Israel Factor: 2016 Looks Like a Great Year

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on February 28, 2013

Israel Factor: Clinton First, Paul Last on Chance-Desirability Combo

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on February 18, 2013

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot

Published on December 30, 2012

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was sent to the hospital on Sunday with a blood clot stemming from a concussion she suffered earlier this month and was being assessed by doctors, a State Department spokesman said.

What’s the Strategy?

By Michael Berenbaum
Published on December 25, 2012

A couple of years ago a private conversation between then French President Nicholas Sarkozy and President Obama was caught on a live mike. Sarkozy said I can't bare Netanyahu, he's such a liar." Obama responded: "You're fed up with him but I have to deal with him more than you do."

Bus explodes in Tel Aviv in apparent terror attack; Hamas celebrates

Published on November 21, 2012

A bomb exploded on a bus in central Tel Aviv on Wednesday, wounding 15 people in what Israeli officials said was a terrorist attack that could complicate efforts to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Death, grief in Syrian village, U.S. cries “murder”

Published on July 13, 2012

Graphic scenes of grief and death in a Syrian village bore witness on Friday to a massacre President Bashar al-Assad's opponents say was the work of his troops and militia allies, drawing words of outrage from the outside world.

Senators chide Clinton on Israel’s exclusion from counterterrorism forum

Published on June 13, 2012

U.S. Sens. Joseph Lieberman and Mark Kirk have written a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressing their disappointment with Israel’s exclusion from the inaugural meeting of the Global Counterterrorism Forum.

Clinton: Russia shipping attack choppers to Syria

Published on June 12, 2012

The United States charged Russia with delivering attack helicopters to Syria.

Weekend tidbits, 12.17.11: Jewish vote wars

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on December 17, 2011

Clinton says Gingrich remarks on ‘invented people’ not helpful

Published on December 15, 2011

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Newt Gingrich's remarks about the Palestinians being an "invented" nation were not helpful.

Three short questions on the Obama team and Israel

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on December 4, 2011

Clinton: Israeli settlement move counter-productive

Published on September 27, 2011

Israel's decision to build 1,100 settlement homes on West Bank land is counter-productive to reviving peace talks with the Palestinians, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday.

Israel will not apologize to Turkey, despite Clinton request

Published on August 17, 2011

Israel will hold fast to its decision not to apologize to Turkey for its raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla ship, despite a direct request from the United States, Israeli officials reportedly said.

Reps urge Clinton to protect U.S. citizens on Gaza flotilla

Published on June 27, 2011

Six Democratic lawmakers urged U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to ensure the safety of the American citizens who join the Gaza flotilla.

Palestinian incitement letter garners 27 senators

Published on March 30, 2011

A bipartisan slate of 27 U.S. senators signed on to a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to press the Palestinian Authority to address incitement. The letter, sent Tuesday but initiated two weeks ago by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), focuses on the March 11 massacre of five members of a Jewish family in Itamar, a settlement in the northern West Bank, and suggests that the Palestinian Authority, under the leadership of Mahmoud Abbas, has not done enough to stem incitement.

U.S. condemns Syria’s ‘brutal repression’ of protesters

Published on March 29, 2011

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the Syrian government on Tuesday for the harsh way it had responded to pro-democracy protests, while the State Department spokesman said Syria must make more progress on reforms.

Clinton: U.S. not ready to intervene in Syria

Published on March 28, 2011

The United States is not ready to send troops to Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said.

Clinton: Egypt will keep the peace with Israel

Published on March 16, 2011

Egypt's foreign policy will change, but it has an interest in sustaining its peace accords with Israel, Hillary Rodham Clinton said. "I think there will be different decisions" on foreign policy, the U.S. secretary of state told NPR on Wednesday after she toured Egypt. It was Clinton's first visit there since the revolution that ousted longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak, who had maintained the Camp David accords with Israel.

Wikileaks cable: Netanyahu’s patience with Abbas has ‘run out’

Published on December 20, 2010

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's patience with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has "run out," a WikiLeaks cable leaked on Monday revealed.

