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OPINION

Bolton: Israel May Strike Iran by December

Jerusalem gets what Obama doesn't, writes ex-UN ambassador

Jul 29, 09 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates was in Jerusalem recently to dissuade Israel from attacking Iran, but according to John Bolton, "relations between the US and Israel are more strained now than at any time since the 1956 Suez Canal crisis." Israel understands what the Obama administration does not—... More »

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Iran • Israel • Middle East • Robert Gates • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • John Bolton • negotiations • Obama administration • preemptive strike

Suspect in NJ Probe Sold Black-Market Kidneys

Corruption bust yields strange side business

Jul 25, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI says it's made the first organ trafficking arrest in US history, a strange byproduct of the sweeping corruption probe that nabbed dozens of New Jersey officials and rabbis, the Star-Ledger reports. Levy Izhak Rosenbaum is accused of dealing in kidneys: He'd buy them from donors in Israel... More »

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Israel • FBI • New Jersey • corruption • black market • kidney • organ trafficking • money laundering • arrest

(Newser) - President Obama’s election has increased America’s standing in the world, new polling shows. Global attitudes toward the US have been bolstered by Obama’s election to levels not seen since the Clinton administration, the New York Times reports. In Indonesia, for instance, where the president spent part of... More »

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Afghanistan • Israel • Germany • France • United States • popularity • opinion polls • Obama administration • President Obama • global community

(Newser) - Amid intense US-Israeli negotiations over settlements, Israel today brushed off Washington’s request to stop an American millionaire's housing project in East Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Post reports. Palestinians have complained that it would change demographics in the Arab-dominated area. But Obama "had crossed a red line" in asking... More »

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Israel • Jerusalem • Benjamin Netanyahu • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • millionaires • Arab Israeli conflict • East Jerusalem • housing projects

OPINION

Olmert: Stop Obsessing Over Settlements

Obama should take 'non-priority issue' off the table, writes ex-PM

Jul 17, 09 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's fine for Barack Obama to make overtures to the Arab world, but Ehud Olmert, reminding him in a Washington Post op-ed that Israel is "the only real Middle Eastern democracy," complains that he has focused too much of his attentions on Israel's settlements in the West Bank.... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Palestine • West Bank • Palestinians • settlement • Arab Israeli conflict • Jewish settlers • settlements

analysis

Five Leaders Who Liked Bush Better


Jul 11, 09 5:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Not all foreign leaders prefer Barack Obama to George W. Bush. Joshua Keating of Foreign Policy lists five heads of state who probably miss Dubya:
  • Silvio Berlusconi. "The conservative Christian from Texas and the lecherous billionaire" were good buddies; Bush hosted the Italian president often at his
... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Venezuela • Poland • Italy • Colombia • Benjamin Netanyahu • missile defense system • Lech Kaczynski • Hugo Chávez • Silvio Berlusconi • Alvaro Uribe • George W. Bush • Obama administration

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP


 Biden: Obama 
 Team 'Misread' 
  the Economy 

Colin Powell 'concerned' by Obama's spending

Jul 5, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Biden conceded today that the Obama administration “misread” how bad the economy actually was and that now the unemployment rate is “much too high,” The Hill reports. In an interview taped in Iraq with This Week, the vice president also said the US doesn’t intend... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Barack Obama • Israel • Joe Biden • North Korea • unemployment • economy • Sarah Palin • Obama administration • financial crisis

OPINION

Obama Hasn't Turned on Israel...Yet

Tougher settlement stance doesn't hurt the security of Jewish state

Jul 2, 09 8:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jewish Americans voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama, convinced he was a supporter of Israel. Now, they “suspect they may have been victims of a bait and switch,” writes Alan Dershowitz of the Wall Street Journal. Obama’s rhetoric has certainly been harsher than it was during the... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Israel • West Bank • Rahm Emanuel • the Jewish vote • settlements

(Newser) - The Israeli government approved the construction of 50 new West Bank homes today, seemingly defying President Obama’s call for a freeze on new settlements. But Defense Minister Ehud Barak plans to offer a temporarily halt on some construction, officials tell the New York Times, if Palestinians agree to... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Ehud Barak • West Bank • George Mitchell • Israel and Palestinians • settlements

OPINION

Hillary's Wrong: Bush, Israel Agreed on Settlements

Sharon talks resulted in "understandings": Abrams

Jun 25, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton said last week that the Bush administration hadn’t made any “informal or oral agreements” on Israel settlements, but that’s simply not true, writes Bush adviser Elliott Abrams in the Wall Street Journal. In fact, talks between the administration and Israel’s then-PM resulted in Ariel... More »

