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Blog entries tagged: Barack Obama

Did Bibi blow it?

The Jewish Week’s Gary Rosenblatt and The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg think Netanyahu misplayed his response to Obama’s speech last week. Elliott Abrams disagrees.

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In Israel, talking tachlis with Obama’s (halachically Jewish!) half-brother

Mark Ndesandjo—the son of Obama’s father and his American Jewish third wife, Ruth Nidesand—paid a visit to the Jewish state. 

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Why Israelis are nervous about Obama

Expectations are high as the American president kicks off his first Middle East tour since taking office. Perhaps nowhere will Obama’s trip be followed more closely than in Israel.

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Fruits of the Bibi-Obama meeting?

Only three days past the big Bibi-Obama meeting in Washington, are we already seeing its effects?

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Peres, the optimist

Thirteen years after the two faced off in a heated race for prime minister, Shimon Peres is still an optimist and Benjamin Netanahu is still a skeptic, but this time the two are partners.

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