You can thank all that traffic in Midtown this week to the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, which brought in not only the world's most important leaders, but all their bodyguards and beefed up security as well. Don't even try going east of 3rd Ave today, is all we're saying.
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"Israel has no better friend than America, and America has no better friend than Israel," the prime minister said. "We stand together to defend democracy. We stand together to advance peace. We stand together to fight terrorism."
These are indisputable facts, but they bear repeating from time to time. Mr. Netanyahu reminded Americans that as they Read More
In demanding that Israel retreat to its pre-1967 borders as a starting point for negotiations with the Palestinians, President Obama confirmed what many have suspected for some time: he is not a friend of Israel.
No friend, no true ally, would ask another state to put its very existence in jeopardy. But that is precisely Read More
As Israeli complaints about the Obama administration grow louder, Representative Eliot Engel says that the slack he's cutting the president is about to run out.
"We have a new president and a new administration and we have to give them leeway to do the things that they think they need to do," said Engel, Read More
"He Read More
That much is obvious from the unusually thoughtful, nuanced and varied reactions by officials in New York—the world capital of Israel-boosterism—to his criticisms of the Netanyahu government’s settlement policies.
“I think Obama feels that this type of shock Read More
The reaction of Israel supporters to President Obama's Cairo speech has been closely monitored for signs of increasing tolerance for criticism of the Israeli government's policy on settlements, which the Obama administration has explicitly opposed in recent weeks.
While some veteran Middle East analysts have suggested Obama did not go far enough in Read More
Speaking on a conference call with New York Jewish leaders organized by Read More
In his major address to the Muslim world in Cairo today, President Obama once again argued that the freezing of Israeli settlements was a central element to achieving peace in the Middle East.
"Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel's right to exist cannot be denied, neither can Palestine's," said Obama. "The United States does Read More
Representative Eliot Engel expects the Obama administration to call him sometime over the next week to enlist his support in a new effort to exert tougher and more public pressure against Israeli settlements.
He said they won't like his answer.
"What concerns me, frankly, about both the statements of the secretary of state and the Read More
Back in February, soon after Gillibrand's appointment to replace Hillary Clinton--and right around the time the Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu was forming a new government in Israel--she went further than most Democrats in the Senate, Read More
If you haven’t heard of J Street, you’re not alone. The self-styled “pro-Israel, pro-peace” group was launched a year ago, but it’s mostly toiled in the formidable shadow of AIPAC, the half-century-old lobbying powerhouse that has long been regarded as the voice of the American Jewish community on matters relating to Israel—and that, as Read More
Last month, both defenders and critics of Israel predicted that a new hard-line coalition government in Israel would prompt a more vigorous political debate about Israeli policies here in the United States.
At the time, some supporters of Israel argued that an Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, an opponent of a two-state solution, Read More
In a statement marking the 30th anniversary of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel released a few Read More
Abraham Foxman says yes.
"It's already changed," said Mr. Foxman, whose position as national director of the Anti-Defamation League makes him the media's go-to person for quotes on perceived anti-Israel bias. Read More
