Kansas City Star | Dramatist Alludes to Dispute as He Accepts CUNY Honor New York Times The CUNY board of trustees voted last month to deny the degree at the urging of a trustee, Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld, who denounced Mr. Kushner's views on Israel and branded him “a Jewish anti-Semite.” The playwright has said that while he has been ... Tony Kushner accepts honorary degree after 'anti-Israel' controversy Playwright Kushner gets NY honor after Israel flap After Israel controversy, Tony Kushner to accept honorary degree |
Obama says no to embassy move in Israel, follows practice of Clinton and Bush Washington Post By AP, WASHINGTON — Following the practice of his predecessors, President Barack Obama has invoked US national security interests to notify Congress he will not move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The notification is necessary ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Mayor Rahm Emanuel backs President Obama on Israel Chicago Sun-Times “I am grateful that this president has not given up trying to find a path that would bring the parties back to the negotiating table,” Emanuel wrote in an op-ed in Friday's Washington Post that quickly was noticed in Israel. A new White House website ... Netanyahu undermines Israel's quest for peace Thomas Friedman turns his back on Israel; Promoting anti-Semitism Israel and Palestinians Brace for New Clashes: The Post-Peace Process Heats Up |
Fox News | Israel government 'reckless and irresponsible' says ex-Mossad chief The Guardian Israel's PM Binyamin Netanyahu with Meir Dagan as the spymaster left his post as head of Mossad in January this year. Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/AP The former head of Israel's spy service has launched an unprecedented attack on the country's current ... Former Spy Chief Questions Israeli Leaders' Judgment Israel's Dagan backs Saudi peace plan Former Mossad Chief Slams Israeli Leadership |
Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann talk abortion and Israel at conference Washington Post (blog) Bachmann took on Planned Parenthood, 'Obamacare,' gay marriage and President Obama's recent comments on Israel during her energized speech to the gathered activists. On the Jewish state, Bachmann said that Obama “may be president of the United States, ... |
www.worldbulletin.net | Israel and the Gaza Flotilla New York Times The State Department deputy spokesman, Mark Toner, at the June 1 daily press briefing in Washington, said: “We have made clear through the past year that groups and individuals who seek to break Israel's maritime blockade of Gaza are taking ... How will Israel deal with the next flotilla US: Peace summit instead of flotilla What is Irresponsible and Provocative -- Israel's Blockade of Gaza or The Gaza ... |
AFP | World Baseball Classic finds enough countries for 28 teams USA Today No player born in four of the new countries -- Brazil, Israel, New Zealand and Thailand -- has reach the major leagues. But as long ago as 1992, the Blue Jays signed Pett, then a 16-year-old pitcher, to a contract with a $700000 bonus. ... World Baseball Classic grows to 28 teams for 2013 World Baseball Classic Adds Qualifying Round, 12 Nations for 2013 Edition PHL earns invitation to 2013 world baseball qualifiers |
National Iranian American Council | LoBiondo Voices Support for Israel Jewish Times of Southern New Jersey WASHINGTON, DC — US Representative Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-02), a member of the House Republican Israel Caucus, today issued the following statement after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint session of Congress: “I ... Toomey Returns from Israel CODEL Do the American people support the 'special relationship?' Israelis must brace for dark times |
Ha'aretz | Peres opens Israel pavilion at Venice Arts Biennale Jerusalem Post She was particularly complimentary about artist Sigalit Landau who is representing Israel in Venice. Later in the day, Peres held a welcoming of the Sabbath ceremony with leaders of the Venice Jewish community. On Thursday, in the course of ... Charlie Rose Talks to George Mitchell |
Ha'aretz | Egypt, Israel rift over gas cut escalates UPI.com UPI/Ismael Mohamad CAIRO, June 3 (UPI) -- Egypt's cutoff of natural gas supplies to Israel is escalating a dispute over resources that is wrecking the Jewish state's relations with its Arab neighbor, which, until the fall of President Hosni Mubarak in ... Column One: The real Egyptian revolution |