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Fast Forward John Kerry’s ‘Shall We Talk’ Sparked Iran Thaw
First there was a handshake, then an invitation to talk and finally a 30-minute tete-a-tete that made for the highest-level official meeting between the United States and Iran in more than three decades. The opportunity for a rare meeting between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, came after…
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Israel News AIPAC Pushes Tough Line on Iran as Nuclear Thaw Picks Up Pace
Emerging from a losing and ultimately aborted congressional battle to win approval of military action against Syria, the mainstream pro-Israel lobby is now launching a new drive to set the terms for a potential nuclear deal between the United States and Iran. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is launching its campaign — one much…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Looks Forward to ‘Good’ Nuclear Meeting With Iran
Secretary of State John Kerry said he looked forward to a “good meeting” with Iran and major powers on Thursday but would not address what Iran needed to do to show a genuine desire to address its nuclear program. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif meets his counterparts from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the…
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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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Fast Forward Iran Leader Hassan Rouhani Questions ‘Dimensions’ of Holocaust Crime Against Jews
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani acknowledged the Holocaust as a crime against the Jews but refused to comment on its scope. “I have said before that I am not a historian, and that when it comes to speaking of the dimensions of the Holocaust it is the historians that should reflect on it,” Rouhani told CNN…
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Opinion How Benjamin Netanyahu’s Scowl Campaign Hurts Israel
As the world’s leaders converge in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is encountering an unusual confluence of activities and initiatives concerning nonconventional weaponry in the Middle East. Some of this activity appears to be working to Israel’s benefit, some of it against Israel. Netanyahu is working overtime…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Dismisses Iranian President Rouhani’s UN Speech as ‘Hypocrisy’
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s U.N. address was “cynical” and Tehran was stalling for time in order to develop nuclear arms. “It was a cynical speech full of hypocrisy,” Netanyahu said in a statement after Rouhani addressed the annual gathering of world leaders at the…
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