WASHINGTON — Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress was notable in two respects. Queen Esther got her first standing O in 2,500 years. And President Obama came up empty in his campaign to pre-emptively undermine Netanyahu before the Israeli prime minister could present his case on the Iran negotiations. On the contrary. The steady stream of […]
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Fareed Zakaria: Netanyahu’s Peter Pan strategy on Iran
WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United States Congress was eloquent, moving and intelligent in identifying the problems with the potential nuclear deal with Iran. But when describing the alternative to it, he entered Never-Neverland, painting a scenario utterly divorced from reality. Congress joined him on his fantasy ride, rapturously applauding […]
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Video Coverage: Netanyahu blasts U.S.-Iran nuclear talks in Congressional speech
WASHINGTON — In a speech that stirred political controversy in two countries, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Congress on Tuesday that negotiations underway between Iran and the United States would “all but guarantee” that Tehran gets nuclear weapons to the detriment of the entire world. “And lots of them,” he added in an appearance […]
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J. Goodman: Headline was truthful, accurate
In her letter (Jan. 3) complaining about a headline stating that a Palestinian injured an Israeli boy by stoning, Kathleen Kienitz appears to agree that the headline was indeed correct. Palestinians did injure an Israeli. Her letter fails to mention that the stones aimed at Israeli civilians and soldiers are more often the size of […]
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K. Kienitz: Headline shows media prejudice
This is in response to The Associated Press article (Dec. 22) titled “Palestinians injure Israeli boy.” Yes, young, otherwise unarmed Palestinians do often throw stones, in large part at the soldiers who are an ever-present menace to them; who raid their homes in the middle of the night, control their movement arbitrarily at hundreds of […]
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M.J. Newell: Obama’s foreign policy a travesty
I am ashamed of my country and of President Obama. Appointing John Kerry as secretary of state was an insult to every veteran in this country. Obama has insulted U.S. allies and has denounced Israel for defending itself against terrorists. Hamas has been firing rockets into Israel for years, yet when Israel fights back, they […]
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Conflict not a deterrent to Israel-bound Portland rabbi
PORTLAND — After seven years serving the Shaarey Tphiloh synagogue community, Rabbi Akiva Herzfeld and his family are making a move most Americans might find hard to understand. Herzfeld, his wife, and their three children this week will be doing what is known as “making aliyah,” or immigrating to Israel. “As a rabbi I’m called […]
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L. Bechtel: Annihilation of Palestinians
Amen, amen, amen is all I can say about the letter by Ronald Gallant (Aug. 2) condemning the Israeli annihilation of Palestinians. When the day of reckoning comes, they will pay and so will the U.S. for the support that has made possible highly questionable military activities and possible war crimes. Leland Bechtel, Weld
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D. Levesque: Contrary to the facts
This is in response to Ronald Gallant’s letter (Aug. 2), “Shame on American government.” Gallant is sadly uninformed. He claims Israel is committing genocidal extermination of the Palestinian people, which is contrary to the fact. Israel is being attacked by rockets and has the right to defend itself. Israel protects people by building bomb shelters, […]
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J. Lebel: No support for terrorists
I really need to address Ronald Gallant’s total lack of true historical facts in his letter (Aug. 2). First of all, Palestine is not 4,000 years old. After putting down the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judaea in 135 AD, an event which nearly exterminated all Jews, the Roman Emperor Hadrian, an anti-Semite, re- named Judaea […]