How the Israel-Hamas war could spiral into a global conflagration — with the U.S. deeply engaged
Not since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has Washington undertaken so large a military buildup
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Opinion Michael Oren breaks down Biden’s ‘remarkable,’ ‘extraordinary,’ ‘historic’ speech on Israel
‘He’s of that generation that still has, as we say, Israel in his heart’
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The Schmooze Attention, World: Former Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren Has A Hot, Famous Nephew
I had a torrid affair with former Israeli ambassador to America Michael Oren’s nephew, the actor Jon Rudnitsky. It lasted 16 hours and existed entirely inside my head and I am hear to tell you all about it. Let’s meet Jon Rudnitsky, actor in “Set It Up” and “Home Again,” formerly of Saturday Night Live:…
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Opinion Michael Oren’s Conspiratorial Hasbara Is More Common Than You Think
We’re living in an age hospitable to conspiracy theories. Surely everyone knows someone with these tendencies. Maybe it’s your wacky uncle who believes the pyramids were really built by aliens, or the taxi driver who takes the opportunity to explain how the entire world is really controlled by a cabal of seven Jewish families. Or…
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Israel News Michael Oren’s Political Transformation Leaves Friends Baffled
“I used to think I knew Michael Oren. This is no one I know, or wish to know.” This January 24 tweet by Tamara Cofman Wittes, a Middle East scholar from the Brookings Institution and a former Obama administration official, may have summed up what many in Washington feel now about the former Israeli ambassador…
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Opinion Israel Doesn’t Have A PR Problem. It Has An Occupation.
Last week, Michael Oren shared some thoughts on Israel and the US. Reacting to a new Pew study showing Israel has become increasingly a partisan issue in America, Oren said, “We have to make a decision to set a strategic goal of bringing the Democratic party back on our side.” I share the concern of…
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Fast Forward Michael Oren Calls For IDF To ‘Shoot To Kill’ Suspected Terrorists
(JTA) — Michael Oren tweeted that the Israel Defense Forces should “shoot to kill” suspected terrorists, rather than just “neutralize” them. Oren, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States who serves as a deputy minister in Israel’s Knesset, made the call for extrajudicial killing while tweeting Wednesday about Omar al-Abed, who was convicted on the…
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Fast Forward Fire Princeton Hillel Director, Michael Oren Demands
Israel’s former ambassador to the United States has demanded that Princeton University’s Hillel fire its executive director after they cancelled a speech by the Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister under pressure from left-wing students. In an interview with the Times of Israel, Michael Oren, who was born in New Jersey and earned his M.A. and Ph.D….
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