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Obama at United Nations: The World Is Safer—or It Isn’t
Newscom President Obama this morning laid out a foreign policy roadmap for the remainder of his presidency. However, his audience at the United Nations General Assembly might be excused for finding...
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Netanyahu: Don’t Be Fooled by Iran’s Rouhani
Kobi Gideon/G.P.O./SIPA/Newscom Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday not to fall prey to Iranian President Rouhani’s smooth talk. Netanyahu argued that...
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U.S. Allies Voice Alarm over Obama’s Middle East Policies
Newscom Saudi Arabia and Israel, two key U.S. allies, have publicly challenged the Obama Administration’s Middle East policies this week and expressed alarm over the unraveling of America’s reputation...
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Iran Gains Sanctions Relief from the Obama Administration
Iranian President Hassan Rowhani (Newscom) The Obama Administration, eagerly seeking a deal on Iran’s nuclear program, is now signaling that it will ease the sanctions that finally forced Tehran to the...
View ArticleA Bad Nuclear Deal with Iran Could Lead to War
The deal that the Obama Administration struck at the Geneva talks yesterday amounts to a flawed agreement that risks reducing sanctions pressure on Iran over next six months in return for easily...
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Q&A on the Iran Nuclear Deal
Iranians flash the victory sign to celebrate their government’s new nuclear deal. (Photo: ARASH KHAMOOSHI/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom) James Phillips, Heritage’s Senior Research Fellow for Middle Eastern...
View ArticleAl-Qaeda Resurges in Iraq
Al-Qaeda, which has surged in strength on both sides of the Iraq–Syria border, captured two important cities in western Iraq on Friday. The seizure of Fallujah and Ramadi underscores the growing threat...
View ArticleErdogan’s Turkey Goes Soft on Terrorism
There is mounting evidence that longtime U.S. ally Turkey has gone soft on terrorism since the rise to power of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan, whom President Obama claims is a close...
View ArticleIsrael Intercepts Missile Shipment from Iran as U.S. Shortchanges Missile...
Last week, Iran was once again caught red-handed shipping arms, including advanced rockets, to Gaza-based Palestinian terrorists. The Israeli navy intercepted the Klos-C, a Panamanian-flagged ship, in...
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The Obama Administration Looks Weak by Considering Pollard as Bargaining Chip
AFP PHOTO/JACQUELYN MARTIN/Newscom According to The Washington Post, the Obama administration is considering releasing convicted spy Jonathan Pollard from a federal penitentiary, and using him as a...
View ArticlePalestinian Reconciliation Deal Derails Kerry’s Peace Efforts
The reconciliation agreement announced between rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas on April 23 is a severe setback for peace prospects and a slap in the face for Secretary of State John Kerry,...
View ArticleKerry’s ‘Apartheid State’ Remark Was ‘Absolutely Appalling’
Heritage’s Nile Gardiner called Secretary of State John Kerry’s warning last week—that Israel was in danger of ultimately becoming “an apartheid state”—an “absolutely appalling” remark in an interview...
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Why Kerry Was Wrong to Rebuke Israel With ‘Apartheid’ Comment
AFP PHOTO/JACQUELYN MARTIN/Newscom Secretary of State John Kerry undiplomatically declared that Israel risks becoming “an apartheid state” if it fails to negotiate a peace agreement with the...
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John Kerry Recants Israel ‘Apartheid State’ Comments
Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images Secretary of State John Kerry has recanted his statements about the possibility of Israel becoming “an apartheid state,” asserting that he does not believe “ Israel is...
View ArticleCongress Must Ask Obama: Why Doesn’t Your Administration Cut U.S. Aid to the...
Considering its participation in the new Palestinian unity government, Hamas’ rocket attacks on Israel should lead the U.S. to cut the hundreds of millions in assistance it gives to the Palestinian...
View ArticleQ&A: What Are These Tunnels Hamas Is Using to Attack Israel?
As part of the ongoing military campaign in Gaza, the Israeli military says it is now focused on destroying underground tunnels that Hamas is using to infiltrate Israeli soil. Q: How sophisticated are...
View ArticleUS Should Hold the Line on Palestinian Pursuit of UN Membership
Here we go again. This week, Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Saeb Erekat has threatened that his government will apply for membership to 522 international organizations and statutes if the...
View ArticleObama Administration Should Sanction Iran, Not Israel
It is no secret that the Obama administration has a tense relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu due to sharp differences on key foreign policy issues and clashing world views. But...
View ArticleHezbollah Attacks Israel: Latest Chapter in a Long Shadow War Between Israel...
The long shadow war between Israel and Iran erupted in a high-profile clash yesterday, as Iran’s surrogate Hezbollah attacked an Israeli military convoy, killing two Israeli soldiers and wounding...
View ArticleNetanyahu Is Back in the Driver’s Seat in Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scored a major victory and won a fourth term as Israel’s top leader in Tuesday’s elections. Although the last public opinion poll before the election indicated that...
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