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Fast Forward Eric Cantor Accuses Barack Obama of Appeasement on Iran
Rep. Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, cited the lateness of American actions against the Nazis in critiquing President Obama’s foreign policy on Iran and elsewhere. In a speech Monday to the Virginia Military Institute, Cantor (R-Va.), who is Jewish, described leading a congressional delegation recently to Auschwitz to mark the 69th anniversary of the…
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Opinion Israeli Right Turning on Security Chiefs: ‘Treason’
‘Arguably treasonous’? Former Israeli intelligence chiefs Meir Dagan of Mossad (left) and Yuval Diskin of Shin Bet / Wikimedia Commons There seems be a growing realization on the pro-Israel right — in some corners of it, at least — that its notions of Israel’s security needs don’t have much support among Israel’s security professionals. What…
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News AIPAC in Disarray After Iran Sanctions Setback
(JTA) — The highlight of AIPAC’s year is the final day of its annual policy conference, when thousands of activists ascend Capitol Hill to lobby for the passage of the organization’s legislative priorities. But just three weeks before the conference, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is facing a dilemma: how to craft a legislative…
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Fast Forward AIPAC Caves on Iran Sanctions Push
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee backed away from pressing for passage of an Iran sanctions bill at this time. In a speech Thursday on the Senate floor, sponsor Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said dealing with Iran deserved “a spirit of bipartisanship and unity,” and rejected bids to make it a partisan issue. “I hope…
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Opinion AIPAC Lost Iran Sanctions Battle — Not War
Sanctions bill sponsor Sen. Robert Menendez addresses AIPAC annual policy conference, Washington Convention Center, March 5, 2013 / Getty Images Efforts to pass a new Iran sanctions bill have not only stalled in the Senate, but appear to be slowing even in the House. Perhaps predictably, given the focus on AIPAC as the primary driver…
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Fast Forward President Obama Threatens Iran Sanctions Veto in State of Union
President Obama talked up Mideast peace talks and warned Congress he would veto any Iran sanctions bill during a State of the Union address that mostly focused on domestic issues. He said the goal of the “difficult” negotiations between Palestinians and Israel is “lasting peace and security for the State of Israel – a Jewish…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu: Interim Deal Set Iran’s Nuclear Drive Back By Just 6 Weeks
An international deal capping Iran’s nuclear work set the program back by just six weeks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, accusing Tehran of using the hiatus to hone technologies with bomb-making potential. Iran this month began implementing the interim nuclear accord it clinched with world powers in Geneva in November, and which…
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Fast Forward Israeli Anti-Zionist Sentenced for Spying for Iran
A member of the anti-Zionist haredi Orthodox Neturei Karta sect who offered to spy for Iran was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison under a plea bargain. The Jerusalem District Court approved the sentence on Tuesday. Yitzhak Bergil, 47, was arrested by the Shin Bet security service and Israeli police in July. He was charged…
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