Tag Archives: Barack Obama

The War President’s Peace Prize

Posted on 12/10/2009 by Meryl Yourish

If you read the text of Barack Obama’s Nobel prize acceptance speech, a 4,000-word text that he apparently wrote much of himself, you can see what our president thinks about using force to defeat fascism. And I have to say, … Continue reading →

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Another historic first for Obama!

Posted on 12/09/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The president who loves to be first has another first to add to his list of accomplishments: The lowest approval ratings ever for a president at this point in his term. (And may we point out that this part in … Continue reading →

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The president who fell to earth

Posted on 11/30/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The last week seems to have been a week that the articles critical of Barack Obama have really gained a foothold. On top of the blistering (and truly funny) skit about Obama’s trip to China, we have editorials in such … Continue reading →

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The Obama administration and the end of Israeli-Palestinian peace

Posted on 10/19/2009 by Meryl Yourish

How clueless is the Obama administration? This clueless: The time has come to relaunch negotiations without preconditions to reach a final status agreement on two states: a Jewish state of Israel, and a viable, independent and contiguous Palestine that ends … Continue reading →

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Snarkly

Posted on 10/19/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The Russians were for Goldstone before they were against it: Let’s see how this one plays out—Russia says it will not push the Goldstone report to the Hague from the Security Council. I will believe it when I see it. … Continue reading →

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Friday snarkly

Posted on 09/25/2009 by Meryl Yourish

NObama: Looks like the Palestinians aren’t going to take Obama’s suggestion and get back to the negotiating table anytime soon. I like how they no longer insist that all settlement activity be frozen first—they don’t dare add a precondition for … Continue reading →

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The most anti-Israel president ever

Posted on 09/24/2009 by Meryl Yourish

President Barack Obama didn’t just apologize for the Bush years in his speech to the UN yesterday. He delivered what is probably the most anti-Israel speech ever given by a sitting president. Once again, he used the argument that there … Continue reading →

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Risks for peace? Only from the Israelis

Posted on 09/23/2009 by Meryl Yourish

President Obama is in a hurry again. “Simply put, it is past time to talk about starting negotiations. It is time to move forward,” Obama told reporters before a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin … Continue reading →

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Snark news briefs, good news edition

Posted on 09/22/2009 by Meryl Yourish

So many wonderful things, so little time. (Actually, there’s plenty of time; work’s done for the day.) Sucks to be you, Part 1: The anti-Israel (some might say “anti-Semitic” Egyptian minister of culture lost his bid to become the director … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama’s Great Adventure

Posted on 09/22/2009 by Meryl Yourish

President Obama will be spending most of the day today meeting with world leaders in New York. Even the AP is writing that little will come out of these sessions. But of course, the focus will be on the trilateral … Continue reading →

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Your morning snark

Posted on 09/21/2009 by Meryl Yourish

I know you are, but what am I? Ahmadinejad exhibits the grown-up attitude we’ve come to expect from the Holocaust Denier-in-Chief: He flips the bird to the world in response to the worldwide denunciations of his Holocaust-denying speech on Quds … Continue reading →

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Briefly

Posted on 09/18/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Germans to Israel: Shut up if you want Gilad Shalit to come home. To be fair, he wants all parties involved to shut up, but really—this is what the mediator thinks is a necessary ingredient to getting Hamas to release … Continue reading →

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Obama on Rosh Hashanah

Posted on 09/18/2009 by Meryl Yourish

I read the president’s message to me and my coreligionists, and I tried not to think that it was pompous, lecturing, and inappropriate—even after I watched the video, where Obama didn’t so much as crack a smile. So I decided … Continue reading →

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Tuesday SNB

Posted on 09/08/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Still more dividends from the Obama speech: A Palestinian minister met with an Israeli minister last week, but that will be the last of talking until Obama forces Abbas to sit down with Netanyahu. Becauase now the Palestinians are refusing … Continue reading →

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Sunday Snark News Briefs

Posted on 08/30/2009 by Meryl Yourish

I’m shocked, shocked, that Gilad Shalit’s release is not imminent: Yeah, toldja so. I will believe that a deal is within reach when I see photos of Shalit being released to Egypt. Not before. If only American prosecutors were this … Continue reading →

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