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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 539

Barack Obama

The casket of former President Jimmy Carter is pictured during a state funeral at the National Cathedral, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
January 9, 2025, 11:09 pm
At Washington Cathedral funeral, Jimmy Carter remembered for humility and service
All living successors attend service for former president, which includes eulogies from two contemporaries he outlived; Biden hails fellow 1-term Democrat for fighting ‘abuse in power’
By Bill Barrow and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Former US president Barack Obama gestures as he walks off stage after speaking on the second day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 20, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
August 21, 2024, 8:55 am
‘Yes she can’: Obama tells cheering Democrats US ready for a Harris presidency
With the party united and the VP polling strongly, Democrats are making clear they believe they can defeat Trump as mood at DNC remains buoyant
By Gregory WALTON
Former US President Barack Obama talks with US Vice President Kamala Harris during an event about the Affordable Care Act, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
July 26, 2024, 7:54 pm
Obamas endorse Harris for president, giving her expected but crucial support
Former US president and first lady are last major Democratic Party figures to lend public support for expected nominee after Biden dropped out of race
By Bill Barrow
US President Joe Biden and former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton participate in a fundraising event at Radio City Music Hall, Thursday, March 28, 2024, in New York. (AP/Alex Brandon)
March 29, 2024, 8:33 am
Biden, Obama, Clinton heckled over Gaza war handling at New York fundraiser
Former presidents defend incumbent and presidential candidate from attacks, with Obama saying US leader ‘doesn’t have the luxury’ of making decisions that will please everyone
By Jeff Mason
United States Senator Joe Lieberman lights Hannuka candles with Jewish Agency Chairman Ze'ev Bielski and new immigrants from Ethiopia at the Jewish Agency Absorption Center in Mevasseret Zion, near Jerusalem, December 2006. Ariel Jerozolimski)
March 28, 2024, 10:52 am
‘Matchless champion of the Jewish people’: Israeli, US officials mourn Joe Lieberman
Allies and opponents pay tribute to the former Connecticut senator, whose career in public service blazed a path for religious Jews in American politics
By ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden listens as he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in an expanded bilateral meeting with Israeli and US government officials, Oct. 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (AP/Evan Vucci)
November 19, 2023, 11:40 am
137 former US officials sign letter backing Biden support of Israel
Former Biden, Obama administration members praise US president’s ‘moral clarity, courageous leadership and staunch support of Israel,’ agree ceasefire ‘not possible at this time’
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Christian worshippers take part in the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City during the Easter holiday on April 15, 2023 (Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90)
August 16, 2023, 1:40 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 16: US envoy news; Holy Sepulchre renovation yields a trove
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on the frontrunner for US ambassador and Democrats on Biden’s Israel plans; feature writer Melanie Lidman on finds at Jerusalem church
By ToI Staff
Former US president Barack Obama waves to spectators before a discussion at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), in Athens, Greece, Thursday, June 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
June 30, 2023, 7:43 am
Man wanted on Jan. 6 charges arrested with explosives near Obama’s Washington home
Taylor Taranto, 37, had made threats against a public figure, was carrying weapons and components for a bomb
By Colleen Long
James Crown attends The Aspen Institute's 33rd Annual Awards Dinner at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, Nov. 3, 2016. (Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images/JTA)
June 28, 2023, 9:08 am
Leading Chicago Jewish philanthropist James Crown dies in racetrack crash
Billionaire’s car slams into wall as he celebrates 70th birthday; Biden eulogizes him as ‘America at its best’ and ‘a good man, a dear friend’
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Newton Minow delivers a speech at the Gannett Foundation Media Center at the Columbia School of Journalism on the 30th anniversary of the speech in which he criticized television as a vast wasteland, May 9, 1991, New York. (Susan Ragan/AP)
May 7, 2023, 8:14 am
Newton Minow, ex-FCC chief and tireless champion for quality television, dies at 97
Jewish official, who famously dubbed TV a ‘wasteland,’ played key role in expanding range of broadcast channels, tech, content in US; early Obama supporter, gave him summer job
By AP and ToI Staff
Former US president Barack Obama, film director Steven Spielberg, and singer Bruce Springsteen join staff at the Amar restaurant in Barcelona, Spain, April 27, 2023. (Instagram screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 29, 2023, 7:55 pm
Obama, Spielberg and Springsteen dazzle Barcelona restaurant
Famous customers, in town for The Boss’s concert, enjoy seafood meal before posing with staff for photo
By Michael Horovitz
Prime Minister-Designate Benjamin Netanyahu speaks via video link to guests attending the Republican Jewish Coalition annual leadership meeting on November 19, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (SCOTT OLSON/Getty Images via AFP)
November 20, 2022, 4:53 am
Addressing GOP Jews, Netanyahu says disagreements with Biden ‘within the family’
Speaking to Republican Jewish Coalition via video, PM-designate hails bipartisan support for Israel, notes respect for Obama, justifies 2015 speech to Congress against Iran deal
By Jacob Magid
Former President Barack Obama points to a rendering for the former president's lakefront presidential center at a community event at the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago on May 3, 2017. (AP/Nam Y. Huh, File)
November 12, 2022, 2:31 am
Noose found at Obama Presidential Center construction site in Chicago
Building firm reports incident to authorities, offers $100,000 reward for information that would help find those responsible
By AP
Former US president Barack Obama (L) and US President Joe Biden rally for Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro at the Liacouras Center on November 5, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty Images/AFP)
November 6, 2022, 4:40 am
‘Democracy is on the ballot’: Biden, Obama issue warning in final midterms stretch
US Democratic stars campaign in critical swing state Pennsylvania, as does Republican ex-president Trump, who hints he will imminently announce 2024 White House bid
By Andréa Bambino and Ulysse Bellier
Former president Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally in support of Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, in Pittsburgh, November 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
November 5, 2022, 9:34 pm
Obama pans celebrities who post ‘vile, antisemitic conspiracy theories online’
Former president tells rally: ‘You don’t have to be a student of history to understand how dangerous that is’
By Tobias Siegal
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