Lobelog - Sheldon Adelson rode in like an apocalyptic horseman to save the campaign of Newt Gingrich with a $5 million donation to Newt’s super-PAC, Winning Our Future.

Adelson is perhaps the most well-known heavy hitter among contributors largely motivated by their extreme hawkish stances on Israel. He has been honored by the far-right Zionist Organization of America (ZOA, a group so extreme even AIPAC tends to try to keep its distance from them), but he has also been a major funder of AIPAC, making sure he keeps his hand in mainstream US politics on this issue and enabling him to exert a strong push of those politics toward the right.

CNI summarizes the policy positions of President Obama and the top Republican nominees.

Huffington Post - JERUSALEM -- When Newt Gingrich told an interviewer last month that the Palestinians were an "invented people," his remark drew almost universal rebuke.

Even those who did not find it deeply offensive -- or counterproductive -- assumed that its extreme nature would further harm his chances at the presidency.

Except, that is, for Sheldon Adelson.

Yahoo News - Turkey's press has not reacted kindly to comments made by Texas governor Rick Perry during the South Carolina GOP debate Monday night in which he described Turkey's moderate Islamic leadership as Islamic terrorists.

Bruce Fein On Fox: Ron Paul "Is The Only One Who Is Hawkish On Defending Americans In America"

Republican candidate Ron Paul, unlike other members of his party, is critical of US support for Israel.

Al Jazeera - Will the news media let Ron Paul raise serious questions about US foreign policy?

It's a crucial test case not only of the prospects that the media will serve the interests of the 99 per cent rather than the 1 per cent, but of the prospects for a foreign military and economic policy that reflects the values and interests of the 99 per cent, rather than those of the 1 per cent.

Gingrich will abandon US values and safety for a chance at the White House.

Al Jazeera - Chicago, Illinois - Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House who faded into obscurity after resigning in 1998 amid a sex scandal, is back and seemingly ready to say anything to become the next president of the United States - even if it means making sycophantic statements that pander to the pro-Israel lobby but that oppose US policy and the best interests of the American people.