Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew did his best to spin the Obama administration’s stance on Israel at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference on Sunday night. The audience knew they were being treated like mushrooms: kept
by Joel B. Pollak2 Mar 2014, 2:31 PM PST0
CBS News reports that the Obama administration has asked Israel to stop killing Iranian nuclear scientists. It was widely suspected that Israel had been behind a series of assassinations of key figures in the Iranian nuclear program, but never quite
by Joel B. Pollak2 Mar 2014, 1:22 PM PST0

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) will switch tactics this week when it sends thousands of activists to lobby members of Congress, Breitbart News has learned. Instead of asking for a vote on the new Iran sanctions contained in
by Joel B. Pollak2 Mar 2014, 11:31 AM PST0

A source indicated that pro-Israel activists gathering in Washington for the annual Policy Conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) may have to cancel their traditional mass lobbying event on the third day of the event. A major
by Joel B. Pollak2 Mar 2014, 6:13 AM PST0
Pro-Israel activists arriving at the Washington Conference Center from all over the country were greeted by noisy demonstrations and an “apartheid wall” display as they arrived for the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference on Sunday morning.
by Joel B. Pollak2 Mar 2014, 6:05 AM PST0

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in the United States this week, he will no doubt have taken heed of President Barack Obama’s weak response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. President Vladminir Putin crossed Obama’s “line”–just as Syrian dictator Bashar
by Joel B. Pollak2 Mar 2014, 4:13 AM PST0

In June 2008, Senator Chuck Schumer penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal stating that, in order to enlist Russia’s help in shutting down Iran’s nuclear program, the United States should appease Vladimir Putin in his designs on Eastern Europe.
by Spyridon Mitsotakis2 Mar 2014, 1:52 AM PST0
As the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIAPC) gathers in Washington, DC for its annual Policy Conference, Republicans are hoping to use the group’s traditional lobbying push to force Democrats to hold a Senate vote on Iran sanctions. The bipartisan
by Joel B. Pollak1 Mar 2014, 10:21 PM PST0

“The two-state solution isn’t inevitable. It is impossible. It will never happen–and the quicker we realize this, the better for all concerned.” So says prominent Israeli journalist Caroline Glick, the senior contributing editor at the Jerusalem Post, and the most-read
by Joel B. Pollak1 Mar 2014, 10:08 PM PST0

In an appearance on the Fox News Channel on Saturday, Lt. Col. Oliver North told host Uma Pemmaraju that not only is Russian President Vladimir Putin laughing at Obama as he is sending thousands of troops to Ukraine but now
by Breitbart TV1 Mar 2014, 11:52 AM PST0
Let it be noted that at a critical moment for the United States and the State of Israel, while Iran continued to enrich uranium and conceal significant parts of its nuclear program from the world, left-wing Jews are urging Congress
by Joel B. Pollak28 Feb 2014, 10:08 AM PST0

Israel’s Minister of Strategic Affairs, Yuval Steinitz, is demanding that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) release all of the information it gathered about Iran’s potential nuclear weapons program, according to the Jerusalem Post. The demand follows a report by Reuters that
by Joel B. Pollak28 Feb 2014, 8:28 AM PST0

The State Department’s latest report on human rights worldwide presents a grim account of continuing abuses by Iran, which persisted in spite of–and during–the election of supposed “moderate” Hassan Rouhani. In fact, Rouhani’s election was listed first in the department’s
by Joel B. Pollak28 Feb 2014, 8:06 AM PST0

Caroline Glick, the popular conservative commentator for the Jerusalem Post, will launch her new manifesto, The Israeli Solution: A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East, early next week. The book argues that Israel should abandon the faltering two-state
by Joel B. Pollak26 Feb 2014, 11:11 PM PST0

Tuesday night, the UCLA Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC) considered a resolution calling for the university to divest from businesses that supposedly “profit from the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank.” Braving hundreds of anti-Israel speakers and protesters,
by William Bigelow26 Feb 2014, 7:58 PM PST0

Truth Revolt: On Tuesday night, the UCLA undergraduate student government heard public testimonies for nearly 9 hours — from 7 p.m. until 4 a.m. — on whether or not the university should go forward with a resolution to boycott and
by Breitbart TV26 Feb 2014, 12:53 PM PST0

Of the 27 confirmed panels at the Conservative Political Action Conference’s (CPAC) annual policy conference, only 1 is vaguely dedicated to foreign policy. The panel titled, “What Should be America’s Place in the World in 2017…After Obama?” leaves us with
by Jordan Schachtel26 Feb 2014, 1:45 AM PST0

Among former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s many illuminating “rules” is his trenchant observation that “weakness is provocative.” Indeed, the accelerating instability we see worldwide is, in no small measure, a product of the weakness being communicated at every turn
by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.25 Feb 2014, 3:13 PM PST0

It was, as Sherlock Holmes might have said, the mystery of the dog that didn’t bark. The Israeli Air Force (IAF) launched a major airstrike Monday night on a Hezbollah base and other targets on the Syria-Lebanon border, destroying what
by Joel B. Pollak25 Feb 2014, 5:45 AM PST0
How is see it is, the Iraqis, like the Afghanis, just spit in the faces of all the brave U.S. Servicemen you fought to defend their sorry arses. Iran fought a proxy war against the U.S. by harboring, funding, and
by Javier Manjarres24 Feb 2014, 5:40 PM PST0

Britain has six “fully Islamic” banking organisations and government minsters are attempting to attract even more Sharia-compliant finance initiatives to the UK. The announcement over the six “wholly Sharia compliant banks” came last October, but a new push to attract
by Breitbart London24 Feb 2014, 7:42 AM PST0
The American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) published an op-ed in the New York Times Saturday in which its leaders made a passionate and well-argued case for continued pressure on Iran, and also for the role of Congress in setting foreign policy.
by Joel B. Pollak23 Feb 2014, 5:34 AM PST0

On February 18th, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel misrepresented the Obama administration’s position on Iran by telling “a Jewish congregation at a Maryland synagogue” that Obama has the same position Bush had on Iran and nuclear weapons. He said the Obama
by AWR Hawkins22 Feb 2014, 3:35 PM PST0

Hezbollah are recruiting European mercenaries to fight for Bashar Assad in Syria’s civil war, according to security sources. The Lebanese Daily Star newspaper reports that intelligence services received information on batches of mercenaries arriving at Rafik Hariri International Airport near
by Nick Hallett22 Feb 2014, 4:37 AM PST0

In a watershed moment and a huge victory over environmentalists, General Electric has agreed to stop projects that are designed solely for the purpose of carbon dioxide reductions to please those who lobby for climate change concessions. The National Center
by William Bigelow21 Feb 2014, 2:41 PM PST0