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The Times of Israel

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Topic: George W. Bush

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November 21, 2012
3:12 pm

Obama has put to rest the partisan debate on Israel

The President has demonstrated unsurpassed support for Operation Pillar of Defense

By Andrew Lachman

November 12, 2012
10:52 am

United Nations headquarters building in New York. (photo credit: CC BY WorldIslandInfo.com/Flickr)

US in tough contest for Human Rights Council seat

Washington is competing with 4 other Western countries for 3 seats at UN’s top human rights body

By Edith M. Lederer

November 9, 2012
2:13 am

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert arrives at the District Court in Jerusalem, September 2012 (photo credit: Oren Nahshon/Flash90)

Olmert: Likud has become an ‘extreme right-wing party’

Ex-PM places blame on Netanyahu for strained relationship with the US

November 8, 2012
2:41 pm

President Barack Obama and his family take the stage ahead of Obama's victory speech in Chicago on Wednesday, Nov. 7 (screen capture: Channel 2)

Reflections on reelections

The Israeli press finally announces Obama’s win, and throws in its two shekels, to boot

By Ilan Ben Zion

November 7, 2012
10:58 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama in New York, September 21, 2011 (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

For Obama and Netanyahu, four more years of mutual dislike and suspicion? Not so fast

The two leaders are unlikely to suddenly become best buddies, but history has defied conventional wisdom more than once about which US presidents are good or bad for Israel

By Raphael Ahren

November 6, 2012
1:48 pm

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and wife Ann Romney vote in Belmont, Massachusetts on November 6. (photo credit: AP/Charles Dharapak)

Romney votes as candidates hold final campaign rallies

First contest ends in tie as New Hampshire hamlet splits vote — 5 apiece for Republican and Democrat

By Times of Israel staff and AP

November 6, 2012
10:01 am

President Barack Obama is flanked on stage by musicians Jay-Z, left, and Bruce Springsteen at a campaign event at Nationwide Arena, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio (photo credit: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama, Romney close out campaigns with last-minute swing state pushes

Surveys give incumbent slight lead on eve of election; candidates tie in tiny New Hampshire town

By Steven R. Hurst

October 28, 2012
4:56 pm

From under the bus: A response to Efraim Halevy

As a big proponent of public transportation, Obama has fleets of public buses under which he has thrown Israel. Halevy should try looking under at least one

By Abraham Katsman

October 19, 2012
5:29 pm

Obama’s bad for Israel? His record indicates otherwise

The current president has actually been more supportive of the Jewish state than his predecessors

By Steven L. Spiegel

September 5, 2012
11:31 am

Romney’s huckster politics

The only ones who would benefit financially from a Romney election would be his country club buddies, while the financial burden would fall on those who could least afford it

By Sheldon Schorer

September 5, 2012
2:07 am

President Barack Obama greets supporters after speaking at a campaign event at Norfolk State University, on Tuesday, in Norfolk, Va. (photo credit: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Democrats accuse Republican critics of ‘stunning, but not surprising’ hypocrisy on Jerusalem

While hitting back at attacks over changes to party platform, Democrats don’t deny pro-Israel provisions have been removed

By Haviv Rettig Gur

August 26, 2012
10:51 pm

Before and after satellite images of the Syrian nuclear reactor at al-Kibar, which was reportedly struck by Israel in 2007 (AP/DigitalGlobe)

Olmert struck Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007 immediately after Bush refused to do so

‘If you’re not going to act against the reactor, then we are,’ PM told president, says advisor Elliot Abrams. Then, as now on Iran, the US favored diplomacy

By Yoel Goldman

August 2, 2012
11:59 am

Members of Congress file brief to support Jerusalem passport case

Nine-year-old Menachem Zivotofsky’s case expected to be argued in November or December

July 26, 2012
1:56 pm

On Israel, exposing Romney’s dirty tricks

The Republican candidate’s flagrant mendacity is an electoral ploy to frighten more conservative elements of the Jewish community into abandoning Obama

By Liam Hoare

June 20, 2012
3:10 pm

The Obama-Israel double standard

The president’s words and deeds prove that he is not only a strong friend of Israel, but that he is willing to stand up for her publicly and behind the scenes

By Steve Sheffey

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