Posts Tagged: obama
Obama Vetoed Assad Overthrow Plans, New Memoir Says
President Obama vetoed 50 plans put to him by the CIA to engineer the downfall of the Assad regime in Syria, according to a former...
Indyk on PBS Documentary: By 2013, Obama Had Already Written Off Netanyahu
Following a tense political year in 2012 between Israel and the United States, when it appeared as though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have been supporting Republican presidential...
Poll: Netanyahu More Popular Among Americans Than the Pope
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is more popular among Americans than Pope Francis I, according to a new poll, the Israeli news site nrg reported on Monday. The poll, conducted...
Netanyahu Holds ‘Important’ Impromptu Meeting With Obama, Kerry on Sidelines of Climate Change Conference in Paris
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an important meeting with US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry at the climate change conference...
Mideast Analyst: Israel Wants US to Take More Active Role in Region
Israelis would like to see the US take on a more assertive role in the Middle East to enhance their security, Michael Herzog, the Israel-based...
Dennis Ross Reveals Behind the Scenes Secrets of Obama Admin’s Iran Strategy
The Obama administration's gradual shift from a policy of preventing Iran's nuclear program to merely containing its industrial reality as a fait accompli unnecessarily put a strain on...
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Calls for New Sanctions Against Iran Over Human Rights Abuses
The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Wednesday calling on the president directly to slap...
Lawmaker Says Obama Can’t Legally Lift Sanctions Until Congress Receives IAEA-Iran Side Deals
President Barack Obama does not have the power to lift sanctions against Iran until Congress receives the side arrangements between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and...
Obama to Jewish Audience: Iran Deal Leaves Future President Better Positioned to Address Nuclear Threat
Fifteen years from now, the president, whoever that may be, will be in a stronger position to respond to the threat of Iranian nuclear weapons, if the current deal with...
US-Israel Relations Will ‘Certainly Improve’ With Any New President, Former State Dept Official Says
Relations between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have hit such rock-bottom levels that it does not really matter who is elected in 2016,...
Lindsey Graham to Synagogue Audience: Lawmakers Will Introduce New Sanctions Against Iranian Military
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle will be introducing new sanctions against Iran even if the nuclear deal signed between Tehran and world powers is implemented,...
Mideast Expert: After Iran Deal, Netanyahu Should be Considered for Nobel Prize
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "unwittingly enabled" the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, Vice President at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars Aaron David Miller argued...
Major Jewish Groups Slam White House, Allies for Use of Antisemitic Language in Debate Over Iran Nuclear Deal
Major Jewish groups condemned the use of offensive, and possibly antisemitic language used by the White House, its allies and even the President in the...
US Official Says Palestinian State Won’t be Established During Obama Presidency
An American official told Israeli political reporters on Tuesday that the Obama administration understands that there is no possibility a Palestinian state will be established...
