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The odd-couple pairing of Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu has apparently frayed for good, at least according to Ben Smith’s sources at the White House. As in most breakups, it’s not clear just who is dumping whom, but the alliance between the US and Israel may be at its nadir. Ironically, the US has belatedly discovered that Mahmoud Abbas isn’t exactly a partner for peace: In recent weeks, in the wake of the latest collapse of American diplomacy in the region around Thanksgiving, a new, more hard-headed view of Netanyahu has become cemented in the West Wing — one that...

The United States government in no way condones such acts of disrespect against the religion of Islam, and is deeply concerned about deliberate attempts to offend members of religious or ethnic groups. The embassy wants to emphasize that we strongly condemn the offensive messages, which are contrary to U.S. government policy and deeply offensive to Muslims especially during the month of Ramadan. President Obama made clear in Cairo in his speech on June 4, 2009 that he considers it part of his responsibility as President to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they occur. And during his recent Iftar...

Now that Barack Obama has decided to be for the Ground Zero mosque before being implicitly against it (perhaps), discussion about his faith has once again reached a fever pitch. To many, his stance proves he's a Muslim, with a recent poll showing that almost 20 percent of Americans hold that opinion; to others, it just reflects a desire to be faithful to the Constitution (now, that would be change). The truth, however, is a bit more nuanced. Obama is not religiously Muslim. Culturally, though...well, that's a different matter altogether. In reality, calling Obama a "Muslim" gives him too much...

(IsraelNN.com) The administration of United States President Barack Obama has encouraged "resistance" by Arabs to protest Israel's presence in eastern Jerusalem, according to a senior Palestinian Authority official cited by WorldNetDaily on Thursday The claim follows a news conference immediately following a meeting in Jordan last week between PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Middle East envoy George Mitchell, during which Abbas declared the Arab "right" to "resistance" against Israel.

During his visit to the White House Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu reportedly experienced the kind of self-consciously scornful treatment intended to tempt a soon-to-be declared enemy foolishly to take responsibility for the break in relations that precedes open hostility. “For a head of state to visit the White House and not pose for photographers is rare. For a key ally to be left to his own devices while the President withdraws to have dinner in private was, until this week, unheard of. Yet that is how Binyamin Netanyahu was treated by President Obama on Tuesday night, according to Israeli reports...

March 26, 2010 Binyamin Netanyahu Humiliated After Barack Obama 'Dumped Him For Dinner' (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) The President was said to have walked out of the meeting, saying to Mr Netanyahu: 'Let me know if there is anything new' Giles Whittell, Washington, and James Hider, Jerusalem For a head of government to visit the White House and not pose for photographers is rare. For a key ally to be left to his own devices while the President withdraws to have dinner in private was, until this week, unheard of. Yet that is how Binyamin Netanyahu was treated by President Obama...