Advertisements Samantha Power, U.S. President Barack Obama’s nominee for the post of ambassador to the United Nations, made a strong case for her confirmation Wednesday with strong pro-Israel and interventionist statements that will appeal to many of the hawks in the U.S. Senate. Speaking at her confirmation hearing before theContinue Reading
Advertisements This article originally appeared at LobeLog. When is a coup not a coup? When calling it that carries repercussions that make a bad situation worse. US President Barack Obama is struggling with recent events in Egypt. Once again he’s presented with a situation in the Middle East where heContinue Reading
Advertisements Ron Dermer, the man who is rumored to be the replacement for Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren (who resigned today), has been compared to Karl Rove. The comparison is an apt one. Oren, an academic who easily slipped into the role of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadContinue Reading
Advertisements This post originally appeared at LobeLog. Outside of Iran, there is no doubt that the biggest losers in Iran’s election this past weekend were the Likud government in Israel and its supporters, especially neoconservatives, in the United States. The response of Israel’s Prime Minister to the election of centrist candidate HassanContinue Reading
Advertisements This article originally appeared at LobeLog. The new Israeli government features a security braintrust that might be a bit more reasonable on Iran, but is likely to be even more hawkish both in the immediate region and within the country itself. Gone are voices from the Israeli right who favored aContinue Reading
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