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Fast Forward John Kerry Says No Deal Yet With Iran on Nuclear Program
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday important gaps needed to be bridged in high-stakes talks with Iran on curbing its nuclear programme and he would meet Tehran’s foreign minister shortly to try to clinch an interim deal. “I want to emphasise there is not an agreement at this point,” Kerry said shortly after…
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Fast Forward Angry Benjamin Netanyahu Bitterly Rejects Nuclear Deal With Iran
Israel’s worst fears will be realised if a proposed deal by world powers goes ahead with Tehran, sharply curtailing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu options in his campaign against Iran’s contested nuclear programme. The possible accord might not only tie Israel’s hand in any future military action against Iran, but it could also have an unexpected…
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Fast Forward Israel Rejects Iran Nuclear Deal — John Kerry to Geneva as Agreement Nears
Israel rejected out of hand on Friday a mooted deal between world powers and Iran, just as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry prepared to join nuclear talks that aim to nail down an interim agreement on the decade-old standoff. Western diplomats say that a deal at the negotiations in Geneva is far from certain,…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Heads to Geneva as Iran Nuclear Deal Looks in Sight
Secretary of State John Kerry will join nuclear talks between major powers and Iran in Geneva on Friday in an attempt to nail down a long-elusive accord to start resolving a decade-old standoff over Tehran’s atomic aims. Kerry, on a Middle East tour, will fly to the Swiss city at the invitation of European Union…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Slams Possible Iran Nuclear Deal as ‘Historic’ Mistake
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers was taking shape in talks in Geneva, and adopting it would be a “mistake of historic proportions”. “Israel understands that there are proposals on the table in Geneva today that would ease the pressure on Iran for concessions that…
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Israel News Jewish Groups Split on 60-Day ‘Time Out’ for Lobbying Over Iran Nukes
A closed-door meeting meant to iron out differences between the Obama administration and the Jewish community on Iran has instead exposed previously unseen cracks in the wall of unity that mainstream Jewish groups have maintained on the issue. Emerging from the October 29 White House meeting, the Anti-Defamation League decided to break ranks with other…
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Fast Forward AIPAC and AJC Refuse ‘Time Out’ on Iran Push
AIPAC and the American Jewish Committee refused a White House request to suspend lobbying for new sanctions on Iran. Top National Security Council staffers in an Oct. 29 meeting had asked the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and the AJC to suspend for 60 days lobbying for new congressional legislation that would intensify sanctions. They…
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Fast Forward Abraham Foxman Confirms ‘Time Out’ on Iran Nuclear Push
ADL National Director Abe Foxman has confirmed that leaders of major Jewish organizations have agreed on a limited “time out” during which they will not push for stronger sanctions on Iran. “That means that we are not lobbying for additional sanctions and we are not lobbying for less sanctions,” Foxman told Haaretz as well as…
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