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Can He Rebuild America? Can He Rebuild America? Joe Biden, 2021 Person of the Year

The Dumbest Question Ever Asked About Donald Trump

Ten Years On, the Arab Spring's Biggest Winner Is Israel

Obama: Netanyahu Will Justify 'Almost Anything' to Stay in Power

How Biden Can Exact Revenge on Netanyahu – Without Repeating Obama's Mistakes How Biden Could Put Netanyahu in His Place – Without Repeating Obama's Mistakes

Former U.S. President Barack Obama waves while wearing a "Vote" mask as he campaigns on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee and his former Vice President Joe Biden in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 21, 2020

Obama Blasts Trump's Tweets, Track Record in 2020 Campaign Trail Debut Obama Blasts Trump's Tweets, Character and Track Record in Campaign Trail Debut

Obama attacks Trump as symptom of 'misinformation'

Obama Attacks Trump as Symptom of 'Misinformation'

Michelle Obama eviscerates 'racist' Trump in new video

Michelle Obama Eviscerates 'Racist' Trump in New Video

The DNC Kicks Off & Michelle Obama Brings Down the House | The Daily Social Distancing Show

Trevor Noah Calls Out Trump's 'Self-own' in Response to Michelle Obama's Speech

Three Charged With Hacking Obama and Other Celebrities' Twitter Accounts

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate speaks during a Biden campaign event at a recreation center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, June 25, 2020.

Biden, Obama's Twitter Accounts Swept Up in Apparent Hacking Wave

Students watch former U.S. President Barack Obama deliver a virtual commencement speech, California, May 16, 2020

ObamaHate and Love of Trump Reflect Israel's Deep Moral Malaise

Former first lady Michelle Obama signs copies of her memoir Becoming at the Seminary Co-op Bookstore in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 13, 2018.

Netflix’s Michelle Obama Doc ‘Becoming’ Will Give You Hope – or Drive You Crazy

Former President Barack Obama accepts the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award at a ceremony, New York, December 12, 2018

Obama Criticizes Trump-led Coronavirus Response in Online Graduation Speech

Trump talks with former President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 20, 2017.

In Leaked Call, Obama Describes Trump Handling of the Coronavirus as Chaotic

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren listens as former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential debate in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., February 7, 2020.

Former Rival Elizabeth Warren Joins Obama in Endorsing Joe Biden for President

The hands of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, March 8, 2020.

Netanyahu Exploits Coronavirus Fears to Consolidate Authoritarian Hold on Power

President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, Oct. 27, 2019.

Trump vs. Obama: Kimmel Clip Puts Bin Laden, al-Baghdadi Speech Side by Side

Participants in the Celebrate Israel parade in New York

The Trumpists Have Fallen – but U.S. Jews Should Not Celebrate Yet

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden approaches reporters to answer questions following a campaign stop at Lindy's Diner in Keene, N.H., Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019

Biden Evokes ’68, Asks: What if Obama Had Been Assassinated?

File photo: George Soros at the European Council On Foreign Relations Annual Council Meeting in Paris, May 29, 2018.

FBI: Armed U.S. Border Group Was Training to 'Assassinate Soros, Obama and Clinton'

File photo: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks with U.S. President Donald Trump during their meetings at the White House in Washington, March 25, 2019.

Netanyahu 2019: Radicalized by Obama, Unleashed by Trump

FILE Photo: U.S. President Barack Obama listens to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 3, 2014.

Netanyahu Flaunts 'Lecturing' Obama on Palestinians in New Campaign Ad

File photo shows Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaking from the balcony of Ecuador's embassy in London in this August 19, 2012

U.S. Prosecutors Pressing Witnesses to Testify Against Assange, WikiLeaks Says

Central American migrants -mostly Hondurans- run along the Tijuana River near the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, near US-Mexico border, after the US border patrol threw tear gas from the distance to disperse them after an alleged verbal dispute, on November 25, 2018

Noam Chomsky: Migrants Are Fleeing Horrors Created by the U.S. Noam Chomsky: Migrants Are Fleeing Horrors Created by the U.S. in Latin America

Police gather outside the Time Warner Center after an explosive device was sent to the CNN offices this morning on October 24, 2018 in New York City.

Pipe Bombs Sent to Obama, Clinton and CNN N.Y. Headquarters

FILE PHOTO: Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks at the American Library Association annual conference in New Orleans, on June 22, 2018

Michelle Obama Officiates Jewish Marriage on Banks of Lake Michigan

Petschek Villa in Prague. Built in the 1920s, it was the home to a German general in the war and is now the official residence of the U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic.

How an Old Palace Helped Norm Eisen Feel Better About Trump How Writing About an Old Palace Helped Norm Eisen Feel Better About the Man in the White House

Then-U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem, Israel, November 11, 2014

Kerry: Trump's Envoy Pick Led Obama to Not Veto UN Settlement Res. Kerry: Israeli Action on West Bank Outposts, Trump's Ambassador Pick Led Obama to Not Veto UN Anti-settlement Resolution

U.S. citizen Robert Gibb places flowers in memory of the late U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) at the McCain Memorial in Hanoi, Vietnam August 26, 2018.

