All Entries Tagged With: "barack obama"
Elie Wiesel Takes Obama, World Leaders to Task For Allowing Syrian Slaughter
When Holocaust Survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel introduced US President Barack Obama to an audience at the Holocaust Museum on Monday, he remarked that the Holocaust Museum was a place of redemption – but that it was also a place of questions. Many of these, he said, were disturbing. He went on two ask [...]
Obama and Cameron To Iran: Negotiate or Face Consequences
On Wednesday, US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron warned Iranian officials to take upcoming diplomatic talks seriously or else face harsh consequences. Obama declared, as he has in past weeks, that he was “determined” to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. He argued that if Iran came into the possession of [...]
Posthumous Baptism Researcher Launches New Accusations against Mormon Church
Earlier this year, ex-Mormon researcher Helen Radkey accused members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of performing posthumous proxy baptisms on the families of Holocaust survivors. Some of these figures included Elie Wiesel, Anne Frank and Simon Wiesenthal. According to the Associated Press, Jewish Journalist Daniel Pearl, who bravely proclaimed his faith [...]
Netanyahu to meet with Obama as Iran Shows Increasing Disregard for Sanctions, Human Rights
On Monday, the White House announced that US President Barack Obama would meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 5. According to Reuters, the meeting will be the first between the two leaders since US officials speculated that Israel might launch an attack on Iran in the coming months. White House officials said [...]
Sarkozy Pushes for Diplomacy as Iranian Rhetoric Worsens
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has pledged not to compromise on Israel’s security. According to the JTA’s Devorah Lauter, he called Israel a “miracle” and declared that he would not stand for the “questioning of Israel’s security.” Yet, he stopped short of declaring support for military action against Iran. Like American President Barack Obama, he said [...]
America’s Feeble Support of Israel May Weaken Chance of Diplomacy
On Sunday, President Barack Obama said that he did not think Israel had decided yet whether or not to attack Iran. He indicated that he would try to work with Israel to solve its problems with Iran diplomatically. But America’s ability to negotiate may have been weakened by its lack of support of Israel over [...]
