The infinitely avoidable US/UN Palestine showdown.

    Now it may be because I’m this horrible, horrible neoconservative Right-Wing Death Beast and everything – but I have to admit: articles like this confuse me. The United States faced increasing pressure on Tuesday as the Palestinian quest for statehood gained support from Turkey and other countries, even as the Obama administration sought an 11th-hour compromise that would avoid a confrontation at the United Nations | Read More »

    Breaking: Mahmoud Abbas claims USA committed to ending West Bank settlements.

    A simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ will do. ‘Obama committed to ejecting Jews from Judea-Samaria,’ says Abbas Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday told reporters in Cairo that he is convinced that US President Barack Obama is firmly committed to finally ejecting the Jews from Judea and Samaria. Abbas spoke to the press after briefing Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on his visit to the White House | Read More »