Obama and the Israeli Lobby: Challenging the Game

For years, Israel has always been the determinant of America's action in the Middle East. No President of the United States, the surviving Superpower, has successfully challenged Israel and her powerful lobby group, AIPAC (American-Israel Public Affairs Committee) but Barack Hussein Obama did. Publicly, in a joint news conference, he told Binyamin Netanyahu that the best and speedy solution to the Palestinian crisis will come if Israel reverts to the 1967 borderline. Again, the appointment of Chuck Hagel proves that the President knows what he is doing; never going to compromise the security of Israel but not going to genuflect for her or succumb to Israel's whims and caprices. Read More