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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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Opinion Why Iranian Leader Hassan Rowhani May Not Be Ahmadinejad II
While the rest of the world cautiously welcomed the surprise election of Hassan Rowhani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood virtually alone in swiftly dismissing the Iranian centrist as a wolf in sheep’s clothing. And when Iranian news agencies misquoted Rowhani as calling Israel an “old wound” that must be removed, Netanyahu was quick to…
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Opinion Many Little Qaedas: How War on Terror Backfired
Boy, President Obama is really taking it on the chin over the latest Al Qaeda threat and the closing of those 19 embassies. On the right, he’s getting hammered by the likes of The Wall Street Journal’s Bret Stephens, the Washington Post’s Marc Thiessen, Long Island Republican Rep. Peter King and even the distinguished Bard…
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Fast Forward White House Is Willing To Engage With Iran on Nuclear Issues
The United States said on Sunday it is prepared to work with the new government of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to address concerns about Iran’s nuclear program if Iran will engage seriously on the issue. “The inauguration of President Rouhani presents an opportunity for Iran to act quickly to resolve the international community’s deep concerns…
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Fast Forward Iran Leader’s ‘Wound’ Remark Shows Threat to Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu Insists
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday Iranian president-elect Hassan Rouhani had shown his true face after he was quoted as saying Israel was a “wound” that must be removed. Netanyahu said Rouhani, due to take office on Sunday, was no less anti-Israel than his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and said the world must not…
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Opinion Letting Syria Go
The rebels in Syria are losing. Over the past two years of revolt — a conflict that has now taken 93,000 lives — there have been moments when Bashar al-Assad looked like he was on the ropes. But that is not the case anymore. And our own government officials know it. Jay Carney, the president’s…
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