Barak: Final status talks within months

Published on December 14, 2010

After meeting with U.S. leaders, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak predicted that comprehensive talks with the Palestinians on all final status issues would begin within months.

Gross marks year in Cuban jail

Published on December 3, 2010

Alan Gross, a contractor that the U.S. State Department says was assisting Cuban Jews, marked a year in a Cuban jail. Cuban authorities detained Gross on Dec, 3 2009 on his way out of the country. Gross' family and State Department officials says he was in the country on a U.S. Agency for International Development contract to help the country's Jewish community, numbering about 1,500, to communicate with other Jewish communities through the Internet.

U.S. trying to help Israel fight fire

Published on December 3, 2010

The Obama administration is seeking ways to assist Israel in combating its forest fires, while New York sent Israel a shipment of fire retardant. A 747 loaded with Fire Troll 931, a fire retardant chemical, left New York Thursday night bound for Israel. The shipment was arranged by the Fire Dept. of New York and the office of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Poll: Most Palestinians support direct negotiations with Israel

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on November 19, 2010

A poll of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza conducted last month by a research firm for the Israel Project, a nonprofit education organization, found that a majority of Palestinians support direct peace negotiations with Israel and a two-state solution to the conflict.

Netanyahu’s office: Clinton talks did not include E. Jerusalem

Published on November 17, 2010

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's discussions with the Obama administration for a new freeze on settlement building did not include extending the freeze to eastern Jerusalem, his office said.

U.S.: One year may not be enough to achieve Mideast peace

Published on November 15, 2010

Mideast peace talks may not reach fruition before their initial September 2011 deadline, a U.S. State Department official said on Monday, citing recent negotiations deadlock over Israel's refusal to extend its moratorium on settlement building as one reason for the delay.

Netanyahu updates Cabinet on U.S. settlement freeze proposal

Published on November 14, 2010

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will present to his Cabinet an American proposal to convince Israel to again freeze settlement construction in an effort to resume peace talks with the Palestinians.

After electoral ‘shellacking,’ Obama ‘unwavering’ on peace

Published on November 5, 2010

President Obama’s commitment to Middle East peace talks is “unwavering,” even after crushing midterm elections, a top aide said.

Clinton, Syrian FM discuss Israel-Syria talks

Published on September 28, 2010

Hillary Rodham Clinton met with the Syrian foreign minister and discussed reviving Israeli-Syrian peace talks.

Meeting again with Jewish leaders, Abbas broaches substance

Published on September 22, 2010

For Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. Jewish leaders, their second date featured a little more substance and a little less flirtation. And this time the Palestinian Authority president brought a wing man.

Senate letter urges Obama to keep talks going

Published on September 21, 2010

A letter is circulating among U.S. senators urging President Obama to keep the Israelis and Palestinians at the negotiating table.

Barely months into talks, will the freeze freeze a peace deal?

Published on September 21, 2010

When the fat lady sings on Sept. 26, it may only be an intermission.

Barak, Abbas hold secret meeting

Published on August 31, 2010

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak reportedly met secretly with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on the eve of peace talks.

Palestinians will leave peace talks over freeze

Published on August 23, 2010

The Palestinians will withdraw from peace talks with Israel if construction in the settlements resumes, Mahmoud Abbas told the Mideast Quartet.

Israelis, Palestinians warming to ‘Clinton parameters’

Published on July 1, 2010

Support for the "Clinton parameters" has increased among Israelis and Palestinians, a new poll showed.

Reid to Clinton: ‘Reduce tension with Israel’

Published on April 27, 2010

The U.S. Senate majority leader has called on Hillary Clinton to "reduce recent tensions with Israel."

Clinton to P.A.: talk

Published on April 15, 2010

Hillary Rodham Clinton urged the Palestinian Authority to join negotiations with Israel.

Clinton, Bush to Appear Together During 2010 AJU Lecture Series

By JewishJournal.com
Published on August 11, 2009

Two former presidents will share the stage when American Jewish University’s (AJU) Public Lecture Series returns in early 2010. Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are scheduled to appear together at Universal’s Gibson Amphitheatre on Feb. 22, the university announced Monday.

