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Opinion How Will Benjamin Netanyahu Confront Iran’s Charm Offensive?
A nasty altercation looms. No issue has been more central to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policy and his rhetoric than the threat of Iran. For years now, Iran has been the touchstone against which all else has been measured, as also the heart of Netanyahu’s representation to the nations of the world. Now comes President…
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Fast Forward Israel Says ‘Time’s Up’ for Iran Nuclear Talks
Iran is on course to develop a nuclear bomb within six months and time has run out for further negotiations, a senior Israeli minister said. Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said Iran still believed it had room for manoeuvre in dealing with world powers, and that unless it faced a credible threat of U.S. military…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Brands Iran Leader’s Charm Offensive as ‘Fraudulent’
Israel said on Thursday a U.S. television interview in which Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged that Tehran would never develop nuclear weapons was an Iranian attempt to deceive the world. “One must not be fooled by the Iranian president’s fraudulent words,” said a statement issued by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. “The Iranians are spinning…
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Fast Forward Iran Leader Hassan Rouhani Suggests Peace With Israel Is Goal
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in a new television interview, said his country is not seeking war and that Iran wants the Middle East to have “rule by the will of the people.” His comments came during the second part of an interview with NBC News that aired on Thursday, just days before he travels to…
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Opinion What Iran Leader’s ‘Shana Tova’ Tweet Really Means
President Obama has now confirmed that he has indeed exchanged letters with Iran’s new president, Hassan Rowhani. It is but one of a flurry of recent signals that the United States and Iran are considering direct talks in an effort to see if they can diplomatically resolve concerns over Iran’s nuclear program. Asked by George…
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Fast Forward President Hassan Rouhani Says Iran Will ‘Never Develop Nuclear Weapons’
WASHINGTON – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a television interview on Wednesday that his government would never develop nuclear weapons and that he has full authority to negotiate a nuclear deal with the West, NBC News reported. Speaking to the U.S. network at his presidential compound in Tehran, Iran’s new president also said the…
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Fast Forward Israel Accuses Iran of New Nuclear ‘Deception’
Israel accused Iran on Wednesday of using “deception and concealment” to buy time for its nuclear programme, signalling scepticism about the new Iranian president’s move away from the hardline stance of his predecessor. Israel, believed to be the Middle East’s only nuclear-armed power, also said an Arab push to single it out for criticism at…
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Israel News Israel Forges Close Ties With Azerbaijan — Both Eye Iran
(JTA) — With less than a month to go until presidential elections, the moustachioed smile of Ilham Aliyev stares down at his countrymen from giant posters scattered around this bustling metropolis on the Caspian Sea. The Azerbaijani president has been in office since 2003 and is widely expected to be re-elected, extending the leadership of…
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