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
The White House appeared to double down on its policy of engagement with Iran following Wednesday’s dramatic pre-dawn high seas capture of an Iranian missile cache destined for Hamas by Israeli naval commandos. Senior administration officials worked quickly to prevent the raid
The U.S. State Department does not consider it necessary for Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish State, said spokesperson Jen Psaki, according to an interview in the Palestinian daily newspaper Al-Quds Saturday. “Our position is that Israel is a
At the same time the US State Department is relaxing entry requirements to visa applicants with Islamist terrorist connections, and reassuring President Putin of Russia that any sanctions against travel to the US placed upon those responsible for Russia’s invasion Ukraine
President Obama addressed the situation between Ukraine and Russia before his meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Sanctions against Russia are on the table. “There are two paths that Russia can take at this point,” he said. “Actions on
In a bombshell interview with Bloomberg’s Jeffrey Goldberg, President Obama issued his most direct public threats ever against Israel and its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ‘Bibi’, the President all but said, ‘if you don’t accept the peace plan that my
A scholar at the American Enterprise Institute said that President Barack Obama and the State Department get “played” at the diplomatic table by their adversaries because the Obama administration does not understand that foreign policy is a zero-sum game. Appearing
ST. HELENA, Calif. (AP) — With California in the grips of drought, farmers throughout the state are using a mysterious and some say foolhardy tool for locating underground water: dowsers, or water witches. Practitioners of dowsing use rudimentary tools —
Ronan Farrow, the new darling of the paltry few leftists who watch MSNBC, has a word cloud behind him on the set of his show, Ronan Farrow Daily, that exists to remind viewers of his resume as well as his preferences.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first wave of a powerful Pacific storm spread rain and snow early Friday through much of California, where communities endangered by a wildfire just weeks ago now faced the threat of mud and debris flows.
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
Senator Barbara Boxer has yet another excuse for President Obama to deny approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline: she says it causes cancer. President Obama has been delaying his decision to approve the jobs-creating pipeline for much of his Presidency,
On Tuesday’s “The Situation Room” on CNN, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) addressed the prospects of a former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential run in an interview with host Wolf Blitzer. According to Rubio, much of that comes the
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin (R) is reporting that President Obama has informed her he will be making his decision on the Keystone Pipeline in a “couple of months.” Gov. Fallin told the media that she personally asked the President about
Secretary of State Chuck Hagel has just announced sweeping defense cuts that will reduce the U.S. Army to its smallest size since before World War II. In 2013, during Hagel’s confirmation hearing, I pointed out that his newfound love of
Now that the Ukrainian opposition has toppled the government, the leaked telephone conversation between the U.S. Ambassador and Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, in which the latter told him to “f— the E.U.,” has taken
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The head of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel who was the world’s most powerful drug lord was captured overnight by U.S. and Mexican authorities at a hotel in Mazatlan, Mexico, The Associated Press had learned, ending a bloody
Is the Keystone XL pipeline dead? Bold Nebraska, a group that is fighting the pipeline, is celebrating the decision by Lancaster County District Court Judge Stephanie Stacy to invalidate as unconstitutional a 2012 state law that gave Gov. Dave Heineman the
Due to the growing protests in Kiev, Ukraine, the United States placed visa bans on 20 Ukrainian officials. The State Department declined to say which officials were on the blacklist, which prevents them from traveling to the United States, but
The controversial Keystone XL pipeline met with another hurdle Wednesday when a Nebraska judge ruled that a state law granting approval to a proposed route was unconstitutional, court records showed. The decision came as US President Barack Obama was set
DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s legal marijuana market is far exceeding tax expectations, according to a budget proposal released Wednesday by Gov. John Hickenlooper that gives the first official estimate of how much the state expects to make from pot taxes.
What exactly is the one per cent’s problem with cheap energy, scientific evidence and free market capitalism? The question is raised yet again with news that hedge fund billionaire turned environmental activist Tom Steyer wants to make “climate change” a
In addition to failing to diminish the popularity of the man expected to become India’s next Prime Minister, the Obama Administration’s ham-handed attempt to influence India’s upcoming national election appears to have backfired following the recent announcement that the U.S. was relaxing visa
Kiev, Ukraine’s capital, has been home to protesters since early December when President Viktor Yanukovich turned down a trade deal with the European Union (EU) in favor of a $15 billion bailout from Russia. The protests are escalating, and so
Letting terrorists off the hook is dangerous, but inviting a terrorist to dine at the Pentagon is downright dangerous and bizarre. But that’s exactly what happened when Anwar al-Aulaqi, the American-born terrorist ultimately assassinated by President Obama, was asked to
