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Fast Forward Chuck Hagel Calls $10B Arms Deal a Warning To Iran
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Sunday a $10 billion arms deal under discussion with Washington’s Arab and Israeli allies sent a “very clear signal” to Tehran the military option remains on the table over its nuclear programme. “The bottom line is that Iran is a threat, a real threat,” said Hagel, who arrived in…
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Fast Forward No Deal in Sight on Final Day of Iran Nuclear Talks
Six world powers and Iran met for a second day on Saturday with scant hope of striking a breakthrough deal to ease concern that Tehran may be trying to develop nuclear weapons capability, a dispute that could escalate into a new Middle East war. Negotiators failed to narrow their differences when the two-day meeting began…
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Opinion Meeting Obama: Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon
Moshe Ya’alon was one of the first ministers that Obama met for more than a handshake and a brief chat, as he was part of the small party that accompanied him to the Iron Dome. Moments before they viewed the installation, Obama said: “We stand together because peace must come to the Holy Land,” which…
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Fast Forward Jews Demand Argentina Scrap Iran Bomb ‘Probe’
In a letter to Foreign Minister Hector Timerman, the Simon Wiesenthal Center called on Argentina to immediately cancel its accord with Iran to investigate the bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center. Monday’s letter follows Iran’s demand that Interpol arrest warrants be suspended against its citizens implicated in the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu Set Aside Differences, Offer Smiles for Press
U.S. President Barack Obama pledged on Wednesday to hold Syria to account if it used chemical weapons and reassured Israel of U.S. resolve against Iran as he tried to allay the security fears of the main U.S. ally in the Middle East. Obama, visiting Israel for the first time as president and seeking to bolster…
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Opinion New Israeli Defense Chief: Tough-talking Hardliner
Ynet.co.il, the news site associated with Yediot Ahronot, has a profile of incoming Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon (known since his youth by the nickname “Boogy”). It’s important reading, so I’ve translated it below. Here’s the background that’s not in the profile: Born Moshe Smilansky in 1950, raised in suburban Haifa, he was active in the…
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Fast Forward Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon May Be Voice of Moderation on Iran
Although Benjamin Netanyahu’s next defence minister shares his deep distrust of the Palestinians, the two could yet clash about when – and whether – Israel should go to war with Iran. Ex-general Moshe Yaalon is a loyalist of Netanyahu’s Likud party who, as a senior if sometimes sidelined member of the outgoing coalition government, routinely…
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Fast Forward Obama Won’t Trip Over Netanyahu’s Iran ‘Red Line’
U.S. President Barack Obama visits Israel next week at the onset of spring – the “red line” previously drawn by his host, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to trigger an attack on Iran’s nuclear sites. But an Israeli-Iranian war, Washington’s nightmare as it tries to scale back defence commitments abroad and avoid a draining Gulf oil…
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