U.S. Middle East

Ross to White House: it’s official

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

As this blog reported last week, longtime U.S. Middle East peace negotiator and pro-Israel think tanker Dennis Ross is going over to the White House; as numerous blogs have reported, it’s something of a promotion for Ross, who had a nebulous role at the State Department as a special envoy to something or other.

Here’s what the NSC spokesman had to say:

After Two Rounds Of Pardons, Pollard Still Waits

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Adam Dickter in New York

President Bush’s second wave of pardons as he packs his bags included a man who paid a price for sticking his neck out for Israel. No, not Jonathan Pollard.

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