The tea party has added another item to its list of reasons to fear the United Nations: Some in the movement say the U.N. is planning to intervene in the United States’ upcoming elections.
Just days before a United Nations vote to determine the Palestinian right to statehood, Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry lambasted the Obama administration’s Middle East policy toward Israel, calling it “naïve, arrogant, misguided and dangerous,” during a rally in New York City Tuesday morning.
The National Review reported last week that Gov. Rick Perry is reaching out to veterans of the George W. Bush White House for foreign policy tips, meeting with former under secretary of defense Douglas Feith and former special assistant to the president William Luti.
Feith, along with Paul Wolfowitz, headed More…
Iowa’s federal lawmakers had mostly positive reaction to President Barack Obama’s Thursday speech on the changing face and policy of the Middle East in the wake of the May 1 death of terrorist Osama bin Laden.
Obama’s comprehensive speech covered a variety of topics, though he emphasized the United More…
Florida resident and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee attended a ceremony Monday marking the further expansion of Israeli housing in East Jerusalem, using the opportunity to expound on his views regarding what much of the international community considers to be illegal settlements on occupied territories and disregarding the More…
Senator-elect Marco Rubio (R) will head to Israel on Sunday, reports Israeli news site Ynetnews:
With victory in the congressional elections less than a day old, Florida Senator Marco Rubio (Rep.) who considers himself a ‘Tea Party’ member, is set to arrive in Israel on Sunday. Rubio’s visit
Fresh off some heartening poll numbers for Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) in his Senate race, the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) had announced that it will launch a major ad campaign tomorrow in the Philadelphia area, spending over $1 million attacking the congressman over his record on Israel.
The RJC More…
A year after President Obama’s speech in Cairo vowing to reset relations with the Muslim world, Muslims worldwide are telling pollsters about their disillusionment with what they consider unfulfilled expectations.
According to the Pew Center’s new survey of global attitudes (PDF), released Thursday morning, citizens of Muslim nations report More…
Hussein Ibish told me earlier today that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas needs to yield a “means of easing the siege on Gaza that helps the ordinary people but does not help Hamas politically or in terms of PR” from his meeting today with President Obama. And just now, the More…
Yesterday a bunch of Mideast peace experts in Washington expressed confusion over what Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas really wants out of this morning’s scheduled meeting at the White House with President Obama. “Partly everyone is hoping the other side is going to come in and provide the solution,” More…
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