Tag: Barack Obama
The incredible lightness of Barack Obama
U.S. President Joe Biden is caught in a quadfecta of corruption, cognitive decline, a failed agenda and eroding polls. Amid this apparent vacuum, an opportunistic Barack Obama, who used to be more discreet in...
US lawmakers: Iran disagreement at root of Biden snub of Netanyahu
It is a common refrain in U.S. President Joe Biden’s speeches and statements and at State Department press briefings that Israel is threatening its democratic character by seeking to reform its judiciary, which legal...
How Biden is smashing America’s moral compass and dragging the West behind it
For eight years, the administration of former President Barack Obama behaved as if the security needs of the State of Israel were such an irritating impediment to American foreign-policy aims that it had no...
Is bipartisanship on Iran a lost cause?
On its face, it seems like very good news. A pair of gestures—a letter from members of the House of Representatives and a resolution introduced in the chamber—aimed at restoring a vestige of bipartisanship...
Report: Obama offered Syria Israeli withdrawal from Golan Heights
Just a few months before the Syrian civil war erupted in March 2011, the Obama administration offered the Assad regime an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights in return for severing ties with Iran...
For Obama, Israel was ‘No Promised Land’
Barack Obama was one of the least qualified presidents when it came to knowledge of foreign policy, and that ignorance was reflected in his policymaking. This was especially true in the Middle East, where...
Biden appoints Palestinian American to key intelligence role
U.S. President Joe Biden has appointed Palestinian American Maher Bitar to the role of senior director for intelligence programs at the National Security Council, according to a report in the political journalism site Politico.
Maher served...
The changing of the guard in US-Israel relations
Like many American policies now expected to undergo an about-face following the inauguration of 46th President Joe Biden, U.S.-Israel relations may be gearing up for a great reset.
The past four years featured punishing sanctions...
‘Jewbans’ prosperous in America, while brethren in Cuba ‘hangs on the precipice’
Experts in global Jewish history believe that highlighting minority voices within the Jewish community has the power to honor its nuances and interconnectedness. JNS’s new series highlighting Jewish ethnic minorities aims to elevate their...
Will Biden follow Obama’s path on Iran or forge his own?
One of the top foreign-policy issues President-elect Joe Biden will be forced to address upon taking office in January will be the Iranian threat.
During the campaign trail, in what was seen as a dig...