Politicians always remember you when they need you, and no one remembers better than President Barack Obama.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Maryland's Senators have not yet decided whether or not to join Schumer and Menendez and vote against ObamaDeal.
The Obama administration also promises not sell F-35 to any other Middle East country - but for how long?
His new book is called "Palestine" a features a cover showing a map of "what used to be Israel" and with the word "Palestine" plastered over it.
Former liberal Democratic New York Congressman Gar Ackerman has come out four-square against the nuclear deal with Iran, Ackerman, who was New York City's 7th District Congressman for 30 years until 2013 and is 72 years old, has joined the advisory board of Citizens for a Nuclear Free Iran. He stated Friday: While I have […]
State Dept. claims Congress is "looped in," but IAEA head refuse to testify at Senate hearings.
The Prime Minister said that the procedures for inspections are "full of holes."
Rabbis will appeal to Congressmen, especially the Jews, immediately before the Rosh HaShanah New Year.
Growing opposition to the nuclear agreement could break the back of "uncertain" Democrats in Congress.
Dore Gold pointed out to American Jewish Leaders that Israel and Sunni Muslims agree on Iran.
The Secretary is visiting Egypt, but stopping off in Israel would only give ammunition to Congressmen opposing the nuclear deal with Iran.
By JNi.Media
On Tuesday, a “Stop Iran Now” rally kicked off what is planned to be a 60 day battle for the hearts and minds of legislators to oppose an agreement that would mean an end to sanctions against Iran, in exchange for assurances about limiting its nuclear program.
Zarif says Iran can continue making ballistic missiles because the agreement's ban is "non-binding."
The resolution sets the groundwork for lifting the UN sanctions from Iran.
Obama will explain that all of the anti-Israel and anti-American hate are only a quaint Iranian tradition.
Sen. Ben Cardin: "Israel's security issues are of major concern. We don't want to see an arms race in the Middle East, so it is a factor. "
Only one of the major Jewish organizations issued a statement of unqualified support for the nuclear agreement with Iran. Guess which.
He should have said, "Judge me on whether the deal fuels Iran's aggression."
Netanyahu: Were it not for Israel's actions, Iran would have already armed itself with nuclear weapons.
The Prime Minister said the deal will give Iran hundreds of millions of dollars to fuel terror.
An announcement of an agreement is expected at 11:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m. EDT).
Report: Kerry will sign a "bad deal" as Iranian media prepare the public for a "good deal"
The President believes J Street's boast that the left-wing group speaks for American Jewry.
The European Union explains the deadline is not being extended. Negotiators simply are continuing to negotiate. Huh?
Kerry spent the Fourth of July talking with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif.
Iran wants a nuclear bomb for "peace purposes," meaning the annihilation of Israel.
"Birth in the Golan Heights: The birthplace that would appear on passports whose bearers were born in the Golan Heights is SYRIA."
The White House denies the Yediot Achronot report, and Netanyahu's office has no comment.
Lawfare activist threatens US-based Coca-Cola with lawsuit.
Every journalist can make a mistake, but no decent journalist depends on a single Facebook post as a source.
The Senate allowed the Patriot Act, designed to help the government combat terrorism, act at midnight Sunday, but it is preparing a revised bill for the "Freedom Act" that likely will be passed. The House of Representatives already has approved the Freedom Act, parts of which are opposed by civil rights champions. Until the Senate […]
Thousands of former Nazi war criminals lied their way into the United States and later received old-age benefits.
Does he actually mean that moving the embassy will not endanger America's national security?
Congress is doing Obama a favor by showing Iran it cannot get away with murder.
There is a new American-Israeli peace process between Netanyahu and Obama.
The Arkansas Republican called the foreign minister a "coward."
How many Democrats, especially the Jewish ones, would vote against the idea that Iran recognizes Israel?
Jewish Vermont Sen. Sanders, who boasts he is "very close" to the teachings of Pope Francis," reportedly will announce his candidacy on Thursday.
Congressional oversight of Iran bill unanimously passes Committee, President no longer threatens veto.
Russia gives Iran a bear hug and also gives Israel another reason to show Obama that the "deal" is worse than bad.
Police immediately rule out terror without knowing the contents of a suspicious package.
State Dept. spokeswoman Harf says their comments are nothing more than "big words and big thoughts.
Pelosi will fight the legislation, but not all Democrats are with her on this...
Iran already is threatening to rip up the deal if Obama does not annul all sanctions forever.
California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein declared on Sunday that the framework arrangement with Iran does not threaten Israel's survival. The Jewish Congresswoman, who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee, is a strong supporter of President Barack Obama,. who is facing a backlash from many Democratic Congressmen because of the deal and his harsh attitude towards […]
"Monitors cannot work effectively with an authoritarian regime."
Obama said he told Netanyahu Iran won't get the bomb. Netanyahu to Obama: The deal would not block Iran's path to the bomb. It would pave it.
Congress is 'fed up' with being left in the dark on the Iran negotiations
Obama is furious, not over alleged Israel's spying on nuclear talks but that it used the information to influence Congress.
Senator John McCain pulled no punches against President Obama on CNN.
Republican senators say they have a veto-proof majority for a bill allowing Congress to review a deal with Iran.
By J. E. Dyer
The Senate formed a bipartisan panel investigating money from the Obama adm. to an anti-Bibi group
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
It was probably the first time that the marble relief portrait of Moses hanging in the House Chamber ever received such public acknowledgement.
Andrea Shea King singled out the Black Congressional Caucus in a racist rant.
She was brought to tears and "saddened by the insult to the intelligence of the United States."
By Rachel Levy
Pres. Barack Obama says Israel's prime minister offered "no viable alternative" to the current deal with Iran. Here's how it lines up.
