United States

Holier than thou

Mar 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Front-runner Democratic candidate to the White House Hillary Clinton gave the world, in general, and the Arab countries, in particular, especially the Palestinian people, a hint at what her foreign policy would be if she were elected US president in November. Addressing the packed […]

AIPAC’s anti-BDS campaign

Mar 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby When the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) comes to town this week for its annual policy conference, high on the agenda of issues it will be pushing Congress to support are bills designed to “fight the boycott of Israel”. This campaign […]

Sanders’ silence on Israel

Mar 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Dov Waxman No foreign country features as prominently in American presidential election campaigns as Israel, and those aspiring to occupy the world’s most powerful political office, whether Republican or Democrat, routinely proclaim their support for that tiny and distant country. Yet, in the current crop […]

Almost 7 years after Cairo speech

ABDULRAHMAN AL-RASHED Published — Saturday 19 March 2016 I wish US President Barack Obama’s stormy interview with Jeffrey Goldberg for The Atlantic magazine took place five years ago. Perhaps back then its implications would have been different. This time his frankness has angered his friends and very little can be […]

USA:How an Uncritical Media Helped Trump’s Ris

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/donald-trump-and-the-failure-of-the-us-media-a-1082401.html#ref=nl-international An Essay By Holger Stark Forbes writer Clare O’Connor? “Dummy.” AP reporter Jill Colvin? “One of the truly bad reporters.” CNN Journalist Sara Murray? “Absolutely terrible.” Arianna Huffington? “Liberal clown.” Fox moderator Megyn Kelly? “A bimbo” with “blood coming out of her wherever.” It would be hard to top the insults […]

New US peace proposal

Mar 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah US President Barack Obama seems to be considering ideas that could facilitate a deal between the Palestinians and the Israelis, not while still in office, as time is running short for that, but for the benefit of his successors. “Middle East peace […]

‘Collective punishment’

Mar 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – George S. Hishmeh A week ago, my mailbox had a surprising letter addressed to my wife and me by a David Trone, who only provided a post office number and the name of a nearby neighbourhood for his address. The opening line was addressed to “dear […]