All Posts Tagged With: "Israel"
Obama and Cameron to Meet for Syria talks
Starting next Monday, President Obama will hold a 3-day meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain and other members of the G8 to discuss the economy and the escalating problems in Syria. Cameron is scheduled to travel to Russia prior to visiting the U.S. and will meet with President Vladimir Putin to discuss the [...]
Hagel Starts Mideast Tour in Israel
Chuck Hagel, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, started a weeklong five-country tour in the Middle East when he arrived in Israel Sunday morning. The trip for Hagel will focus on the civil war in Syria, the nuclear program in Iran and sales of weapons to allies UAE, Saudi Arabia and Israel. Hagel will use this [...]
Obama Appeals to Israelis and Palestinians to find Peace
On Thursday, President Barack Obama said he would not give up on the peace talks that have been stalled in the Middle East. He said that the continued settlement building by Israel in the West Bank was not helping the cause. Obama said if direct negotiations can be started again, he believed the potential is [...]
Obama Meets Arab Americans before Trip to Middle East
On Monday, President Obama met with Arab American leaders prior to his trip to the Middle East. The leaders urged Obama to deliver their message to Palestinians during his trip at the end of this week to the Middle East. The urging by the leaders came even though the president said he would not use [...]
Rubio Heads to Israel and Jordan
Republican Marco Rubio, the U.S. Senator from Florida, left on an official visit to Israel and Jordan on Saturday. Rubio is the likely frontrunner for the presidential nomination for the Republicans in 2016. He announced on Saturday on his website that he was traveling to the Middle East on an official capacity as a Foreign [...]
Israel Quiet over Pentagon Pick by Obama
The government of Israel kept its distance on Tuesday from the battle brewing in Washington over the choice by President Obama for defense secretary. The president has nominated Chuck Hagel, who has a record on Iran and Israel that has come under scrutiny. Benjamin Netanyahu the Israeli Prime Minister and Ehud Barak the country’s Defense [...]
Netanyahu Says Great Change Coming to Syria
The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet members that Israel had been cooperating with the international community as well as the U.S. ahead of what many expect would be the downfall of the current regime in Syria. Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel was preparing for the downfall of the Bashar al-Assad [...]
Romney Looks to Win More Jewish Votes
Every four years, Republicans claim this election their pro-Israel candidate will turn in crucial gains amongst Jewish voters. The total Jewish vote count is only 3% of the electorate. Even though candidates from the Republican Party have passed the 25% threshold of the Jewish vote each election since 1988, Republican supporters are pushing hard to [...]
Romney Says He Receives Briefings from Officials in Israel
Mitt Romney, the presumptive presidential candidate for the Republican Party told a conference of donors over the weekend in Utah that he is given briefings about the goings on in the Middle East by officials from the Israeli government. He said the briefings have come from Michael Oren, the Israeli Ambassador in the U.S., and [...]
Non Proliferation Treaty – What Countries Have Nuclear Weapons
The recent NPT (Non Proliferation Treaty) had five signatories, namely; US, Russia, China, Britain and France. Noticeably, among all five of them, the U.S. and Russia are the main sources of nuclear warheads because of the vast majority of weapons they have. On the other side of the picture, we have three countries – Pakistan, [...]
