FACT CHECK: Gingrich’s Incendiary Example From Palestinian Textbook Was Bogus

Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress For all the hawkish Mideast rhetoric among the GOP presidential field, Newt Gingrich is quickly distinguishing himself for right-wing stances on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the latest such posturing, the former House speaker cited… Continue Reading

Huntsman’s Incoherent Middle East Policy: ‘Now Might Not Be The Time For Negotiations’

Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress Jon Huntsman laid out his foreign policy views on Monday, but, while showing a strong grasp of U.S.-Asia policy and calling for a scaling back of U.S. military deployments, his vision of the U.S.… Continue Reading

The Daily Talking Points

News and views on U.S.-Iran relations for November 27-29, 2010: The Wall Street Journal: Harvard professor and Project for the New American Century signatory Stephen Peter Rosen writes that while the United States promotes the elimination of nuclear weapons, Iran… Continue Reading

Obama Offers Lukewarm Endorsement of Linkage

Earlier today, President Barack Obama told a group of Jewish leaders that resolving tensions between Israel and its Arab neighbors would increase Iran’s isolation. The comments, which were written up by Foreign Policy’s Josh Rogin, would suggest that neoconservatives who… Continue Reading