Category Archives: Saudi Arabia

Obama’s Cairo speech gets quick results

Posted on 06/06/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Obama’s public weakening of support for Israel is getting the results you would expect: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, said the US should use aid it gives Israel as leverage in order to pressure the state into accepting … Continue reading →

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Honesty is the best policy, Israeli Exception Clause version

Posted on 06/03/2009 by Meryl Yourish

“Part of being a good friend is being honest,” Mr. Obama said in an interview with NPR News. “And I think there have been times where we are not as honest as we should be about the fact that the … Continue reading →

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Obama and the Saudi Lobby

Posted on 02/27/2009 by Meryl Yourish

In a previous post (or in a conversation I had with a friend), I wondered about how much Obama was beholden to the Saudi Lobby, and what the results of that would be. The Saudi Lobby, of course, is the … Continue reading →

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