Tag: Middle East

Kerry: ‘No promise’ of cease-fire

Lara Jakes · July 31, 2014 3:23 pm

Supporters listen as Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, center, speaks during a rally to mark Jerusalem Day or Al-Quds Day, in suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 25, 2014. Nasrallah said that the "resistance" in Gaza became victorious after the Zionists and all their backers worldwide failed in achieving any of their goals. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanese Hezbollah commander killed in Iraq

Bassem Mroue · July 31, 2014 1:44 pm

Public opinion in the U.S. of Arabs and Muslims has steadily deteriorated over the past five years, with a growing number of Americans saying they now hold an unfavorable opinion of both groups, according to a Zogby poll released this week.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

Beltway Confidential

As turmoil engulfs Middle East, American opinion of Muslims, Arabs slides to five-year low: Survey

Becket Adams · July 31, 2014 1:15 pm

Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a rally supporting Israel in front of city hall in Dallas, Texas, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Gov. Perry criticized on Wednesday an American "policy of calculated ambivalence" toward Israel, a nod toward conservative voters as he considers a second run for president. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Brad Loper) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES; MAGAZINES OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY

Perry: America must end ‘ambivalence’ on Israel

Nomaan Merchant · July 31, 2014 3:44 am

Palestinian mourners carry the body of their loved one, killed on an Israeli strike in Shijaiyah neighbourhood, out of the morgue of Gaza City's Shifa hospital, during the funeral, on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Israeli strikes hit the crowded shopping area in Gaza City, hours after tank shells tore through the walls of a U.N. school crowded with war refugees Wednesday in the deadliest of a series of air and artillery attacks that push the Palestinian death toll above 1,300 in more than three weeks of fighting.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

National Security

Obama takes tougher line against Gaza casualties

Julie Pace · July 31, 2014 12:57 am

Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Kentucky Democrat challenging Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for reelection, told reporters that Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system prevents Hamas militants from tunneling into the Jewish state. (AP/Timothy D. Easley)

Beltway Confidential

Gaffe Watch: Alison Lundergan Grimes explains how Israel’s Iron Dome protects against Hamas tunnels

Kevin Daley · July 30, 2014 9:27 pm

With world and media attention focused on Gaza, Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine, Libya is now collapsing - and it's hardly a surprise. (AP Photo)

Obama’s foreign policy Midas touch disappeared in Libya: Examiner Editorial

Washington Examiner · July 30, 2014 9:00 pm

Deadly Israeli strikes hit UN school, market area

KARIN LAUBTIA GOLDENBERG · July 30, 2014 8:13 pm

Smoke rises in the skyline from Israeli strikes in eastern Gaza City, early Wednesday, July 30, 2014, amid Israel's heaviest air and artillery assault in more than three weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

AP ANALYSIS: Amid war, endgames in Gaza emerge

Dan Perry · July 30, 2014 7:39 pm

Podcast: Obama Strategy For Gaza? Keep Iran Happy.

TWS Podcast · July 30, 2014 7:10 pm

Dissent quieted with most Israelis behind Gaza war

ARON HELLERTIA GOLDENBERG · July 30, 2014 6:42 pm

If you want to read a stinging critique of Secretary of State John Kerry's Middle East diplomacy, take a look at Adam Garfinkle's take in The American Interest blog. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

A sulfuric denunciation of John Kerry’s Middle East diplomacy

Michael Barone · July 30, 2014 5:47 pm