Shanah tovah from the White House
No real news here, but it’s not every day the president speaks directly to the Jews (except for this week, when it seems he did).
No real news here, but it’s not every day the president speaks directly to the Jews (except for this week, when it seems he did).
We hear a lot of rhetoric about putting country above politics, but the Republican Jewish Coalition comes through this week with a robust endorsement of President Obama’s call for congressional backing for a Syria strike.
Former Syrian Defence Minister General Ali Habib, a prominent member of President Bashar Assad\’s Alawite sect, has defected and is now in Turkey, a senior member of the opposition Syrian National Coalition told Reuters on Wednesday.