Doctor Calms Radiation Fears With Nature Photos

By Rachel Heller
Published on March 11, 2009

The walls of Dr. Bernard Lewinsky’s office resemble the pages of a National Geographic calendar: sweeping lake vistas and verdant forests brush up against sculptured rock formations and sun-mottled Yosemite hills. Looking at his photographs, patients remember vacations, times when they felt relaxed and at peace. It takes their minds off their cancer.

Clinton: Palestinian Relief Aimed at Statehood

Published on March 2, 2009

What can Hillary Clinton do for U.S.?

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 21, 2008

Rahm Emanuel is a fighting policy wonk with a Jewish soul [VIDEO]

By Ron Kampeas
Published on November 13, 2008

One thing Rahm Emanuel is not, all agree, is the president-elect's conciliatory signal to the Jewish community after a campaign fraught with worries that Obama would tip toward even-handedness in dealing with the Middle East

VIDEO: Who shall live . . .

By The Web Guy
Published on September 29, 2008

A montage of news photos from 5768 plus cantorial and modern music take this version of the 'Who shall live' prayer into YouTube land.

Politicizing Iran:
GOP spikes Obama sanctions bill, Dems scuttle Palin's rally gig

By Ron Kampeas
Published on September 19, 2008

Republicans and Democrats are tussling over who should appear at an anti-Iran rally next week and who is responsible for the failure of sanctions legislation. Caught in the middle are the Jewish organizations that hoped presidential politicking would push forward -- not hinder -- efforts to isolate Iran.

Ahmadinejad at the UN: Palin, elected officials disinvited from rally amid controversy

By Ben Harris
Published on September 19, 2008

Sarah Palin's invitation to a Jewish-sponsored rally to protest the Iranian president at the United Nations was revoked after controversy erupted over her participation.

VIDEO: JTA’s Wednesday Convention Summary

Published on August 28, 2008

Eric Fingerhut and Ron Kampeas summarize the jewish events of the day at the election, while attending a jstreet function in downtown Denver.

Yes, we Cain

By Steve Greenberg
Published on August 26, 2008

Editorial cartoonist Steve Greenberg looks at the push for unity at the Democratic National Convention in Denver

Hillary Clinton and Capitol Hill Jesus

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on June 24, 2008

AIPAC, Persian tragedy, Christian support for Israel

Published on June 19, 2008

" . . . The deceased is gone. Yet the living . . . [are] left sinning, hurting, reeling, and lost. I only hope and pray that our people can find ourselves again, and learn from this. It is time to stop, and put an end to this vicious cycle. . . . ."

Hillary Clinton’s address to AIPAC, June 4, 2008

Published on June 5, 2008

Obama, Clinton on same page at AIPAC parley

Published on June 5, 2008

After months of seeking to paint each other as opposites on Middle East policy, U.S. Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were on the same page Wednesday at the AIPAC policy conference as they ripped into the Bush administration and John McCain on several fronts

Israel is central to the Republican strategy in 2008

By Raphael J. Sonenshein
Published on May 22, 2008

Saban accused of trying to bribe superdelegates

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on May 19, 2008

Diversity lost

By Gina Nahai
Published on May 1, 2008

Are we electing a candidate based on his or her ability to lead the country, or are we crowning a king who looks good in pictures and who is above criticism, examination and challenge?

Voice of reason in a sea of insanity,  Jewish Dodgers, Prager, archaeologists, politicians and peace

Published on April 24, 2008

letters to the editor

Clinton to Iran: We will ‘totally obliterate’ you

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on April 22, 2008

Is Hillary God’s choice for prez?

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on April 14, 2008

Briefs: U.S. House recognizes Jewish refugees from Arab lands,  Woody Allen sues American Apparel

Published on April 3, 2008

News briefs.

Richardson endorses Obama: Another turning point?

By Pol Observer
Published on March 21, 2008

I was right!  Now what?

By Pol Observer
Published on March 5, 2008

‘Hating Hillary’

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on March 4, 2008