Category Archives: US-Israel Relations

How to deal with irrationality and chaos — Part I

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

Words like ‘insanity’, ‘derangement’ and (more mildly) ‘irrationality’ are used more and more these days in discourse about the Middle East. In no particular order: The insane hatred for Israel in Europe. David P. Goldman explains the European derangement (his … Continue reading →

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These are not the old ‘American values’

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

News item: WASHINGTON — The White House remained firmly behind its criticism of Israeli settlement construction and pushed back on Monday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s retort that the US rebuke goes “against American values.” White House spokesman Josh Earnest … Continue reading →

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How not to treat an ally

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

From President Obama’s remarks before meeting with PM Netanyahu: I think we also recognize that we have to find ways to change the status quo so that both Israeli citizens are safe in their own homes and schoolchildren in their … Continue reading →

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Obama’s anti-Israel extremism

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

News item: Nabil Shaath, a senior PLO official and confidante of PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, said that Israel dropped the demand that Hamas be demilitarized, due to American pressure, in an interview with the Arabic Ma’an News Agency. Shaath is … Continue reading →

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How the Obama Administration is helping Hamas

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

I have been saying for a long time that the present US administration is the most unfriendly to Israel ever. Now it is becoming even more clear. Israel has been ordering (and getting) weapons and ammunition directly from the Pentagon, … Continue reading →

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Moving to Israel for moral clarity

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

As you can see from the counter at the top right of this page (right under the Abu Yehuda logo), I will be returning to live in Israel in a few days, after 26 years in California. A few weeks … Continue reading →

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An exercise in Obamical exegesis

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

Yesterday, President Obama telephoned PM Netanyahu. I’m going to try to explicate the White House ‘readout’ of the call so that non-diplomats can understand it. It seems to me that he proposes a three-stage process: an immediate ceasefire, a medium-term … Continue reading →

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Shame on Kerry: US comes down on side of Hamas

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

This is absolutely incredible (or, sadly, maybe not). Let me quote Ha’aretz diplomatic writer Barak Ravid, anything but a right-winger: The draft [cease fire agreement] Kerry passed to Israel on Friday shocked the cabinet ministers not only because it was … Continue reading →

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