President Barack Obama

Obama: ‘No basis in fact’ to accusations US orchestrated UN anti-settlements vote

The president told an Israeli TV reporter that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu always had a friend in the White House, but he never realized it.

January 9, 2017 4:14 pm

Obama signs bill honoring colorful Jewish Korean War hero

Hungarian-born Tibor Rubin was sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp at 13 and when he was liberated by American troops 14 months later he vowed to join the U.S. army if and when he ever got to America.

January 1, 2017 7:52 am

With US abstention, Israel again forced to face reality of world’s rejection of settlements

For 24 years, three U.S. presidents — including, until now, Barack Obama — shielded Israel from an international community that has sought to exact consequences for its continued presence in disputed lands.

December 27, 2016 11:27 am