Posts Tagged ‘Jerusalem’

African, American, Apartheid

Posted in Barack Obama, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 29, 2013 | Leave a Comment »


The first African-American US President just went to Israel and said no matter how strong you make your system of discrimination and apartheid, our country will support you. How does that work? I explore in this week’s column at Souciant.

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Obama’s Subtle Message To Israel: You’re Not My Top Priority

Posted in Barack Obama, Israel, Palestine, United States, US-Israel Lobby, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment »


Another piece of mine on Obama’s Mideast trip. This one, at LobeLog, digs down a bit deeper in the events and speeches to explain why I think this is just a part of the broader process of the US stepping away from the Middle East in general.

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Losing American Interest

Posted in Israel, Palestine, United States, US-Israel Lobby, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment »


President Obama has now left Israel and is winding up his trip. His speeches sounded very counter-productive, offering no hope for progress. And I suspect that was just the message he was sending, especially to Israel. I explain in this week’s Souciant column.

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What Obama can do in Israel-Palestine

Posted in Barack Obama, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 1, 2013 | Leave a Comment »


My piece today in LobeLog offers one suggestion for something Obama can do even if there’s no diplomatic opening in the Israel-Palestine conflict. he can at least try to undo some of the damage his predecessor, George W. Bush did and maybe even build on the better but very flawed of Bill Clinton as well.

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Setbacks Push Mideast Peace to Back Burner

Posted in Barack Obama, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 1, 2013 | Leave a Comment »


My report for Inter Press Service on how the options, or lack thereof, are shaping up for renewing the lifeless corpse called the “peace process” between Israel and the Palestinians in Obama’s second term.

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