Posts Tagged: obama
Israel: Lost Without a Map?
"What I see clearly…is incredible negligence and lack of systematic, long-term planning effort on behalf of Israel’s top political brass…we are facing a deep crisis...
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman: A Dove in Hawk’s Feathers?
"Anyone who wants to apply Israeli sovereignty to Judea and Samaria needs to understand that such a step will bring immediate repercussions from the new...
Kudos to Trump for Ignoring McMaster’s Advice Against Using Term ‘Radical Islamic Terrorism’
Despite his impeccable military and other credentials, US President Donald Trump's national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, began his job -- the one he...
Alan Dershowitz: Keith Ellison Defeated by His Own Actions, Not Any Smear
The close vote by the Democratic National Committee to reject Keith Ellison as its chairperson was a victory for basic decency, and a defeat for...
Trump Mounts Campaign Against Leakers; Obama Officials Suspected
One former senior intelligence official told Fox News he suspects ex-intelligence and other security officials, including former CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of...
The Washington Post’s Inadvertent Boost to Steve Bannon
In yet another attempt to discredit US President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, Stephen (Steve) Bannon, the Washington Post inadvertently did just the opposite. In a piece...
Iran and Its Appeasers Are Terrified of US Policy Shifts
Following recent tensions between the Trump administration and Iran, discussions are escalating over future White House policy vis-à-vis the mullahs in Tehran. The United States had...
Beinart Savages Kushner on Refugees But Gives Obama a Pass
Peter Beinart -- who will be visiting our Manhattan townhouse this coming Tuesday for a discussion and debate with me and Bret Stephens of the Wall Street...
Playing Politics With the United States Holocaust Museum
Over the weekend, the Trump administration faced justified criticism over its statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which did not reference the centrality of Jewish mass...
How Team Trump Can Counter Obama’s Iran Legacy
If the Iran nuclear deal -- crafted and profoundly advocated by former US President Barack Obama -- was meant to mature the mullahs, it failed...
The Party’s Over: An Open Letter to President Trump
1. Mr. President-elect, they won't leave you alone. The way they see it, the gods of government chose them, even as the world is going...
‘Good Riddance, Obama’: Jerusalemites Send Mixed Parting Messages to the Outgoing US President
Ahead of Friday’s inauguration of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States, a reporter from the Hebrew news site nrg took to the...
Obama: ‘Moment May Be Passing’ for Two-State Solution
President Obama defended his administration's decision to abstain from a United Nations vote condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank, saying it was necessary for...
Obama Commutes Sentence of Chelsea Manning, Ex-Intelligence Analyst Convicted of Leaking US Secrets
President Obama on Tuesday commuted all but four months of the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the Army intelligence analyst convicted of a 2010...
Report: Trump Considering Camp David-Style Summit to Bring Arab States Together Against Terrorism
Hezbollah Leader Says Arab Fighters From Iran, Iraq Could Join Future War With Israel