Israel's PM Netanyahu was interrupted 40 times with standing ovations in his 40 minute historic speech to the US Congress on Tuesday. Transcript here.
The Prime Minister showed AIPAC a map of Iranian-backed Hezbollah attacks in five different continents.
The anti-Netanyahu crowd, in the spirit of topsy-turvy Purim, drummed up support for his speech.
Iran, like the Palestinian Authority, has one mindset. A deal is not peace. It is an evil piece of paper.
Jew Wars: Episode 7 - Revenge of the White House
He told CNN 'God gave the US military power" that should be used to stop genocide.
By Shalom Bear
Ultimately, Esther, Netanyahu, and we, the Jewish people, must and will rely on the true King, God, for our salvation from this genocidal threat.
He said his mission is "fateful, maybe even historic."
A link for the poll is provided below. Deadline is today.
A proposed law would require the Senate to approve the deal. Obama threatens to veto it.
Democrats did not sponsor but also did not try to block the resolution.
"I Respect the President Barak Obama." That's what he said. We don’t know what meant.
Iran already has enough centrifuges for a nuclear weapon.
Kerry not only is evading Netanyahu but also is trying to upstage him.
"It is astonishing that even after the recent IAEA report determined that Iran is continuing to hide the military components of its nuclear program, the nuclear talks are with it are proceeding."
The president may schedule high-profile interviews while Netanyahu visits. Who, if anyone, will address AIPAC?
It seems the vice president is traveling in a time tunnel to go to Panama inauguration that was held last July.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hammered away at the Iranian nuclear threat at a meeting with visiting Republican Congressmen Robert Pittenger of North Carolina and Dennis A. Ross of Florida Tuesday morning. "The American-Israeli alliance is a powerful one. It's based on common values, common interests. It's a bipartisan relationship, Netanyahu said. He added, "We appreciate […]
Israelis' view of President Barack Obama mirrors his attitude towards Israel.
Rabbi Boteach is buying newspaper ads to promote Wiesel's decision.
A large plurality disapproves of the Congressional invitation to Netanyahu, but a majority thinks Obama should meet with him.
A telephone survey of Israelis, including Arabs, shows that 45 percent of the respondents support the planned appearance and speech by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the United States Congress next month. Nineteen percent had no opinion, and 36 percent said they oppose his speaking to Congress two weeks before elections.
Homeland Committee chairman McCaul is “worried about our ability to combat this threat abroad, but also here at home."
Some Jewish organizational types (most prominently the ADL’s Abe Foxman and the Reform movement’s Rabbi Rick Jacobs) have gone public with requests that Mr. Netanyahu cancel his speech for just those reasons.
Obama took care to note that ISIS "has committed despicable acts of violence and mass executions against Muslims."
Black Congressman Meeks of New York: Netanyahu's scheduled speech is "an insult to the president of the United States."
What hope is there for Jews in America with an attitude that says intermarriage is a "problem" but does not oppose it?
Is Israel in deep trouble for rooting against the Seahawks?
Israel's Ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer. explains to his audience why PM Netanyahu had a moral obligation to come before Congress and speak about the Iranian nuclear threat, just as he had a moral obligation to go to France and march in the rally. H/T The Israel Project
By Rachel Levy
Strange. It wasn't considered as big a deal when it was Shimon Peres who was invited to the White House right before elections in '96.
Obama was not happy with Netanyahu's keeping him out of the loop, so Bibi put him back in - through a trap door.
Why not? Obama already lives like he is on his own island.
By JTA
Cantor can thank his defeat to a Tea Party candidate for leading him to more lucrative and stable career.
By JTA
Netanyahu gets support from Congressmen on House Armed Services Committee
Congress gave Peres a farewell medal, but Israel will not get off so easily.
The scramble is now on as to who will get to replace Cantor.
By Rachel Levy
A US president faces outraged lawmakers and public questions over swapping jailed Taliban terrorists for a hostage soldier.
By JTA
The conference opening Sunday follows a period of tension between the lobby and the Obama administration over Iran.
Shimon Peres, even at the age of 90, cannot get rid of his Polish-rooted Jewish ghetto mentality.
By JTA
Natan Sharansky joined the parents and spouses of political prisoners in asking the U.S. Congress to speak of their loved ones during meetings with foreign officials. Sharansky, imprisoned by the Soviets for nine years because of his activism on behalf of Soviet Jews, recalled at a hearing Thursday that his jailers told him, “You are […]
By JTA
A bill introduced by the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee would link assistance to the Palestinian Authority to its efforts to stop incitement. Under the bill presented Wednesday by California Republican Rep. Ed Royce, the president would have to determine that the Palestinian Authority “no longer engages in a pattern of incitement against […]
By JTA
Funding to Israel was restored to its pre-sequester level of $3.1 billion in the spending bill the U.S. House of Representatives passed on Wednesday. Aid to the Palestinian Authority was conditioned on its not running to the United Nations for recognition. The $1.1 trillion bill passed Wednesday is the result of a deal brokered last […]
By JTA
Virginia Democratic Rep. Jim Moran, a longtime congressman from northern Virginia who repeatedly clashed with pro-Israel and Jewish groups, is retiring. Moran, 68, told media Wednesday that he would not run again in his district, which comprises Arlington, Falls Church and parts of Alexandria and Fairfax County, because it has become strongly Democratic, making his […]
Iran is holding up progress for implementing the interim deal agreed to by world powers in November because of the issue of centrifuges that can be used to purify uranium to level that would make it suitable to make a nuclear weapon. "This issue (centrifuges) was among the main factors in stopping the previous technical […]