Barack Obama

Are Obama supporters playing up Jewish religion of new White House chief to appease pro-Israel groups?

Under attack from Republicans for supposedly not being pro-Israel enough, US President Barack Obama has been doing all he can to prove that he is indeed the most pro-Israel president in history. His surrogates have been boasting, for example, that on his watch, US military aid to Israel has reached “unprecedented levels.” 

Egypt's military ruler Tantawi and the American siege of Gaza: revelations from Wikileaks

The US administration of President Barack Obama was even more actively involved than previously known in enforcing the siege of Gaza along Egypt’s border with the territory. And the Pentagon provided direct assistance and technology for these efforts, a newly released official document reveals.