Posts Tagged: Jewish lobby
Days After Defending Star of David Pig, Roger Waters Laments ‘Power’ of ‘Jewish Lobby,’ Compares Israeli Policy to Nazis
Just days after defending his use of an inflatable pig emblazoned with a Star of David as a concert prop, rock star Roger Waters lamented...
Flouting Critics, U.S. Jewish Groups Continue Iran Push
Times of Israel - A day after columnist Thomas Friedman blasted Jewish groups for allying with Saudi Arabia in what he described as a push...
AIPAC is Following Obama, Not Vice Versa
JNS.org - Barely minutes after the news broke that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was planning a major effort on Capitol Hill...
Erdogan: ‘Israel is Behind the Coup in Egypt, We Have Evidence’
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed Tuesday that Israel was behind the recent Egyptian military coup that removed Islamist President Morsi from power, Turkish...
Morality Undetectable: Gilad Atzmon Says Farewell to Helen Thomas
Merely characterizing Gilad Atzmon as antisemitic simply doesn't do justice to the degree of hatred he spews. Atzmon advances demonizing rhetoric about Jews which...
Interviewer for Hagel’s ‘Jewish lobby’ Comment Didn’t Expect Ensuing Controversy
WASHINGTON, DC—Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's 2008 comment that "the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people" in Washington, DC did not seem like "some sort...
Did the Wrong McCain School Hagel on the Middle East? (VIDEO)
The wrong McCain may have had the job of taking Senator Chuck Hagel to school on the Middle East. Senator John McCain earned plenty of...
Senator Vitter Raises Questions in Letter to Chuck Hagel
The Weekly Standard - The Weekly Standard previously noted Senator David Vitter's offense at Chuck Hagel's "suggestion that my support of Israel is somehow...
Criticism Mounts Over Hagel’s Iran Views Amid Connections to Progressive Foundation
Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel is facing criticism from conservative groups over his connection to the progressive Ploughshares Foundation. The Ploughshares Foundation grants...
Hagel Performs Poorly in Accidental Press Conference
Politico - Chuck Hagel wandered into the lion's den Tuesday. Except for a single unusual interview with a home state newspaper, the former Republican...
American Jewish Leaders Meet With Chuck Hagel
JTA - Top Jewish organizational leaders met with Chuck Hagel, President Obama's defense secretary nominee, and Vice President Joe Biden. A four-sentence statement Monday issued...
Journalist: Obama Says “Israel Doesn’t Know What its Own Best Interests Are”
The same reports of tension between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that persisted leading up to November's U.S. election have re-emerged before...
Opinion: Hagel Nomination Sends Chilling Signal About Obama’s Second Term
In light of the opposition generated when former senator Chuck Hagel's candidacy for defense secretary was initially mooted, most analysts predicted - mistakenly ...
Opinion: Why Iran Supports Chuck Hagel
President Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel was meant to send a message, and it has: That President Obama is not serious about stopping ...
