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Fast Forward Kerry Reassures Netanyahu on Bid To Rid Syria of Chemical Weapons
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry assured Israel on Sunday a U.S.-Russian deal to remove Syria’s chemical weapons would be effective, addressing concern that a lack of resolve would embolden Iran in its nuclear drive. “We cannot have hollow words in the conduct of international affairs, because that affects all other issues, whether Iran or…
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Fast Forward Israel Won’t Ratify Chemical Arms Treaty Before Its Neighbors Do, Officials Say
With Moscow and Washington now discussing a diplomatic deal that would rid Syria of its chemical weapons, officials in Jerusalem are preparing for the possibility that Israel will be asked to submit to supervision of the chemical weapons that foreign reports say it possesses. In the past few days, Foreign Ministry officials note, senior Russian…
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Fast Forward Israel Happy But Wary of Iran’s Rosh Hashanah Greeting
Israelis reacted with a mixture of pleasant surprise and wary scepticism on Friday to reports that the new Iranian president and his foreign minister had both issued greetings to mark the Jewish New Year. Relations between the two countries have been dire for years, with Israel threatening to attack the Islamic Republic over fears it…
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Fast Forward Iranian Leader Hasan Rouhani Tweets ‘Shana Tova’ to Jews
A Twitter account believed to operate with the authorization of Iranian President Hassan Rohani wished Jews worldwide a Shanah Tovah. “As the sun is about to set here in #Tehran I wish all Jews, especially Iranian Jews, a blessed Rosh Hashanah,” the tweet posted Wednesday said. The office of the recently elected Iranian president has…
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Fast Forward Will New Iranian Leader Free Jewish Prisoner Robert Levinson?
The United States has asked Iran to free a Jewish U.S. citizen who has been detained there for six years. In a statement issued Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry asked Iran’s new president Hasan Rouhani “to work cooperatively with us” to free Robert Levinson, as well as dual-citizens Amir Hekmati, and Saeed Abedini…
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News Filmmaker Joseph Shamash Tries To Bridge Gap With Iran
Joseph Shamash believes that film creates space in real life for conversations to happen. That is his intention with his “One Wish for Iran, Love Israel,” video, which has gone viral since it was uploaded to YouTube in early August. The video shows Israelis and Palestinians from different walks of life and religious backgrounds sharing…
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Opinion Egypt Isn’t Syria. One Is Fixable. One, Not So Much
Israel’s Walla News site offers a fascinating and, I think, crucial insight (in Hebrew) into the turmoil in Egypt and Syria. It’s by Dror Ze’evi, a professor of Turkish and Middle East history at Ben-Gurion University in the Negev. He writes that the two conflicts, however similar or related they might appear on the surface,…
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News Did Robert Mugabe Sign Uranium Deal To Aid Iran Nuclear Program?
Zimbabwe has denied reports it signed a covert agreement to supply Iran with the uranium it needs to develop a nuclear weapon. Such a deal would be in violation of international sanctions imposed on the two regimes. The Times of London quoted Gift Chimanikire, the outgoing Zimbabwean deputy mining minister, as saying that he has…
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