Posts Tagged: U.S. President Barack Obama
Obama Refused to Help Iranian Opposition in 2009, Says New Book
JNS.org - US President Barack Obama decided not to support the Iranian opposition during the 2009 elections to protect secret negotiations he was holding with Tehran...
Brexit Looms Over ‘Three Amigos’ Summit
The shadow of Brexit and rising protectionist sentiment loom large as US President Barack Obama meets his North American counterparts to bolster the world’s largest...
Poll: Netanyahu Among 10 Most-Admired People in US
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the 10th-most-admired person in the United States, according to the “World’s Most Admired 2016” YouGov poll that gauged...
Obama: Only One Generation After Holocaust, Antisemitic and Anti-Israel Rhetoric on the Rise
"Only a generation removed from the Holocaust, it seems that antisemitic rhetoric and anti-Israeli rhetoric is on the rise," President Barack Obama told The Atlantic's...
Jewish Human Rights Group Says ‘Anti-Semitic Diatribe’ by Turkey’s Erdoğan ‘Unmatched Since Hitler and Goebbels’
Jewish human rights group The Simon Wiesenthal Center on Monday said an "anti-Semitic diatribe" by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was "unmatched since Hitler and...
Israeli FM Lieberman Tells Kerry Independent Kurdish State is a Foregone Conclusion; Peres Says De-Facto Kurd State is Democratic
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the emergence of an independent Kurdish state was a "foregone...
Jewish NBA Commissioner Says Donald Sterling’s Racism ‘Incredibly Hurtful’ to All People
Jewish NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Donald Sterling's racism was "incredibly hurtful" to all people, "regardless of anyone's religion, ethnicity, nationality," when asked by Jewish Sports...
German Chancellor Merkel to Receive Presidential Medal From Israel’s Peres
The office of Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Thursday that he will confer Israel's Presidential Medal of Distinction upon German Chancellor Angela Merkel at...
Fashion Designer Michael Kors Talks Jewish Mothers, His Bar Mitzvah
Billionaire fashion designer and television personality Michael Kors paid tribute to the fashion world's "Jewish mothers," and his own. In an interview last week on Style.com...
Poll Numbers Show Israel’s Lieberman as Strong Contender for Prime Minister
A new Israeli poll showed Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman gaining traction with state-wide multi-party support as a national leader in Israel, according to Israel's Globes business...
Obama Admin Pressed for Lifting Sanctions on Iranian Broadcaster Involved in Human Rights Abuses
Watchdog group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) on Tuesday called on the Obama Administration to reconsider its decision to lift sanctions on Iran's state...
Obama Pledges to ‘Stand Against Ugly Tide of Anti-Semitism’ (VIDEO)
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday said America "will keep standing for religious freedom around the world" and "will continue to stand against the ugly...
Meet the Rabbi Who Opened Facebook’s Fourth Account a Decade Ago
As social media platform Facebook turns 10 years old this week, now with more than a billion members, one of its first users, today studying...
Leader of House Foreign Affairs Committee Slams Obama After Wishful Foreign Policy Speech
U.S. Representative Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, refuted U.S. President Barack Obama's positive spin on the nation's foreign policy delivered...
