Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is defending Chuck Hagel against Republicans who think he is anti-Israel. Said Albright: I think that’s ridiculous. I think that Senator Hagel has been somebody that has voted for help for Israel over the
By DIAA HADIDAssociated PressJERUSALEMThe spiritual leader of an Israeli ultra-Orthodox political party was hospitalized after a suspected minor stroke in Jerusalem on Saturday, a development that could shake his party’s fortunes and mute one of Israel’s most influential voices. Rabbi
Salon’s Alex Seitz-Wald parses Brown University historian Omer Bartov to attack American gun rights advocates as being ignorant of history when it comes to Hitler and gun control: “Bartov added that this misreading of history is not only intellectually dishonest,
Ben Affleck will be the first one to say all the events depicted in “Argo,” the story of a successful rescue of six Americans in Iran back in 1980, aren’t precisely true to life. Hollywood routinely employs creative license in
This week, while media attention focused on former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and his controversial views on Israel, another iconoclastic Republican stirred controversy in Israel itself. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) visited Israel as part of a trip that will include
A few years ago, I was out having dinner with my orthodox, gay, Jewish brother when a religious man walked over to me and asked if I was Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. From his aggressive posture, I knew in my gut
HUGH HEWITT, RADIO HOST: “But I want to talk to Ben today about Chuck Hagel … What do you think of Hagel and what are people to do about it? BEN SHAPIRO, BREITBART NEWS: “You know, the truth is that
Pro-Israel Democrats who have, in the past, defended President Obama have been able to cite continued close cooperation between the U.S. and Israel on defense issues. With former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) presiding at the Pentagon, that may change. That is specially so
The Obama administration chose to listen to voices suggesting that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood was moderate rather than those who warned it would resort to violence if it came to power, cables obtained by the Investigative Project on Terrorism show. The
Q Thank you. I noticed that in the nomination ceremony in the East Room, the President, as he was speaking about Senator Hagel, never mentioned Israel, never mentioned Iran. Those have been two of the main criticisms of Senator Hagel.
(AP) Spielberg earns 11th Directors Guild nominationBy DAVID GERMAINAP Movie WriterLOS ANGELESSteven Spielberg has extended his domination at the Directors Guild of America Awards, earning a nomination Tuesday for his Civil War epic “Lincoln” to pad the record he already
Director Ben Affleck’s “Argo,” the true story of six Americans who escape from Iran courtesy of a science fiction film scam, is the Denver Film Critics Society’s selection for 2012’s best film. Affleck also earned honors for best direction in
The apparent acquiescence of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in President Barack Obama’s nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) as Secretary of Defense is both puzzling and wrong. Hagel, who slandered Israel’s
For the most complete demonstration of just how far the MSM is willing to go in its attempt to use the nomination of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense as a cudgel to put Israel on trial and endanger the
Remember equivalence relations? If A = B, and B=C, then A=C? Let’s illustrate how Jewish Democrats do their own twisted version when it comes to Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel, and Israel. Barack Obama is infallible. Barack Obama loves Israel. Therefore
By JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTONDigging in for a fight, President Barack Obama riled Senate Republicans and some Democrats, too, on Monday by nominating former senator and combat veteran Chuck Hagel to lead the Pentagon and anti-terrorism chief John Brennan
According to reports, Obama will nominate Counterterrorism and Homeland Security Adviser John Brennan to be Gen. David Petraeus’ successor as Director of the CIA. This the same Brennan who, in 2009, told us the “war on terrorism” was over, and
Prof. Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Law School is a legendary defense lawyer, and the country’s foremost pro-Israel advocate. He is also a steadfast supporter of President Barack Obama. Breitbart News spoke to him in an exclusive interview today about the nomination
(AP) Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIABy JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, two potentially
As efforts to get former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) into position for the nomination for Sec. of Defense continue to unfold, reports indicate he may face as many problems with Democrat Senators as with Republicans. Republicans have long been wary
Iran is designing “intelligent software” that would give citizens restricted and controlled access to banned social networking sites, local media on Sunday quoted police chief Esmaeil Ahmadi Moghadam as saying. Facebook, Twitter and many other social websites are blocked by
Sporting a long leather coat and western jeans under a headscarf, Soosan Feroz looks like many modern women in Kabul. But she is a surprising new phenomenon in this conservative Islamic country — the nation’s first female rapper. Her lyrics
Iran on Wednesday said it had shot down two US-made RQ-11 reconnaissance drones in the past 15 months, adding to a ScanEagle drone and RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft it already claims to have captured. He said the first had been
