According to the London Times Online,Barack Obama already has a clear plan for Israel - the Saudi Peace plan: Barack Obama is to pursue an ambitious peace plan in the Middle East involving the recognition of Israel by the Arab world in exchange for its withdrawal to pre-1967 borders, according to sources close to America’s president-elect. Obama intends to throw his support behind a 2002 Sau...

What have Barack Obama and the Pope got in common? They've both shafted Gordon Brown. Sky reports that the visit to Israel of our woeful excuse for a PM has barely been noticed, as Israel waits excitedly for Barack Obama. And the same thing happened in April when Mr B's visit to the US was overshadowed by that of the Pope.

Barack Obama will hope to sway uncertain Jewish voters back in the United States today as he visits Israel.

Gerald Warner, on his rather brilliant blog 'Is it just me?', has had a good go at Barack Obama. It's clear that Gerald is going to like Obama even less than he liked Tony Blair. And that is saying something.But the Democratic contender's attempts to flesh out his supposed foreign policy ahead of next week's visit to Europe suggest the man barely has a clue on the subject. This should worry us all...

As he has in the past, blogger Adam Holland provides a useful reminder of what some figures on the anti-Israel Left think of Barack Obama and his support for Israel. Third-party candidate Ralph Nader accuses Obama of “antisemitism against the Arab peoples.” (He invokes the old “Arabs are semites too” wheeze.) Longtime Israel-basher, Counterpunch editor and Nation

He simply can't leave it alone. The so-called 'charm' offensive with Israel is over, now that the midterms are concluded. And Barack Obama plans to make up for his abject policy failures at home and abroad by trying to muscle Israel, just as I predicted. The Israelis have announced building permits for around 1,345 badly needed apartments in the Har Homa neighborhood of Jerusalem. S...

Barack Obama has warned that Israel faces mounting international isolation and deepening security problems unless the stricken peace process with the Palestinians is brought back to life

Few could argue against the conclusion that Barack Obama's visit to Afghanistan and Iraq, which produced great pictures, and his two days in Jordan and Israel, when he skillfully navigated the sensitivities of Middle East politics, were a great success for his campaign. Barack Obama arrives in London on the final leg of his world tourBut Germany and France? Not so much. There seems to be a consens...

What is President-elect Barack Obama's view of Israel's retaliatory strikes on Hamas infrastructure in Gaza!?! It's difficult to imagine Israel lashing out without warning Bush and Obama in advance... PS Can we assume Somali pirate activity will rapidly decline once Chinese warships start taking no prisoners!?!

So the almost preternaturally cool and confident Barack Obama does get nervous after all. He interrupted Chief Justice John Roberts as he read the oath, prompting the head of the Supreme Court to misplace the word "faithfully" Here's the transcript, courtesy of MSNBC: ROBERTS: I, Barack Hussein Obama... OBAMA: I, Barack... ROBERTS: ... do solemnly swear... OBAMA: I, Barack Hussein Obama, do s...