One Jerusalem: End of Week Review: May 17, 2009

From an email from One Jerusalem:

End of Week Review: May 17, 2009

Dear Friend of Jerusalem,

Here are the latest headlines from the One Jerusalem Blog:

● In Iran, The Politics of Holocaust Denial: From the headline,"Rival Criticizes Ahmadinejad's Holocaust Denial", one might get the mistaken impression that one of Ahmadinejad's challengers for President of Iran has denounced the anti-semitic incumbent and declared the historical truth about the attempted destruction of World Jewry.Unfortunately, this... (read more)

● What Is With Pope Benedict?: For a mild mannered scholarly man he sure causes a stir. This morning when I met an evangelical Christian friend of Israel he started the conversation by telling me that he had just been interviewed on the Pope's trip to... (read more)

● Obama Takes Iran Off The Table: We have commented on the Obama Administration's penchant to dictate policy to Israel without extending the courtesy of consulting Israel, America's most important ally in the Middle East. Even before his first official meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Obama... (read more)

● Obama Team Continues To See Iran As An Israeli Issue: Today, the Obama Administration's National Security Adviser, Jim Jones, reiterated their policy of linking the Palestinian and Iranian issues. In an interview on ABC news, Jones said "We understand Israel's preoccupation with Iran..." This sounds like the Obama team is... (read more)

Sincerely, The One Jerusalem Team

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