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Fast Forward Arab Bid To Pressure Israel Over Nukes Fails
An Arab bid to pressurize Israel over its assumed nuclear arsenal failed on Thursday after Washington and other powers united to reject it at the U.N. atomic watchdog’s annual gathering. The extent of the rejection – with a larger number of ‘no’s than a similar vote last year – will reassure Israel, whose relationship with…
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Fast Forward U.S. Vows To Strictly Enforce Iran Measures
The U.S. government will aggressively enforce sanctions against Iran and ensure it complies with the nuclear deal struck with the United States and other world powers, the nominee to head the office charged with using financial tools to counter national security threats said on Thursday. Adam Szubin, the U.S. Treasury’s acting under secretary for terrorism…
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Fast Forward Senate Democrats Block Last Gasp GOP Move on Iran
Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked legislation meant to kill the Iran nuclear deal for a third time, securing perhaps the greatest foreign policy win of President Barack Obama’s six years in office and clearing the way to implement the accord. By a 56-42 vote, the Republican-majority Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to…
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Fast Forward Obama and Netanyahu Will Meet To Mend Fences in November
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet in November to discuss the Iran nuclear deal as well as other regional security issues, the White House said on Wednesday. The Nov. 9 White House meeting will be the first for the two leaders since U.S.-led diplomacy resulted in an Iran nuclear deal…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Plans Russia Visit for Talks on Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Russia next week for talks with President Vladimir Putin on an expanding Russian military deployment in Syria, an Israeli official said on Wednesday. “The prime minister will present the threats to Israel emanating from the increased flow of advanced weaponry to the Syrian arena and from the transfer…
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Fast Forward Iran Nuclear Deal Sparks Hardline Backlash in Tehran
Iran’s nuclear deal may be eroding its isolation overseas, but at home it is deepening political infighting within the country’s complex power structure before two important elections, officials and analysts say. The agreement – welcomed by Iranians eager for a lifting of sanctions and improved living standards – has increased the popularity of pragmatist President…
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Fast Forward Clashes Erupt on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount for Third Day
Israeli police armed with stun grenades and tear gas clashed with rock-throwing Palestinian youths who barricaded themselves inside Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque on Tuesday, police and witnesses said, in the third day of violence at the sacred site. Masked Palestinians hurled flares at the security forces, who said they were trying to secure the plaza outside…
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Fast Forward American Lawmaker Says Middle East Must Take More Refugees
A leading U.S. Congressional opponent to allowing Syrian refugees into the United States said that Middle Eastern nations have “more room” to take in the huge wave of people fleeing their war-torn homeland. The United States faces significant security risks by agreeing to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees, which the Obama administration said it would do…
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