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Plurality believes President Obama antagonistic to Israelis

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Signs are not auspicious for Barack Obama’s coming visit. The front page of Friday’s Ma’ariv headlined a poll showing more Israel’s viewing him as antagonistic to Israel (38%) than as supportive of Israel (33%), and substantially more Israelis opposing a gesture toward the Palestinians in connection with the visit (51%) than

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

President Obama and the new Israeli government

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Israel has a government, Mr. President.  That’s something to remember when you arrive there next week. Israel has a government, elected by its people in a free, fair, open and democratic election. Multiple parties representing widely divergent points of view met a wildly diverse electorate through free media and

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Davis introduces Iron Dome continuing authorization act

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Reps. Susan Davis (D-CA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Peter Roskam (R-IL) led a bipartisan effort to aid Israel in improving and enhancing its missile defense system.  A bipartisan coalition of 63 members of Congress introduced the Iron Dome Act of 2013 to authorize the President to provide assistance for the procurement, maintenance,

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