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haaretz.com - 10/9/2009
'U.S. furious over Israeli incitement against Obama'
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The U.S. administration is furious over Israeli incitement against President Barack Obama, Democratic congressmen close to Obama told an Israeli source who returned from a visit to Washington this week. The congressmen even hinted that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been personally ...
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/8/2009
Israeli Ambassador: Criticizing Gaza War Is Calling Us Nazis
— tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com — I have to wonder if Israel's new ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, is just trying... to impress his boss, Prime Minister Netanyahu. I mean, it is just not possible that he honestly believes the hysterical nonsense he published today in the ... (more) Israeli Ambassador: Criticizing Gaza War Is Calling Us ...

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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 10/7/2009
Israeli Ambassador Says Richard Goldstone is Worse than Ahmadenijad
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Normally New Republic content on Israel sticks to an eight or nine on the ten point insanometer... unless it’s written by TNR Editor in Chief Martin Peretz itself. But Michael Oren, a frequent TNR contributor who was recently appointed as ... (more) Israeli Ambassador Says Richard Goldstone is Worse than ...

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commonsensewonder.blogspot.com - 10/8/2009
Reality bites
— commonsensewonder.blogspot.com — Peace an illusion, says Israel FM Israel's foreign minister has said there is no chance of an... early solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and told people to "learn to live with it". Avigdor Lieberman does not lead Israeli peace negotiations, but his statement casts a pall over latest US ... (more) Reality bites

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Only in Haaretz
Israpundit — ... Only in Haaretz would you find a headline like this, ‘U.S. furious over Israeli incitement against Obama’. Akiva Eldar, explains an unidentified “Israeli source” claims to have been told by an unidentified “Democratic Congressman” that the “US administration ” is furious over Israeli incitement against Obama. Even Netanyahu is said to be involved. Oh my. ...

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize
Commondreams.org Views — When I saw this morning's top New York Times headline -- " Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize " -- I had the same immediate reaction which I'm certain many others had:  this was some kind of bizarre Onion gag that got accidentally transposed onto the wrong website, that it was just some sort of strange joke someone was playing.  Upon further reflection, that isn't all that far from the reaction I still have.  And I say that despite my belief that -- as critical as I've been of the Obama presidency regarding civil liberties and Terrorism -- foreign affairs is actually one area where he's shown genuine potential for some ...

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