Middle East

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest dialogued with reporters on Tuesday, March 4, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Congress  and President Obama responded at the White House.    Following is the transcript of questions and answers related to Netanyahu’s speech.  EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. You all just had an opportunity

JERUSALEM (Press Release)– Returning to Israel following his speech to a joint meeting of the United State Congress, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu answered President Obama’s criticism that he had offered nothing new.   In reply, Netanyahu said: “I return to Israel knowing that Israel’s concerns regarding the impending deal with Iran are better understood. That the

By J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — As advertised, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech to the joint session of Congress was a Republican show conceived by Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer with the avid cooperation of Speaker John Boehner. For Bibi, it was a powerful campaign speech for the Israeli elections on March 17th. He is lagging

By Mort Klein and Daniel Mandel NEW YORK (Press Release)– In an interview on the PBS television ‘Charlie Rose’ program, President Barack Obama’s National Security Adviser, Susan Rice, said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to accept the invitation of House Speaker John Boehner to address Congress on the issue of Iran’s looming nuclear threat had “injected a

MONTREUX, Switzerland (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday, March 4, defended the P5+1 talks with Iran following a negotiating session.  While he did not mention Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by name, his comments addressed some of the issues Netanyahu raised on March 4 in his address to Congress SECRETARY

By Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org   “There was nothing new in it.” With those six words, President Barack Obama tried to dismiss the significance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress on March 3. But there was, in fact, something very new and very important in the speech—something which Mr. Obama understandably wants to keep out