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Breaking News U.S. Asking for Concessions in Peace Talks To Appease Israel on Iran, Palestinian Official Says
A senior Palestinian official said the United States was asking Palestinians to make security concessions in peace talks with Israel in order to silence the Jewish state’s criticism of world power diplomacy over Iran’s nuclear program. The accusations by Yasser Abed Rabbo, who joined Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of…
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Breaking News Palestinians Claim U.S. Is Appeasing Israel Over Iran — at Their Expense
A senior Palestinian official said the United States was asking Palestinians to make security concessions in peace talks with Israel in order to silence the Jewish state’s criticism of world power diplomacy over Iran’s nuclear programme. The accusations by Yasser Abed Rabbo, who joined Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of…
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Breaking News Netanyahu Urges U.S. To Demand Iran Change Genocidal Anti-Israel Policy
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday urged the United States and other world powers to demand that Iran change what he called its “genocidal” anti-Israel policy as part of negotiations with Tehran on a final nuclear deal. Cautioning the international community to “beware” of Iran’s intentions, Netanyahu underscored his deep skepticism over an interim…
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Breaking News Shimon Peres Willing To Meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
Israeli President Shimon Peres said he would be willing to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. “Why not? I don’t have enemies; it’s not a matter of a person but of a policy,” Peres said Sunday in Tel Aviv at the Globes Business Conference during an on-stage interview with CNN’s Richard Quest. “The purpose is…
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Breaking News Obama Takes Aim at Netanyahu’s Position on Iran Deal
President Obama sharply criticized as not viable several Israeli government postures on talks with Iran, but asserted that the military option remained on the table should those negotiations fail. In a wide-ranging talk with Haim Saban, the entertainment mogul who funds the annual Saban Forum in Washington, Obama took aim at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s…
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Opinion On Iran, Israeli Intel and Politicos Part Ways
Tensions between Israel’s political leadership and intelligence professionals appear to have returned to the state of open warfare that prevailed before 2011, judging by the noises coming out of the two camps. The issue, once again, is Iran. Tensions have been simmering under the surface since shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took office in…
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Opinion The Fracturing of American Jewry
The interim deal recently signed with Iran that would freeze its nuclear program in exchange for limited sanctions relief is not only a blow to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It also exposes the weakness of prominent American Jewish leaders and their organizations, which lobbied the U.S. Senate to act on new sanctions against Iran…
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Breaking News Kerry Assures Netanyahu Core Sanctions on Iran Will Remain Despite New Deal
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that core sanctions against Iran would remain in place despite its interim nuclear deal with world powers. The Nov. 24 accord in Geneva was denounced as a “historic mistake” by Netanyahu, increasing strains in an alliance already marked by his past…
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