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Bush administration • Hillary Clinton • Israel • Palestine • Elliott Abrams • Ariel Sharon • Arab Israeli conflict • George W. Bush • Obama administration • agreement • settlements

OPINION

 The Real Deal on 
 10 Lies About Obama 


Jun 16, 09 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Opponents are saying a lot of things about President Obama that just aren’t true. Mark Halperin clears up the record in Time. Obama ...
  • has Israeli security interests at heart.
  • is not blind to the costs of a revamped health care system.
  • "is not captive
... More »

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Congress • Israel • list • Mark Halperin • free markets • conservatives • Obama administration • Election 2012 • President Obama

ANALYSIS

 Netanyahu's 
 Palestine Speech 
 Angers Both Sides 

Israeli PM disappoints nationalists and Washington with third-way tactic

Jun 15, 09 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barely into his new term, Benjamin Netanyahu is already facing major difficulties—caught between a Washington-led demand for a Mideast peace deal and right-wing insistence that he oppose a Palestinian state. The Israeli PM tried to forge a middle path in a major speech yesterday, but as Rory McCarthy writes... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Palestine • Benjamin Netanyahu • Arab Israeli conflict • Palestinian statehood • extreme right

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu today called for the creation of a limited Palestinian state for the first time, saying it would have to be disarmed. Netanyahu spoke during a major policy speech about his Mideast peacemaking intentions, in which he called on Palestinian leaders to restart peace negotiations. "In... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Middle East • Palestine • Benjamin Netanyahu • Israel and Palestinians • Arabs • refugee • Arab Israeli conflict • Mideast peace talks

ANALYSIS

Netanyahu Expected to Endorse Palestinian State


Jun 12, 09 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to endorse a two-state solution to the Palestinian problem this weekend, the Times of London reports. The decision follows intense pressure from the Obama administration to recognize the need for a Palestinian state. The US also wants Israel to stop expanding settlements in the... More »

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Israel • Benjamin Netanyahu • West Bank • prime minister • settlement • Palestinian statehood • President Obama • two-state solution

OPINION

 Israel Should Attack Iran 


Jun 11, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - No matter who wins tomorrow’s presidential election in Iran, the threat of its nuclear program won’t go away, and that’s why Israel should attack sooner rather than later, writes former UN ambassador John Bolton in the Wall Street Journal. Attacking Iran now won’t be... More »

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Iran • nuclear proliferation • Israel • nuclear program • John Bolton • mullahs • Iran war

Israeli Minister Urges Sanctions Against US

Upset with Obama shift, he also wants to influence elections

Jun 10, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Israeli cabinet minister has suggested his country stop buying technology from the US and even try to influence US elections because of the Obama administration’s perceived shift on Mideast policy, the Jerusalem Post reports. Yossi Peled, a “minister-without-portfolio,” said “Obama’s ascendance represents a turning... More »

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Israel • sanctions • United States • Benjamin Netanyahu • Democratic Party • Obama administration • Yossi Peled • cabinet minister

Woman Tosses Mattress
Stuffed With Mom's $1M

It was her mom's life savings

Jun 10, 09 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - In hindsight, maybe the bank might've been a better idea: An Israeli woman dumped her mom's life savings when she decided to surprise her with a new mattress—and tossed the old one padded with nearly $1 million, CNN reports. City workers are helping the daughter search, and have... More »

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Israel • garbage • missing money • Tel Aviv • daughter • mother • mattress

(Newser) - Explosives-laden horses were part of an attempt today by Palestinian militants to plant bombs in Israel, the BBC reports. Israel says it shot and killed four men—who where wearing explosive vests—and their explosive-laden horses after they first fired on a border post. The Israeli response to the men... More »

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Israel • terrorism • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • horse • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • border

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Hillary: Obama 'Absolutely' Able to Handle 3am Call

Secretary of state puts Iran, N. Korea on notice

Jun 7, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton made her first Sunday show appearance as secretary of state today, vowing “there would be retaliation” against Iran if it attacked Israel, and that Washington might return North Korea to its state terror list. Clinton, speaking on This Week a year to the day after she ceded... More »

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Iran • health care • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Israel • North Korea • Newt Gingrich • Richard Shelby • health care reform • David Axelrod

(Newser) - The Huffington Post censored a video of young people in Israel using using racial slurs to attack President Obama, and Gawker wants to know why. Max Blumenthal, who shot the film, says a HuffPost administrator told him the clip lacked “any real news value.” Notes Blumenthal: “For... More »

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Israel • censorship • video • Gawker • racial slurs • Internet censorship • Huffington Post • President Obama • Max Blumenthal

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