Tag: Israel

In the 1990s, Sudan gained infamy for hosting Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, which carried out attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Don’t forget about Bashir and Sudan

George Phillips · June 23, 2015 9:00 am

Knesset member Michael Oren speaks during his book release party for Michael Oren's "Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide" at Gerson Lehrman Group on June 18, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Donald Bowers/Getty Images for GLG)

White House: Ex-Israeli envoy criticized Obama to ‘sell books’

Susan Crabtree · June 22, 2015 7:32 pm

Palestinian youths and the Israeli army clash at the Kalandia checkpoint on November 21, 2014, Israel. (Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)

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UN report: Israel, Palestinians may have committed war crimes in 2014

Kelly Cohen · June 22, 2015 1:05 pm

In this Sept. 9, 2014 file photo, Steve Salaita, a professor who lost a job offer from the University of Illinois over dozens of profane Twitter messages that critics deemed anti-Semitic, speaks to students and reporters during a news conference at the campus in Champaign Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

AAUP’s selective defense of academic freedom

Eliana Rudee · June 19, 2015 9:00 am

While Adelson has not announced who he will support for the 2016 Republican nomination, and he says he will not do so for a while,Â he has talked with Rubio frequently, and his aides have thrown a Rubio breakfast fundraiser. (AP Photo)

Rubio leading the race for Sheldon Adelson’s endorsement

Emilie Padgett · June 16, 2015 8:05 pm

Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren accused President Obama of abandoning Israel the moment he was elected in 2008. (AP Photo)

National Security

Former Israeli Ambassador to U.S.: Obama abandoned Israel

Kelly Cohen · June 16, 2015 12:35 pm

"From the beginning, our president and his foreign policy team have been so eager to be the history makers that they have failed to be the peacemakers," Jeb Bush said.Â

Bush rips Obama-Clinton-Kerry ‘phone it in foreign policy,’ Israel abandonment

Paul Bedard · June 15, 2015 8:08 pm

Saudi Sunnis, Indian Shiites, and Israeli Jews Meet in India

Shimon Shapira · June 11, 2015 3:42 pm

Ã¢â¬ÅThatÃ¢â¬â¢s some of the nonsense that goes on in the Internet. But that is absolutely not true,Ã¢â¬ï¿½ Sanders said. (Getty File Photo)

NPR host apologizes after ‘nonsense’ claim that Bernie Sanders is a citizen of Israel

Becket Adams · June 10, 2015 8:10 pm

CIA Director John Brennan pauses as he speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

CIA head made secret trip to Israel last week

Kelly Cohen · June 9, 2015 3:30 pm

The case centered on Menachem Zivotofsky, an American born in Jerusalem whose parents wanted his passport to say he was born in Israel, not Jerusalem. (AP Photo)Â

State Dept. hails Supreme Court ruling against ‘born in Israel’ passports

Pete Kasperowicz · June 8, 2015 5:57 pm

Obama’s Treasury secretary booed at Jerusalem Post event

Becket Adams · June 8, 2015 5:33 pm