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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

Obama administration

In this photo from June 13, 2018, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks to the General Assembly before a vote to condemn Israeli actions in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, at UN headquarters in New York. (Don Emmert/AFP)
May 18, 2022, 8:06 pm
Calling Obama administration ‘cowardly,’ Danny Danon releases book on UN tenure
In ‘Lion’s Den,’ veteran Likudnik writes on Russia’s surprising help at Turtle Bay, laments current Israeli coalition’s ‘inexperience’ at the top
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative photo: Masked Jewish settlers, background, and Palestinians, foreground, hurl stones during clashes in the West Bank, Friday, May 3, 2013. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
December 17, 2021, 4:16 am
De-emphasized under Trump, report shows Biden taking settler violence more seriously
State Department publishes new administration’s first Country Reports on Terrorism, with section on West Bank Israeli violence far more detailed than it was during Trump years
By Jacob Magid
Former Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes (left) to then-US president Barack Obama in the White House, on April 7, 2015; Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (right) at the Knesset, on October 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais; Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 30, 2021, 10:20 pm
Former Obama adviser: Straightforward Bennett a ‘healthy break’ from Netanyahu
Ben Rhodes tells podcast he appreciates that Israel’s new PM is ‘candid’ about his views, welcomes leaders who don’t seek ‘a public fight to help their politics back home’
By ToI Staff
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 15: (Left to right) US Reps. Ayanna Pressley (Democrat-Massachusetts), Ilhan Omar (Democrat-Minnesota) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democrat-New York) listen as Rep. Rashida Tlaib (Democrat-Michigan) pauses while speaking at a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. on July 15, 2019. (Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images/AFP)
September 23, 2021, 6:26 am
‘Squad’ intercepted Iron Dome with perfectly timed strike on US-Israel ties
The Democratic Party mainstream remains staunchly pro-Israel, but progressives use partisan gridlock to make the Jewish state a wedge issue
By Lazar Berman
Left: US President Joe Biden speaks about Russia in the East Room of the White House, April 15, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik); Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a memorial ceremony for fallen soldiers at the Yad LeBanim House on the eve of Memorial Day, in Jerusalem, April 13, 2021. (Debbie Hill/Pool Photo via AP)
August 26, 2021, 4:43 pm
Netanyahu scaled back intelligence-sharing when Biden took office — report
New York Times says ex-PM gave Washington just two hours’ notice before attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear plant; Netanyahu said to have feared Obama administration was spying on him
By ToI Staff
Colin Kahl, delivers a speech during a panel discussion as part of the US-Islamic World Forum in the Qatari capital Doha on June 1, 2015. (AFP via Getty Images)
March 18, 2021, 4:56 pm
Israeli ex-security officials back Biden nominee who’s on ice over Israel record
3 generals who worked with Colin Kahl say he was instrumental in securing funding for Iron Dome and dedicated to preserving Israel’s qualitative military edge
By Ron Kampeas
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman testifies on Capitol Hill before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Oct. 3, 2013 (AP/Molly Riley)
January 16, 2021, 5:57 pm
Biden announces Iran deal negotiator Wendy Sherman for deputy secretary of state
New diplomatic team, veterans of Obama administration, embodies ‘my core belief that America is strongest when it works with our allies,’ says US president-elect
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, Secretary of State John Kerry, Vice President Joe Biden, and National Security Adviser Susan Rice, speaks during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington on March 31, 2016. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
January 7, 2021, 7:58 pm
PM aides said worried as Biden’s foreign policy team looking more like Obama’s
While Netanyahu critics Rice and Kerry won’t be dealing with Iran or Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israel reportedly concerned about role of former Iran deal negotiator Sherman
By Jacob Magid
US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 3, 2013, before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
January 5, 2021, 9:37 pm
Iran deal negotiator Wendy Sherman up for deputy US secretary of state — report
Key architect of 2015 agreement will join Tony Blinken at State Department reunion of Obama administration officials, according to Politico
By ToI Staff
US President-elect Joe Biden announces his choice for several positions in his administration during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
December 12, 2020, 4:09 am
Obama reunion? Biden fills Cabinet with former White House leaders
US president-elect leans into previous administration’s personnel and experience amid health, economic crises; progressive wing of party calls for more diversity
By AAMER MADHANI
Then US President Barack Obama listens as Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak makes a statement in the East Room of the White House in Washington, September 1, 2010. (Charles Dharapak/AP)
November 18, 2020, 6:33 am
In memoir, Obama defends coaxing regime change in Egypt but not in Bahrain
Discussing US policies during Arab Spring, former US president admits ‘inconsistency’ as he strove to balance ‘competing interests’; says AIPAC members viewed him with suspicion
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets with US President Barack Obama in New York, on September 21, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
November 16, 2020, 5:09 pm
Obama says he finds Netanyahu — and Putin — ‘fascinating’
Former US president says he and Israeli PM ‘did not share worldviews,’ which is why he included extensive context about him in his upcoming memoir
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) talks with US President Barack Obama at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery during the funeral of former president Shimon Peres on September 30, 2016. (AFP/Pool/Menahem Kahana)
November 13, 2020, 1:16 pm
Obama: Keeping power as ‘defender of Jews,’ Netanyahu justified almost anything
In new memoir, ex-president details fraught ties with Israeli PM and AIPAC; complains any criticism of Jerusalem makes one suspect of anti-Israel, even anti-Semitic sentiments
By ToI Staff
Then US Vice President Joe Biden on his way to speak to the press at the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Debbie Hill, Pool)
October 30, 2020, 3:37 am
‘The good cop’: Joe Biden and Israel during the Obama years
Democratic presidential candidate was loyal to the president during his White House tenure, but remained a steadfast friend to Israel and acted as a key interlocutor, insiders say
By Ron Kampeas
US President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he leaves Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, to return to the White House after being discharged, October 5, 2020. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
October 9, 2020, 10:17 am
Trump urges indictment of Biden, other officials for investigating 2016 campaign
US president issues rare criticism of top allies Barr and Pompeo, chastises the latter for not releasing Hillary Clinton emails, which he claims are ‘in the State Department’
By AFP and ToI Staff
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