Minnesota congresswoman and former Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann used her rock-star status at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference to warn right-leaning Americans about what she said was a dangerous Obama administration foreign policy. (more)
For the second time in a few months, we have seen a crazy Israel-about-to-attack-Iran story spread around the globe. I don’t want to go into all of the details, but this tale is an example of how the media has lost it completely due to a combination of laziness (reporters don’t really do research or check sources), agenda, ignorance, and good old sensationalism. Partly, too, it arises from the mass media’s struggle to deal with the Internet media era and the Internet media’s struggle to achieve decent journalistic standards. (more)
Twin developments have converged to require an urgent re-examination of America’s role in the world. We’re saddled with a crushing debt that demands steep spending cuts. And Americans are weary — and wary — of international activism after long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in which we spent far too much American blood and treasure for too few results. We’re broke and we’re exhausted. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna’s not finished with stadiums. (more)
“Whoever says later may find later is too late,” Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said last week. His words drove Western policymakers into a tizzy. Everyone wants to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, but not everyone is willing to do what it takes to bring that about. (more)
President Barack Obama announced on Monday a policy intended to shut down international transactions by the Bank of Iran, amid growing worries by Democrats that Iran’s nearly-complete effort to build a nuclear weapon will spark a war with Israel and an oil-price shock in the run up to the November election. (more)
On Saturday’s coverage of the Nevada caucuses on CNN, Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul, a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination offered viewers a glimpse into how he might handle a potential international crisis. (more)
Last week in his Washington Post column, David Ignatius wrote that Israel was preparing to attack Iran to prevent it from being able to build a nuclear bomb. (more)
For 10 days this January, I had the privilege of traveling with a group of students on an educational, cultural and political trip to Israel. The Jewish National Fund organized the trip with the goal of showing the truth about Israel to the next generation of leaders in the United States.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Apple confirmed Wednesday that it has bought Anobit Technologies, an Israeli maker of flash memory technology already used in many of Apple’s gadgets. (more)
JERUSALEM (AP) — A hacker claiming to be a 19-year-old Saudi posted thousands of Israeli credit card numbers and other personal data online — the hacker’s second politically motivated attack this week. (more)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Images of ultra-Orthodox Jews dressing up as Nazi concentration camp inmates during a protest drew widespread condemnation Sunday and added a new twist to a simmering battle over growing extremism inside Israel’s insular ultra-Orthodox community. (more)
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters)- Israel killed the leader of an al Qaeda-inspired faction in the Gaza Strip on Friday, accusing him of involvement in firing rockets and a planned attack on the Jewish state from the neighboring Egyptian Sinai. (more)
In a statement released on Monday, a 16-year former aide to Texas Rep. Ron Paul writes that the presidential candidate “was opposed to the war in Afghanistan, and to any military reaction to the attacks of 9/11,” but ultimately voted “Yay” [sic] in the face of a threatened staff rebellion and near-certain political suicide. (more)
A senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the leader has refused an offer to write an opinion piece for the New York Times, accusing the paper’s opinion pages of anti-Israel bias. (more)
Former House Speaker, GOP presidential front-runner and history buff Newt Gingrich reiterated his support for Israel this week, saying the Palestinians are an “invented” people carrying out an unjust war against the Jewish state. (more)
On Wednesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer spoke out against the White House for its policies on Israel. The issue took center stage Wednesday as the 2012 GOP presidential contenders appeared at the Republican Jewish Coalition Candidates Forum in Washington, D.C. (more)
Some conservatives see hostility toward Israel in Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul’s advocacy of a non-interventionist foreign policy. But in an interview published online Wednesday afternoon, the Texas congressman explained that his positions may in fact be considered very pro-Israel. (more)
The Republican Jewish Coalition hosted a forum Wednesday featuring the 2012 Republican presidential contenders, except for Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who was barred from the event. (more)
