Drone Operations
The Hill - President Obama is slated to lay out his administration's legal justification for using drones against terrorists in a speech on...
Analysis: Air Strikes in Syria – A Calculated Risk
The recent air strikes in Syria, attributed by foreign reports to the Israeli Air Force, should be seen as part of a larger, covert struggle between Israel and Iranian-backed terror organizations, with...
Obama: The Audacity of Disappointment
The timing of so many sensational American crime stories packed together - Jodi Arias, Ariel Castro, Kermit Gosnell - were a news cycle boon that gave President Obama some precious time to...
Ambassador Susan Rice, Honored by AJC, Calls Former Israeli Counterpart ‘Great Friend’
NEW YORK—U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, honored last week with the Distinguished Public Service Award of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), praised her former Israeli counterpart, Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gabriela...
Dov Lipman: Yair Lapid’s “Useful Hareidi Idiot”
It seems that Yesh Atid MK (Member Knesset), Dov Lipman is upset that Rabbi Aharon...
Obama: Time Running Out for Israeli-Palestinian Authority Peace Accord
Times of Israel - Chances of reaching a peace accord between Israel and the...
Justice Department Secretly Obtained Associated Press Telephone Records
AP - The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters...
Defense Officials Say Budget Cuts May Affect IDF Battle Readiness
Jerusalem Post - There is deep concern within the defense community that the proposed NIS...
Knesset Members Join Israel’s Anti-Austerity Protests
Ynet - "This protest is nothing like what we saw in 2011. It's fiercer,...
Obama to Outline Legal Justification for Drone Operations
The Hill - President Obama is slated to lay out his administration's legal justification for using drones against terrorists in a speech on ...
Analysis: Air Strikes in Syria – A Calculated Risk
The recent air strikes in Syria, attributed by foreign reports to the Israeli Air Force, should be seen as part of a larger,...
Obama: The Audacity of Disappointment
The timing of so many sensational American crime stories packed together - Jodi Arias, Ariel Castro, Kermit Gosnell - were a news cycle...
Ambassador Susan Rice, Honored by AJC, Calls Former Israeli Counterpart ‘Great Friend’
NEW YORK—U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, honored last week with the Distinguished Public Service Award of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), praised...
Dov Lipman: Yair Lapid’s “Useful Hareidi Idiot”
It seems that Yesh Atid MK (Member Knesset), Dov Lipman is upset that Rabbi Aharon Feldman, the Rosh Yeshiva (Dean) of Ner Israel Rabbinical College,...
Obama: Time Running Out for Israeli-Palestinian Authority Peace Accord
Times of Israel - Chances of reaching a peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians are quickly shrinking, US President Barack Obama told...
Justice Department Secretly Obtained Associated Press Telephone Records
AP - The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the ...
Defense Officials Say Budget Cuts May Affect IDF Battle Readiness
Jerusalem Post - There is deep concern within the defense community that the proposed NIS 4 billion cut to the defense budget will harm...
Knesset Members Join Israel’s Anti-Austerity Protests
Ynet - "This protest is nothing like what we saw in 2011. It's fiercer, more political. After two years of a change in...
McCain Says White House Handling of Benghazi Attack Was a ‘Coverup’
Politico - Sen. John McCain on Sunday called the White House's handling of the Sept. 11 attack on the Benghazi consulate in Libya a "cover-up,"...
Report: IRS May Have Targeted Jewish Groups
The admission of a policy violation by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in which it flagged conservative political groups who used the words "tea party"...
Netanyahu to Meet Putin in Russia
JPost - Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia, likely next week, amid concerns that Russia could deliver advanced air...
Obama and the ‘Second Term Curse’
Washington Post - Recent events suggest that the 44th president may not be immune to the phenomenon that historians call the "second-term curse." Not four months...
Hearing: Local Law Enforcement Never Informed About Tsarnaev Brothers
Last month's Boston Marathon bombings exposed that federal and local law enforcement agencies still haven't corrected failures in intelligence sharing emphasized after the 9/11...
