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In His New York Times Op-Ed, former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy argued that Republicans are the only U.S. presidents who have mounted “serious, sustained pressure on Israel’s leaders.” In response, Commentary’s Jonathan Tobin offers a lengthy survey of how Democratic presidents — including those who were unquestionably friends of Israel — have also pressured the […]

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In their final debate Monday night, President Obama responded to criticism from Mitt Romney for not visiting Israel since his election by noting that on his 2008 trip to Israel as a candidate, he had visited Yad Vashem and Sderot. “So that’s how I’ve used my travels when I travel to Israel and when I […]

Commentary’s Jonathan Tobin has responded to my earlier post in which I suggested that there was a possible alternative way of understanding President Obama’s insistence during the debate that the Iranians must “end their nuclear program.” Tobin had previously written that this statement seemingly forecloses the possibility of a deal in which the Iran would […]

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