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Rudy Giuliani headed today’s Team McCain conference call, discussing the trip taken by Barack Obama adviser David Kurtzer to Syria in July. Giuliani, the recent selection for the GOP convention’s keynote speaker, took the opportunity to reassert himself on national security and foreign policy. Michael Goldfarb and Randy Scheuneman also took part in the call. Mayor Giuliani told the conference that the fact that the trip was not disclosed at the time shows Obama’s inexperience and irresponsibility on foreign policy. Giuliani pointed out that Obama included Assad on his list of world leaders he would meet without preconditions. He says...

Filed Under (Ruth Matar's letters from Jerusalem) by admin THE TEDDY BEAR DEMONSTRATION Letter from Ruth Matar (Women in Green) Jerusalem Thursday, July 17, 2008 Dear Friends, I was deeply shocked to learn that presidential candidate Barrack Hussein Obama has appointed Daniel Kurtzer as his key Middle East adviser! Kurtzer, a former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, has long been recognized by Israel leaders, including prime ministers, as biased against Israel and is notorious for urging extreme concessions from the Jewish State. The first time I came across the name Daniel Kurtzer was in December 2003, when, as U.S. Ambassador to...

Kurtzer: No excuse for Gaza terror herb keinon and greer fay cashman, THE JERUSALEM POST Sep. 13, 2005 With Israel now out of the Gaza Strip, the US will defend "even more vigorously" Israel's right to defend itself if terrorism continues to emanate from the area, departing US Ambassador Dan Kurtzer told The Jerusalem Post Monday. His comment came in response to a question about whether the US accepted Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's premise that Israel had gained international legitimacy to use greater force in fighting terror from Gaza. "I won't comment on the prime minister's view because he is...

US Ambassador Dan Kurtzer condemned Wednesday's terrorist attack in Jerusalem, speaking to reporters in the course of a visit with President Moshe Katsav less than two hours after the attack. Kurtzer said that he was shocked and saddened at yet another terrorist attack that has left Israelis dead and wounded, and expressed condolences to the families directly affected. "Terrorism is a terrible act at any time," he said, "but particularly during the holiday season." The United States stands with Israel as it has throughout the recent period of terrorism, Kurtzer continued, "in demanding that the Palestinian Authority not only speak...

IS U.S. AMBASSADOR DANIEL KURTZER A YEHUDON? LETTER FROM RUTH MATAR (WOMEN IN GREEN) JERUSALEM Thursday, January 15, 2004 Dear Friends, In last Sunday's Jerusalem Post, there was a BIG headline: "Mintz regrets 'Jewboy' slur". Adi Mintz is the director-general for the Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip, who called U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Daniel Kurtzer, a YEHUDON (little Jew-boy). Because of the uproar from the Israeli Left, Mr. Mintz was forced to send a letter of apology to Kurtzer, explaining that he regretted calling him a Yehudon. In an interview with Channel 1 (Israel...

Settler leader Adi Mintz sent an apology letter Thursday to US Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer explaining that he regretted calling him a yehudon (little Jewboy) in an interview he gave to the Shas movement newsletter From Day to Day. "I wrote a letter in which I told him that I didn't mean to insult him personally," said Mintz, who is the director-general for the Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip. He added that he had not meant to hurt Kurtzer. Mintz told The Jerusalem Post the use of the word yehudon was also unfortunate in that...

ZOA Protests U.S. Ambassador's Interference December 23, 2003 Contact: (212) 481-1500 Attn: NEWS EDITOR Amb. Kurtzer Demands Transfer of Jews ZOA PROTESTS U.S. AMBASSADOR AGAIN INTERFERING IN ISRAEL'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly protested the remark, as reported by the Israeli media, that U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer said it would be "unacceptable" if Israel's courts rule that the community of Migron is legal. ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said: "Imagine the outcry if there was an issue before an American court, and Israel's ambassador to the U.S. demanded that the...

Addressing delegates of the General Assembly of the United Jewish Communities meeting in Jerusalem, Kurtzer said that Washington was not opposed to the West Bank security fence per se, rather on the route of the project, which is projected to diverge from the pre-1967 war Green Line border eastward into West Bank territory. "Our challenge is not to determine if the road map is alive or not alive," Kurtzer said. "Our challenge is whether or not the two sides can begin to flesh out the content of the road map." He added that the road map in its current stage...

Mofaz Speaks with Kurtzer Following Terror Attack 21:21 Oct 15, '03 / 19 Tishrei 5764 (IsraelNN.com) Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz spoke with US Ambassador Dan Kurtzer following this morning’s bombing attack against an American diplomatic convoy in Gaza. Mofaz assured the ambassador Israel would continue doing everything to assist. Following the attack, the wounded were treated by Israeli medical personnel and transported to hospital by an IDF chopper. Joint efforts continue. Mr. Mofaz also reiterated to the ambassador that all intelligence assistance possible by Israel stands at the disposal of the US government to investigate the attack and apprehend...

Kurtzer slams settler movement By Ha'aretz Staff "Settlers represent a particular point of view in Israel about the future of the occupied territories; they do not represent a national consensus," U.S. Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer told the third annual Herzliya Conference on National Security yesterday. "The settlements movement today is not about the future existence of the state. Israel needs to make choices and define priorities," said the ambassador. He reiterated Secretary of State Colin Powell's statements, quoting directly from Powell that the "Israeli settlement activity has severely undermined Palestinian trust and hope. It preempts and prejudges the outcome of negotiations...