Mourners Leave Flowers at McCain's Vietnam War Crash Site in Hanoi Mourners Leave Flowers at John McCain's Vietnam War Crash Site in Hanoi

Donald Trump speaks at a rally

Bernie Sanders Would Defeat Donald Trump in 2020, New Poll Shows

White nationalists carry torches on the grounds of the University of Virginia, U.S. August 11, 2017.

Is a Second American Civil War Likely? 31% of Americans Think So

Charles Krauthammer on Fox News in 2015: Netanyahu's Speech Reminiscent of Churchill -- in the 1930s

Krauthammer on Israel: A Conservative Who Loved Bibi, but Hated Trump Charles Krauthammer: The Intellectual Conservative Who Loved Bibi, but Loathed Trump

President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump shake hands following their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016.

What Trump Understands That Obama Didn’t

Obama meets with Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, 2014.

For Obama, Working With Bibi Was Like Dealing With GOP, Ex-aide Says For Obama, Working With Netanyahu Was Like Dealing With the Republicans, Former Aide Writes

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, September 30, 2013.

Ben Rhodes: Netanyahu Backed Obama's Move to Delay '13 Syria Strike Netanyahu Backed Obama's Delaying of 2013 Syria Strike, Former Aide Says

File photo: Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system.

Israeli MKs Told 22k Jobs Could Be Lost Under New U.S. Defense Package Israeli Lawmakers Told 22,000 Jobs Could Be Lost Under New U.S. Military Aid Package

Former U.S. President Barack Obama meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 10, 2016.

'Trump Aides Hired Israeli Firm to Get Dirt on Iran Deal Negotiators' Trump Aides Hired Israeli Spy Firm to Get Dirt on Obama's Iran Deal Negotiators, Report Says

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 30, 2018. REUTERS/ Amir Cohen/File Photo

In Hot Pursuit of Iran, Netanyahu Doesn’t Stop for Red Lights

U.S. President Donald Trump talking with former President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 2017.

Trump’s Iran Cash Story Oft-told, Still Bogus Trump’s Favorite Iran-Obama Cash Story, Still Bogus No Matter How Often He Tells It

In this Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 file photo, Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill

How Obama's Lawyers Gave John Bolton the Keys to Armageddon

Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyah and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Netanyahu Asked Obama to Mull Giving Palestinians Land in Sinai, Ex-officials Say Netanyahu Asked Obama to Consider Giving Palestinians Land in Sinai, Former U.S. Officials Say

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2017, file photo, a man watches a television screen showing U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea.

Living in Locked and Loaded Times With Trump and Kim Jong-un

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands former President Barack Obama during the 58th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017.

Trump’s Plan for Mideast Peace: Do the Opposite of What Obama Did Trump’s Plan for Middle East Peace Is to Do the Opposite of Everything Obama Did

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) greets President-elect Donald Trump at inauguration ceremonies swearing in Trump as president on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2017.

Trump’s Success Greased, in Part, by Previous Presidents

Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley waves to the crowd before she speaks at the 2017 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference held at the Verizon Center in Washington, March 27, 2017.

It’s Morning in Washington From Israel's Point of View, It’s Morning in Washington

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with U.S. President Donald Trump at a joint news conference at the White House, February 15, 2017.

Trump Inspires Netanyahu to Escalate Assault on Democracy Trump's Wildness Inspires Netanyahu to Escalate Assault on Israeli Democracy

U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, walk into the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017.

Israeli Liberals Have Lost Their Defensive Shield With Obama Gone, Israeli Liberals Have Lost Their Defensive Shield

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu at Trump Tower, September 25, 2016.

Netanyahu's Long, Strange Journey With 4 U.S. Presidents 'Who Is the Fu****g Superpower Here': Netanyahu's Long, Strange Journey With 4 U.S. Presidents

A woman wears a pin during a rally against Muslim immigration ban at San Francisco International Airport, January 28, 2017.

U.S. Jews Rising Up Against Trump's Ban: 'Haven't Forgotten Our History' Jews Across America Are Rising Up Against Trump's Refugee Ban: 'We Haven't Forgotten Our History'

U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes at the White House, February 18, 2016. U.S.

Ben Rhodes to Join Washington Holocaust Museum Council Obama Adviser Ben Rhodes to Join Washington Holocaust Museum Council

Members of the United Nations Security Council vote in favor of a resolution condemning Israel for its practice of establishing settlements, Dec. 23, 2016.

Obama's Tragic Mideast Legacy

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations in New York on September 24, 2014.

The Security Council Vote: Obama’s Last Chance Obama’s Last Chance

President-elect Trump's picks, from top left, clockwise: Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Mike Pence, Ken Blackwell and Betsy DeVos.

Trump’s White House Picks Are a Christmas Gift for the Religious Right Onward Christian Cabinet: Trump’s White House Picks Are a Christmas Gift for the Religious Right

estinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, shakes hands with Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter during their meeting on Saturday, May 2, 2015 in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Jimmy Carter: U.S. Must Recognize Palestine Before Obama Leaves Office