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Opinion Does the Iran Deal Force Americans Jews To Choose Between Dual Loyalties?
Does anyone else find it strange that synagogues have American and Israeli flags on the bimah? I’m not referring, here, to the question of whether political symbols belong in a sanctuary — although that is certainly debatable. I mean: Doesn’t it look a bit like dual loyalty? As if we pledge allegiance to two flags,…
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Breaking News Final Deal on Iran Could Include Capacity for Enrichment, White House Says
A final deal with Iran could include a capacity for uranium enrichment, the White House said. “We are prepared to negotiate a strictly limited enrichment program in the end state, but only because the Iranians have indicated for the first time in a public document that they are prepared to accept rigorous monitoring and limits…
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The Schmooze A Christmas Song, Brought to You by an Israeli-Iranian Duo
What’s the only thing that Israel and Iran can agree on? Christmas, apparently. Israeli singer Liel Kolet has teamed up with exiled Iranian singer Ebrahim Hamedi, 64, better known as Ebi, to release a holiday single called “I Can Hear Christmas,” Ynet reported. Originally written by Yoav Ginai and Tomer Addadi for Israeli singer Boaz…
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Breaking News Yair Lapid Warns Netanyahu To Take More Cautious Tone With U.S. on Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should take the heat out of his row with U.S. President Barack Obama, his top coalition partner said on Tuesday, warning that the spat over Iran was not helping Israel. “I think we have to lower the flames with the Americans,” said Finance Minister Yair Lapid, who heads the second…
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Opinion A Conspicuous Silence in Congress
If there is one so-far unexplained mystery about the agreement with the mullahs in Iran, it is this: Why are Senate Democrats so silent? This is, after all, President Obama’s biggest diplomatic overture ever. Right or wrong, nothing else he does overseas will be remembered or noted with as much attention. Normally, a party’s leadership…
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Opinion In Reaction to Iran Deal, a Clash of Worldviews
In recent days, the Israeli and American media have been full of talk about a crisis in relations between the two countries — and, more specifically, between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The two governments are at loggerheads over the first stage of a nuclear agreement the United States and five other…
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Breaking News Netanyahu Has ‘Declared War’ on U.S., Says Olmert
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert accused Benjamin Netanyahu of declaring war on the United States. “We’ve declared war on the American government. You can’t deny this,” Olmert said Sunday at panel discussion during a special conference on the Geneva agreement at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, according to Israeli media….
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Israel News Israeli Security Experts Offer Divergent Views on Iran Nuclear Deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s full-throated denunciation of the interim nuclear deal reached with Iran has overshadowed any other reactions from Israel’s intelligence and military echelon. For Netanyahu, the agreement between the Islamic Republic and Western powers is “not an historic agreement, it is an historic mistake.” This dismissive view was echoed by many of his…
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