2012 US presidential election

Why Obama won't take on Israel

Jonathan Cook
15 November 2012

Thinking that the US president will alter his Middle East policy is fanciful.

New Obama video, like 2010 pro-Israel ad, uses sleazy sex talk to lure youth support

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 10/26/2012 - 18:18

These ads reduce women from political actors to sexual objects doing men’s bidding.

As election day approaches in swing state Ohio, my TV keeps blaring 'vote for Israel'

Submitted by Alice Bach on Wed, 10/24/2012 - 03:43

“Imagine if there were a national candidate whose ads showed Gazan children wounded by Israeli weapons”

Official Israel government Twitter account joins partisan attacks on Obama

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 09/25/2012 - 12:47

Is Obama ready – like Bill Clinton – to “get in a ditch, and fight and die” for Israel?

Why we should welcome Mitt Romney's Middle East straight talk

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 09/18/2012 - 18:14

Mitt Romney’s comments get at a truth that is widely recognized in the US establishment though rarely spoken in public.

Did Democratic delegates just vote down Obama bid to pander to AIPAC on Jerusalem?

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 09/05/2012 - 22:55

A must-see video seems to show the Democratic National Convention rejecting an Obama-inspired amendment to pander to Israel over Jerusalem.

Mitt Romney, Palestinian culture and white supremacism: responses worth reading

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 20:57

Romney’s comments only the latest racist attacks targeting Palestinians in the long US presidential campaign. Some responses worth reading.

Why is it open season on Palestinians in US presidential race?

Hasan Abu Nimah
Amman
12 January 2012
The pro-Israel rhetoric of some election hopefuls is so extreme that they make George W. Bush seem reasonable by comparison.

Gingrich comments on Palestinians a "play" for "Jewish" money, former strategist says

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sat, 12/10/2011 - 22:40

Newt Gingrich, the US Republican presidential hopeful and former House Speaker who said Palestinians are an “invented people,” was making a “play” to attract “Jewish” money to his campaign, a former advisor said

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