Does John Bolton Recognize Palestine’s ‘Right To Exist’?
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org 1/5/2009 — Former recess-appointed UN ambassador John Bolton writes that “ war in the Gaza Strip demonstrates yet again that the current governance paradigm for the Palestinian people has failed.” Terrorists financed and supplied by Iran control ...

Why I Am a Democrat
njdc.org 2/17/2009 — I am pro-Israel. I am a Zionist. I have been a member of AIPAC for virtually my entire adult life. I am a Democrat. And I’m in good company. Of the 32 Jews in the House of Representatives, only one is a Republican, and of the 13 Jews in the Senate, only one is a Republican . Barack Obama ...

My? Israel
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/9/2009 — My? Israel   As some of you know my wife and I have been seriously considering aliyah. We spent several weeks in November  in Israel exploring some of the details involved in such a move. We were somewhat optimistic at...

Considering the Who and How of Criticizing Israel
themoderatevoice.com 3/13/2009 — I’m a little too late to the Chas Freeman dust up to add incremental value to the post-mortem . But the debate surrounding Mr. Freeman and his attitude toward Israel did force me — even as a consistently, instinctively pro-Israel observer ...

Obama Demand: The Israeli Occupation Must End
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/14/2008 — It is becoming clear that Barack Obama understands that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is at the heart of virtually all of America's problems in the Middle East. He also understands that, paradoxically, it is the Middle East problem most ...

John Bolton: The Mustache Lives
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/26/2009 — If you imagine Paul McCartney at Shea Stadium in 1965 you have some idea of the reception that the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, gave John Bolton this morning. The former United Nations Ambassador packed the largest ballroom at ...

A Freeman Time-Line
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 3/7/2009 — Jon Chait argues that the opposition to Chas Freeman is largely about the rigidity of his realism, his connections with Saudi Arabia, and his brutal realpolitik with respect to China. And he has argued against the notion that this contretemps was ...

Bibi's Speech to the Knesset
weeklystandard.com 4/5/2009 — On March 31, Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn-in as Israel's new Prime Minister. His speech to the Knesset has garnered much attention here but it provides some additional insight into just what his return to power will mean for the peace process and for ...

Fortress Israel?
israelmatzav.blogspot.com 3/19/2009 — Both NY Nana and NormanF sent me links to the same article from the New York Times Co. albeit from two different newspapers: The Times and the Herald Tribune. The argument made is that the combination of the 'brutal force' used in Operation Cast Lead ...

In Israel
michaeltotten.com 1/19/2009 — I'm in Israel now and have been here since Saturday afternoon. I have one more day with a packed schedule and then I should be able to squeeze in some time to write. Stay tuned for several short analysis pieces and a long dispatch from the border with ...

Poll: Most support plan to bolster troops in Afghanistan — CNN Political Ticker 2/26/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new national poll indicates that a majority of Americans support President Barack Obama's plan to send 17,000 more U.S. troops to the war in Afghanistan. And the survey, conducted by CNN and the Opinion Research Corp., ...

Clinton to scope out 'new path' in Mideast (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 2/26/2009
AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit Egypt, Israel and the West Bank next week to personally take stock of prospects for navigating a "new path" in the Middle East, officials said Thursday.

Group urges Obama to unilaterally ease Cuba policy — Reuters: Politics 2/26/2009
MIAMI (Reuters) - President Barack Obama should roll back U.S. curbs on Cuba to encourage democratic change without waiting for Havana to make reforms first, a group of diplomats, academics and opinion leaders said on Thursday.

Obama to pull combat troops from Iraq in 2010 — CNN.com - Politics 2/27/2009
President Obama told congressional leaders Thursday he's planning to pull all combat troops out of Iraq by August 2010, which falls short of his campaign promise of bringing all combat forces home within 16 months, according to three Congressional ...

US will seek to end Iran's nuclear ambition (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 2/27/2009
AP - President Barack Obama's administration will seek to end Iran's nuclear ambition and its support for terrorism, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday — drawing an immediate rebuke from Iran's envoy.