Posts Tagged: obama
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...
Goodbye, President Obama: Parting Words From an Israeli Settler
Dear President Obama, I wanted to say goodbye and show you the respect due to a tenacious adversary. Many US Jews, and even a few here...
Iranian President Calls Trump’s Vow to Rip Up Nuclear Deal ‘Empty Talk’
JNS.org -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that US President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to dismantle the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is “only empty talk." "I...
Poll: Confidence Drops in Trump Transition
Donald Trump will become president Friday with an approval rating of just 40%, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, the lowest of any recent president and...
In ’60 Minutes’ Interview, Obama Downplays US-Israel Tensions During His Tenure
JNS.org -- In what was expected to be his last official interview, outgoing President Barack Obama downplayed the hit US-Israel ties has taken under his administration. Obama told the CBS Sunday program...
Trump Tells Obama’s Ambassadors to Leave by Inauguration Day
President-elect Donald Trump is not allowing for any diplomatic dawdling. His transition team has issued a directive that all ambassadors appointed by President Obama must...
History Repeats Itself, From Begin to Netanyahu
The United Nations Security Council resolution -- which stated that Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, “occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem,” have “no legal validity," and...
Report: Russian-Brokered Cease-Fire in Syria Holding Despite Minor Violations
A nationwide Syrian cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey that went into effect at midnight was holding Friday despite minor violations, marking a potential breakthrough...
Obama’s Abandonment of Israel Should Surprise Nobody
JNS.org -- The United Nations resolution condemning Israeli settlements comes in the wake of two other motions, passed by the UNESCO cultural body in October,...
Barack Obama’s Antisemitic UN Act
JNS.org - It was particularly painful and frustrating seeing President Barack Hussein Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and US Ambassador to the United Nations...
US Abstention at the UN Security Council: An Overview
JNS.org -- The United States' abstention at Friday’s United Nations Security Council vote on a resolution condemning Israeli construction beyond the 1967 lines, has left many speculating...
