World plays waiting game with Hamas
September 28, 2006
The call for a Palestinian national unity government has unified just about everyone except the Palestinians.
Ron Kampeas, JTA
Is U.S. Silence on Gaza Sign of Friendship or Weakness?
July 13, 2006
Is U.S. silence in the face of Israel\’s massive counterattack on the Gaza Strip a function of friendship or weakness?
Gay Marriage Ban Could Alienate Jews
June 8, 2006
Proponents of gay marriage were \”pursuing a deliberate plan of litigation and political pressure which will not only redefine marriage, but will follow from that to threaten the first freedom enshrined in the First Amendment — religious liberty,\” said Nathan Diament, the director of the Washington office of the Orthodox Union.
Critics Pound Paper Panning Israel Lobby
April 6, 2006
Walt and Mearsheimer portray as interchangeable the pro-Israel lobby and the neo-conservatives who have developed Bush\’s foreign policy. Not surprisingly, this report got negative reviews from pro-Israel groups.
Olmert Receives U.S. Thumbs-Up
April 6, 2006
Olmert\’s attention to the fine print and his less-than-mythic status in Israel have become subjects of parody at home.
But it\’s just those qualities that have made him a favorite among Jewish officials and politicians in Washington.
Franklin Sentencing Seen As Ominous
January 26, 2006
Lawrence Franklin, a mid-level Iran analyst at the Pentagon, admitted to leaking information to Rosen and Weissman in 2003 because he wanted his concerns about the Iranian threat to reach the White House.
Libby, Judaism and the Leak Probe
November 10, 2005
When Joshua Muravchik, perhaps the pre-eminent expert on the interventionist foreign policy that has become known as neo-conservatism, was looking for non-Jewish neo-cons to prove that the movement isn\’t pervasively Jewish, he naturally included Lewis Libby.
Court Nominee Alito Through Jewish Lens
November 3, 2005
President Bush\’s new nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld religious freedoms that the entire Jewish community cherishes, on one occasion strongly defending the right of a Jewish employee to Sabbath observance.
A Defiant, Guilty Plea in AIPAC Case
October 13, 2005
Franklin\’s prickliness could prove another setback for the U.S. government in a case that the presiding judge already has suggested could be dismissed because of questions about access to evidence.
Jordan King Courts U.S. Jews on Future
September 29, 2005
More than any other Arab leader — and even more than his father, the late King Hussein — Abdullah has attached his fate to the West.
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