Many in US-Israel lobby wary of Obama peace push
© AFP/File Jim Watson AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Thousands of pro-Israel delegates packed the AIPAC conference here Sunday, and while they back strong US-Israel ties…
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Obama vows to stand up to Hezbollah over ‘assassination’
Barack Obama © AFP Mandel Ngan AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama pledged Sunday that the United States will stand up to the…
Obama vows pressure on Iran’s nuclear plans
Barack Obama addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference © AFP Mandel Ngan AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama vowed Sunday…
Netanyahu lectures Obama in Oval Office
Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Israel would never return to its 1967 borders © AFP Jim Watson AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has warned…
Syria ‘acute concern’ for US, Israel: Obama
Syrian soldiers © AFP Joseph Eid AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama acknowledged Friday that Syria was of “acute concern” for the United States…
US must change approach, or deepen rift with Arabs: Obama
US President Barack Obama speaks about the Middle East © AFP Jim Watson AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama said Thursday the United…
Republicans charge Obama betrayed Israel
Mitt Romney © AFP/Getty Images/File J.D. Pooley AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Top Republican contenders for the White House in 2012 accused President Barack Obama on…
Israel rejects Obama peace plan, Palestinians cagey
US President Barack Obama speaks on the events in the Middle East © AFP Jim Watson AFP JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel on Thursday rejected President…
Assad must lead transition, or move aside: Obama
Syrian soldiers on patrol © AFP Joseph Eid AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must lead a political transition or “get out of…
Arab revolts show repression no longer works: Obama
© AFP Jim Watson AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama said Thursday that the uprisings sweeping the Arab world show that a policy…
Obama speech will reflect ties with Israel: US envoy
US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg © AFP/File Saul Loeb AFP JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel has “nothing to worry about” ahead of US President…
US tells Syria’s Assad to lead transition or leave
Assad said the unrest was coming to an end © AFP/SANA AFP DAMASCUS (AFP) – The United States told Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday…
US, Europe warn Syria of further steps within days
A Syrian family sits at a school in the northern town of Bireh © AFP/File Anwar Amro AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States and…
Syria’s stoking Golan protests ‘unacceptable’: US
Israeli soldiers © AFP Jack Guez AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The White House accused Syria on Monday of stoking protests in the Golan Heights as…