This is the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Barack Obama and his relationship to the Jewish community.
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Fast Forward Bibi’s Deputy Disagrees With Him on Iran
Benjamin Netanyahu’s deputy for intelligence and atomic affairs on Thursday broke with the Israeli prime minister’s call for Iran to be confronted with a “red line” beyond which its disputed nuclear programme would face military attack. In a broadcast interview, Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor appeared to side with the United States in balking at…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Says He Had ‘Good’ Chat With Obama
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his one-hour, late-night phone call with President Obama was “a good conversation.” “We spoke about our common goal of stopping Iran from developing its nuclear weapons program, and our desire to closely coordinate our efforts,” Netanyahu told The Jerusalem Post. Though Netanyahu would not give details of the conversation…
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Fast Forward New Yorker Editor Blasts Netanyahu
New Yorker magazine editor and Pulitzer-Prize winning author David Remnick accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday of endangering Israel, interfering in U.S. elections and aligning with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in a “neocon strategy” against President Barack Obama. In a biting blog post in the magazine on Wednesday, Remnick accused Netanyahu of doing…
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Opinion Israel on the Ballot
It’s difficult to recall a time when an Israeli prime minister has inserted himself into a presidential election campaign in the way that Benjamin Netanyahu has. It’s even harder to recall a time when a trusted ally openly urged the American president to undertake a questionable, unpopular and highly risky war. We sure hope Netanyahu…
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Fast Forward Barbara Boxer Hits Out at Netanyahu
Barbara Boxer, a top Jewish U.S. senator and the sponsor of major pro-Israel legislation, blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for lashing out at President Obama on Iran. “I write to you as one of Israel’s staunchest supporters in Congress to express my deep disappointment over your remarks that call into question our country’s support…
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The Schmooze Obama’s New Year’s Greeting to Oren
Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, was so pleased with a Rosh Hashanah greeting he received Monday from President Barack Obama that he photographed it and put it on Twitter. “I’m deeply appreciative of President @BarackObama’s personal letter for Rosh Hashanah,” the ambassador tweeted. The letter, typewritten on official White House stationery, was…
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Fast Forward Obama Blasts Romney for Embassy Attack Criticism
President Barack Obama on Wednesday accused Mitt Romney of having a tendency “to shoot first and aim later” in response to the Republican candidate’s criticism of the White House for its handling of violent attacks on U.S. diplomatic compounds in Libya and Egypt. Obama, in advance excerpts of a “60 Minutes” television interview released by…
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Israel News Obama and Netanyahu in Tight Spot on Iran
Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu appear to have landed in a place neither wanted to be: squabbling about Iran, in public, ahead of a U.S. presidential election. For the Democratic U.S. president, the dispute risks alienating supporters of Israel in a campaign in which Republican nominee Mitt Romney is eager to drive a wedge between…
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