Posts Tagged: America Israel
The American Public and Israel: A Record of Support, But Clouds on the Horizon
Gallup has conducted polls of American public opinion towards Israel since the 1947 UN Partition Resolution. Since 1977, Gallup has conducted such surveys annually and, during...
US Support for Israel Is at a Record High
When Pew released a study on American attitudes toward the Middle East, the focus was on the partisan divide and the suggestion that Democrats were...
Tzipi Hotovely’s Comments Highlight Underbelly of Mistrust Between US Jews and Israel
JNS.org - Controversial remarks made last week by Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely -- that American Jewry is out of touch with the daily realities of life...
Israel’s Shift from West to East — and the Implications for American Jewry
JNS.org - Last week, the media carried what on the surface appeared to be an insignificant story on the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s announcement of plans to...
Living in Israel and Visiting America Inspire Self-Reflection
JNS.org - As I sit on a bench at the First Station in Jerusalem, just about to leave Israel for a weeklong conference in the U.S.,...
Small South Texan Jewish Community Mourns Death of IDF Sergeant Sean Carmeli, Killed in Gaza
The Jewish community of a south Texas beach town was in mourning on Sunday after it was informed that one of its sons was among...
In Sharp About Turn, AIPAC Joins Obama in Call to Delay Iran Sanctions Vote
In a sharp about turn, AIPAC, the America Israel Public Affairs Committee, has now backed the White House in its call to delay a Senate...
Keeping Israel a Jewish State
As the Israelis and Palestinians negotiate, Prime Minister Netanyahu has made recognition of the Jewish right to a homeland in Israel "the most important key...
What America’s Isolationism Means for Israel
There is currently a remote possibility that the Russian strategy will succeed in averting US military action by persuading Assad to hand over his chemical...
Hawks, Doves – and Ostriches
Power politics is not about the good, the bad and the ugly. It is about hawks, doves, and ostriches. Hawks and doves can be good...
Kerry’s Peace Talks are a Fool’s Errand
The chaotic Arab street is raging violently, uncontrollably, unpredictably and incessantly, from northwestern Africa through Egypt, Syria and Jordan to Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Arab...
Full Transcript: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Welcomes President Obama to Israel
Below is the full transcript of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech welcoming U.S. President Obama on his first trip to Israel as U.S. president....
Ed Koch on Chuck Hagel Nomination: Obama’s Reneging on His Conveyed Support for Israel Has Come Earlier Than I Thought
In an interview with The Algemeiner, former Mayor of New York, Ed Koch, a lifelong Democrat who supported President Obama's recent re-election, expressed disappointment with...
The Election That Really Matters for Israel’s Future
Watching America vote itself into regression yesterday, I was reminded of a quote from Winston Churchill, who said, "You can always count on Americans to do the right...
