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BREAKING NEWS

15:25
Khamenei: Iran will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa if attacked (Reuters)
13:54
Obama: We must push through the 'breaches of faith' on both sides (Haaretz)
13:52
Obama: Settlement activity not appropriate or constructive to advancing peace (Haaretz)
13:51
Obama: Two-state solution still possible, only chance for peace and success (Haaretz)
13:51
Obama: Israel and Palestinians must make this leap together (Haaretz)
13:43
Obama: U.S. committed to the creation of a sovereign state of Palestine (Haaretz)
13:39
Obama: Palestinians deserve a future, a home, a state of their own (Haaretz)
13:37
Abbas: Palestinians ready to implement commitments in order to launch the peace process (Haaretz)
13:36
Abba to Obama: Palestinian people have made a miracle and rose from the Nakba (Haaretz)
13:36
Abbas: Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital is possible (Haaretz)
13:36
Abbas: Peace impossible under violence and occupation (Haaretz)
13:11
Syria hands over captured Lebanese soldier, state TV reports (AP)
12:31
Syrian rebels have reportedly overrun several towns near the Israeli border (Reuters)
12:18
Report: Ramallah protesters hold up shoes, call Obama to leave Palestine (Haaretz)
11:49
Police arrests Acre resident suspected of smuggling heroin from Lebanon (Haaretz)

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by Chemi Shalev

Obama's all-out, guns blazing, no-holds-barred charm offensive on Israel's unsuspecting public

Obama’s speech was so pro-Israeli that even AIPAC maidens blushed. The president didn’t miss a trick, used every PR shtick in the book and invented some ploys of his own.

By Chemi Shalev | Mar 20, 2013 | 08:05 PM | 14

Obama Peres children

Life of Brian: ‘What have the Romans ever done for us?’

'What has Obama ever done for us?'

With a nod to Monty Python’s 'Life of Brian,' the Jews Against Obama executive committee convenes to discuss what to do about the treacherous president.

By Chemi Shalev | Jun 15, 2012 | 02:22 PM | 6

Mavi Marmara May 22, 2010 (AP)

The poisonous after effects of the Marmara affair on Israel’s psyche and soul

The Comptroller’s Report dealt with the faulty decision-making process in the Gaza flotilla incident, not with the Israeli public’s unbridled outburst of righteous indignation.

By Chemi Shalev | Jun 14, 2012 | 06:58 PM | 6

Mitt Romney - AP - 8/6/2012

Romney aide to Haaretz: After he’s elected, Iran will see there’s a new sheriff in town

In wide-ranging interview, former ambassador ro UN Richard Williamson says U.S. Republican candidate will make military threats against Tehran credible, arm Syria's rebels, and visit Israel before going anywhere else.

By Chemi Shalev | Jun 8, 2012 | 10:15 PM | 114

Republican Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker celebrates his victory in the recall election, Wisconsin

The Republicans take Wisconsin: Money talks, the Democrats walk

President Obama’s decision to steer clear of the Wisconsin arena may have been wise but was far from courageous.

By Chemi Shalev | Jun 6, 2012 | 10:35 AM | 2

Chemi Shalev - wordle.net - June 5, 2012

The future for North American Jewry seems a little less bleak now

Will Facebook and Twitter replace temples and schools? JewishFutures conference examined the digital turf of the future “where no Jew has gone before."

By Chemi Shalev | Jun 5, 2012 | 02:24 PM

Syria – 28.4.12

Note to Syria interventionists: Be careful what you wish for

Half-baked U.S. initiatives could push the Alawites over the edge, along with their ballistic missiles and chemical weapons.

By Chemi Shalev | Jun 1, 2012 | 02:38 PM | 10

Egypt elections - AP - May 23, 2012

Hoping against hope that the Egyptian elections will confound the pessimists

News of the demise of the Arab Spring may have been premature: what a disappointment for dedicated Islamophobes and other 'nattering nabobs of negativity.'

By Chemi Shalev | May 24, 2012 | 01:14 PM | 2

G8 summit at Camp David - AP - May 19, 2012

Bad agreement with Iran could be nasty 'October Surprise' - for Israel

Rather than leading to war with Iran, Israel’s new national unity government may have to explain why an attack is no longer an option.

By Chemi Shalev | May 21, 2012 | 12:14 PM | 19

J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami on stage with William Kristol at the event.

J Street's Ben-Ami: 'U.S. Congressmen live in fear of pro-Israeli intimidation'

William Kristol, head of right-wing Emergency Committee for Israel, stuns debate audience in New York: 'I agree with Obama’s Israel policies to a considerable degree.'

By Chemi Shalev | May 16, 2012 | 03:07 PM | 30

Illustration by Amos Biderman

With Livni gone, the old boys’ club is back in full swing

In Israel’s decision-making bodies and in its true corridors of power, women need not apply.

By Chemi Shalev | May 14, 2012 | 12:06 PM | 4

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