Tag: Israel

Obama on Israel at UN: Some Bromides Gone, Others Live On

Elliott Abrams · September 24, 2014 5:22 pm

Mourners and the mother of Amer Abu Aisheh, in the white veil, carry his body after he and Marwan Qawasmeh were shot dead by Israeli troops during their funeral procession in the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. Israeli special forces stormed a West Bank hideout early on Tuesday and killed two Palestinians suspected in the June abduction and slaying of three Israeli teenagers, a gruesome attack that had triggered a chain of events that led to the war in Gaza this summer. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

National Security

Hamas suspects in slaying of Israeli teens killed

Ian Deitch · September 23, 2014 3:18 pm

Palestinian Senior Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzouk, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Gaza City, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Hamas' No. 2 leader says the Islamic militant group does not want another war with Israel but suggests more fighting is inevitable unless Israel ends its blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza. Marzouk said in an interview Thursday that Hamas emerged stronger from the recent 50-day war, despite military setbacks. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

National Security

AP Interview: Hamas No. 2 says war a lesser option

KARIN LAUBMOHAMMED DARAGHMEH · September 18, 2014 6:04 pm

‘Petition to Oppose Boycotts of Israel’s Academic Institutions, Scholars, and Students’

Daniel Halper · September 18, 2014 3:02 pm

UN’s flight marks new era on Israel-Syria front

Aron Heller · September 18, 2014 7:30 am

The Jihadists Next Door

Geoffrey Norman · September 16, 2014 5:31 pm

File - In this Thursday, April 24, 2014. file photo, Palestinian farmers harvest wheat on a farm near the West Bank city of Jenin. The Palestinian economy is expected to contract for the first time in seven years in 2014, shrinking by 4 percent, the result of the recent Gaza war, continued Israeli and Egyptian restrictions on Palestinian trade and a drop in foreign aid, the World Bank said Tuesday. The bank issued the report ahead of a meeting next week of donor nations to the Palestinians on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas, File)

World Bank: Palestinian economy to shrink in 2014

Karin Laub · September 16, 2014 3:28 pm

Hot Mic: Bill Clinton Whacks Netanyahu, Agrees He Can’t Bring Peace

Daniel Halper · September 16, 2014 12:25 pm

Liz Warren: ‘Fair’ to Compare Israel’s Actions in Gaza to Holocaust

Daniel Halper · September 15, 2014 8:31 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on her countrymen to attend a Sept. 14th national rally against anti-Semitism organized by the Central Council of Jews in Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty)

A global epidemic of anti-Semitism

Joshua Muravchik · September 13, 2014 9:00 am

The joint fundraising committee for Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, already appears to be raising money from a controversial speech he gave earlier this week. (Screencap)

Beltway Confidential

Corrected: Cruz fundraising site was not referring to this week’s controversial speech

Becket Adams · September 13, 2014 2:31 am

Sen. Ted Cruz took an unusually confrontational tack when he vowed not to endorse incumbent Republican senators in their primary elections this year. One of the only two candidates he backed also lost. (Photo by Steve Pope/Getty images)

Beltway Confidential

FULL VIDEO: The Cruz speech everyone’s talking about

Becket Adams · September 12, 2014 6:03 pm