A confidante to Israel’s prime minister says the U.S. Secretary of State’s controversial comments were kosher
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Academic Farcedom
The American Studies Association wants to boycott Israel…and us to pay for it.
Hillary Clinton Discussed U.S. Approval of an Israeli Strike On Iran
Midway through Barack Obama’s first term as president, U.S. officials grew alarmed that Israel might launch a unilateral air strike against Iran’s nuclear program. Iran had snubbed Obama’s outreach after the 2008 election, and rejected an October 2009 international proposal to ship most of its enriched uranium out of the
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The Big Questions Behind John Kerry’s Latest Push for Middle East Peace
A peace deal is not “mission impossible,” he says, but some think even Hollywood heroics can’t save the process
Kerry Defends Iran Deal Before House Foreign Affairs Committee
‘The national security of the United States is stronger’
Obama Reaches Out to Netanyahu to Ease Concerns About Iran Nuclear Deal
After Israeli PM called agreement a “historic mistake”
Israel’s Election: What Happened to All the Excitement?
Two weeks ago nearly half of Israeli voters said they were either undecided or open to changing their minds. Today Benjamin Netanyahu will almost certainly be returned to the prime minister’s office.
Political Pictures of the Week, July 27 – Aug. 3
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
The Man Behind Romney’s Israel Trip
Under real-world rules, Dan Senor should not be anywhere near Mitt Romney‘s foreign policy inner circle. This is the man who, as spokesman for the disastrous Bush Administration reconstruction effort in Iraq, told a group of reporters, according to Imperial Life in the Emerald City by the Washington Post‘s Rajiv Chandrasekaran, “Off …
Romney’s Israel Stop: Keeping Up Appearances
Mitt Romney got in and out of Israel with what he’d hoped for: no gaffes, no real headlines. Nothing so substantial as to risk a clear view of the image he had traveled halfway around the world to produce: footage of a U.S. …
Mitt’s Mission in Israel: Optics, Christian Zionists and Absentee Ballots
There are a number of ways to understand Mitt Romney’s visit to Israel, where he pitches up Saturday night from London.
In the Holy Land, Romney to Court the Jewish Vote
Every four years, a Republican presidential candidate claims he can lure Jewish voters away from the Democratic Party. And every cycle, most of those voters stay put. Mitt Romney isn’t going to win the bulk of the Jewish vote …
U.S.-Israel Tension a Liability in Iran Talks
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his annual pilgrimage to Washington last year it was an unmitigated disaster. President Obama felt Netanyahu was lecturing him during the press appearance at the end of their …