Secretary of State John Kerry told the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Thursday afternoon that it is a “mistake” for people to raise the issue of whether Palestinians would agree to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. The Israeli
California gubernatorial hopeful Neel Kashkari has released a 30-second web advertisement attacking the high-speed rail project that Gov. Jerry Brown has continued to champion, despite high costs, new legal obstacles and growing public opposition. “To me, it is not only
Three years ago, a massive 9.0-magnitude offshore earthquake rocked Japan and generated a massive tsunami that eventually knocked out the Fukushima nuclear power plant and caused widespread destruction. Today, Californians are bracing for a similar event, as new research indicates
The latest round of rocket attacks against Israeli civilian targets by Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip, who launched several dozen volleys into southern Israel Wednesday, occurred during the visit of Prime Minister David Cameron. Britain has often taken
On the heels of the highly-successful Thanksgivukkah, which saw the rare confluence of the American holiday of Thanksgiving with the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, we are now–Baruch Hashem!–facing yet another great confluence: the Irish holiday of St. Patrick’s Day with
The Blaze has a nice roundup on the latest viral video in the Middle East, via the brilliant people at MEMRI: ) And a remix: )
The Washington Times has published a story on Rahm Emanuel’s chances for president, based on gossip at CPAC between “a pair of insiders.” That prompted a round of “I told you so’s” around the office here. But it’s almost certainly never
President Barack Obama has come in for a fair amount of criticism for his appearance on Funny or Die’s Between Two Ferns, a satirical interview sketch hosted by Zach Galifianakis. Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly have slammed the interview as demeaning
National Public Radio’s David Greene (host) and Tamara Keith (reporter) double-teamed on a story on Wednesday’s Morning Edition about President Barack Obama’s summit to address the pay gap between men and women. The premise of the story was the false statistic—debunked
President Barack Obama may have made life easier for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants when he declared the “Dream Act” by fiat in 2012, in the midst of his re-election campaign. But in doing so, he shoved legal immigrants
A new poll released by the Israel Democracy Institute reveals that 64% of Israelis–including 66% of Jews and 53% of Arabs–do not trust U.S. Secretary of State “to take Israel’s security into account as a crucial factor in the framework agreement.”
As investigators search the western Pacific Ocean for signs of Malaysia Airlines flight 370, a new documentary is set to air Tuesday evening on Al-Jazeera in which an Iranian defector blames Iran for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rand Paul (R-KY) have launched a national debate right here at Breitbart News, one that may mark the first shots of the 2016 Republican presidential primary campaign. The topic is foreign policy, oddly, an issue
The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) released last week–in the midst of the Ukraine crisis, and as Russian troops poured into the Crimea–calls for the U.S. to continue to “engage” Russia. The QDR, prepared by the Pentagon, is a comprehensive guide
You don’t have to regard the Islamic hijab, the headscarf worn by women to preserve their modesty, as a symbol of oppression to object to the spectacle of western diplomats wearing them when negotiating with or meeting with representatives and
On Sunday, the Arab League rejected Israel’s demand that Palestinians recognize it as the “Jewish state,” backing up Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s insistence he would never agree to those terms. In doing so, the Arab League not only ended
WASHINGTON, DC-In the Obama era, only one Republican has ever been able to strike a budget deal with Democrats without pressing deadlines and drama – House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan. But after watching the president negotiate cuts to the
Last week, the U.S. Senate chose between two competing bills on sexual assault in the military. The successful bill, authored by Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), prevents those accused of crimes from using positive character evidence–the so-called “good soldier” defense–in their
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked what he described as global hypocrisy on Iran, noting that the world’s leaders had largely failed to condemn a large Iranian shipment of weapons to Palestinian terrorist groups that Israeli naval commandos intercepted last
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has been releasing images of weapons seized from the Klos C, which left Iran with advanced Syrian M-302 missiles and other weapons bound, via Sudan, for terrorists in the Gaza Strip. Alongside those rather alarming
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released the first photographs of the full weapons cargo of the Klos C, the ship seized by Israeli naval commandos in the Red Sea last Tuesday en route from Iran to Sudan, with advanced missiles
The Democratic Party of California voted on Sunday to add the full legalization of marijuana to their party’s platform in time for the 2014 elections. Despite vocal opposition from Gov. Jerry Brown–“How many people can get stoned and still have
The Times of Israel reported over the weekend that Israeli Prime Minister has dispatched researchers to study part of the international border between Belgium and the Netherlands, which includes a “highly complex,” non-linear border, “under which citizens of one country
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel claims that his brother Rahm–then-chief of staff at the White House, now mayor of Chicago–told him to “Shut the f— up!” when he raised the topic of tort reform during internal administration debates on Obamacare. Dr. Emanuel,
Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates offered a weak defense of President Barack Obama’s policy on the Crimea on Fox News Sunday, telling host Chris Wallace that the Crimea was “gone” and that “some of the domestic criticism ought to be
