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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Calls Hassan Rouhani ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’ in U.N. Speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed a charm offensive by Iran’s new president as a ruse concocted by a “wolf in sheep’s clothing,” and declared that Israel was ready to stand alone to deny Tehran an atomic weapon. In a combative address to the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu spoke harshly about Hassan Rouhani,…
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Opinion Bibi’s Peace Dilemma: Defying His Own Party
With the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations operating under a tightly sealed cone of silence imposed by Secretary of State John Kerry, Middle East policy junkies have developed an elaborate guessing game that takes the form of a will-he-or-won’t-he dissection of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s intentions. The idea is to examine what’s known about Netanyahu’s past, his…
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Fast Forward Joe Biden Tells J Street Peace Talks Are Best Chance for Stability
WASHINGTON — Instability in the Middle East presents an incentive to advance Israeli-Palestinian peace, Vice President Joe Biden told J Street’s annual conference. After reviewing an array of countries seized by unrest, including Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Yemen and Bahrain, as well as the threat posed by Iran’s suspected nuclear program, Biden said Monday that he…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Urges Obama to Maintain Iran Sanctions During White House Meeting
WASHINGTON – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday to keep sanctions in place against Iran and to even tighten them if Tehran continues its nuclear advances during a coming round of negotiations with the West. Seeking to ease Israeli concerns about U.S. diplomatic engagement with Iran, Obama said Tehran…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu To Ask Obama To Not Lift Iran Sanctions, Says Official
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is to meet today with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House, is expected to ask at the meeting that international sanctions on Iran not be lifted. A senior Israeli official, who is familiar with the details of preparations for the meeting, said that while previous meetings between Netanyahu…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Arrives in New York, Promises To Tell Truth About Rowhani
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to “tell the truth” during his visit to New York and Washington. “I will represent the citizens of Israel, our national interests, our rights as a people, our determination to defend ourselves and our hope for peace,” Netanyahu said Saturday night as he boarded a flight for the United…
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Fast Forward Israel Strikes Wary Tone on Iran After Barack Obama’s Speech Gives Mixed Signals
The good news for Israel in President Obama’s speech at the United Nations was his insistence that any steps Iran might take to solve the standoff over its nuclear program must be transparent and verifiable. The bad news was that Obama wasn’t clear about what those steps should be. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in…
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Fast Forward Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Wants a Nuclear Deal Within Three Months
Iranian President Hassan Rohani said in a newspaper interview on Wednesday that he wants to reach a deal with world powers on Tehran’s nuclear program in three to six months. “The only way forward is for a timeline to be inserted into the negotiations that’s short,” Rohani was quoted as telling the Washington Post, through…
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