Just What Makes Goldblog a Middle East Expert, Anyway?
A look at the archival evidence
A look at the archival evidence
Jason Reed/Reuters
... quite a few people in attendance would have booed him.
Baz Ratner/Reuters
For one thing, the President answered the kishka question -- the gut question -- pretty well.
Darren Whiteside/Reuters
Is this the most expensive Birthright trip ever staged?
Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
Tomorrow's speech could be the moment he pivots to the challenges of the peace process.
Larry Downing/Reuters
The president's mission, to charm the pants off Israelis, seems to be working -- so far.
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If the president had the time to himself, this is how he might spend it.
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...and the State Department and the White House have narrowly averted a moral and public relations disaster.
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A statement from a spokesman for the Israeli embassy in Washington.
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These bus lines are an embarrassment to Israel, but their establishment isn't significant beyond their obvious symbolism.
Ammar Awad/Reuters
A non-Jewish Zionist from Wales writes about how he started out in the usual place -- loathing Israel -- and then came to something more complicated.
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The realist notion of "linkage," which was once championed by Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel, doesn't stand up to scrutiny.
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