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Fast Forward Panetta: Iran Sanctions Starting To Bite
On the eve of his visit to Israel, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that though tough international sanctions have not yet caused Iran to drop its nuclear ambitions, they would eventually persuade the regime to “do what’s right.” Speaking in Tunisia on Monday, Panetta said that the sanctions have caused significant damage to Iran’s economy,…
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Fast Forward Romney Aide: Mitt Would Back Iran Strike
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would respect an Israeli decision to use military force to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, a senior aide said on Sunday. Romney met in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the second leg of a foreign trip aimed at bolstering his foreign policy credentials in his…
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The Schmooze Iran Nuke Scientists Get Heavy Metal Blast
An Iranian nuclear scientist complained to a cybersecurity expert via email that the AC/DC song “Thunderstruck” was playing from computers at two of the country’s nuclear facilities. According to the Times of Israel, computers at the Nantaz and Fordo facilities blasted the heavy metal song at full volume in the middle of the night last…
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Opinion Talking Iran, Palestine With Top Hawk Uzi Arad
In my most recent weekly column I quoted at some length from Uzi Arad, professor of strategic affairs at Israel’s Interdisciplinary Center, who served until a year ago as chairman of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s National Security Council. Arad is one of Israel’s most influential strategic thinkers, a former Mossad director of research, founder of…
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News Suicide Bomber Had Fake Michigan ID
A “normal”-looking man carrying a fake Michigan driver’s license carried out the suicide bombing that killed seven people in a bus transporting Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, the country’s interior minister said. Israel said Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants were to blame. The attack, carried out by a man wearing shorts and carrying a backpack, took place on…
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Opinion Israel Can’t Ignore the World’s Opinion
A friend wrote in last week to dispute my critique of Israeli judge Edmond Levy’s settlements report. Levy claimed the West Bank isn’t “occupied” under international law, and therefore settlements aren’t illegal. I wrote that while his interpretation squares with the language of the relevant treaties, not one nation in the world accepts it, so…
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Opinion Exploiting Jewish Fear on Iran
Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav famously said that the main thing is never to be at all afraid. The revered rabbi was wrong. It is madness never to be afraid at all. We need to know whether to hide from the wolves, to slay them, or in some other way defend against them. That said, it…
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Opinion Bomb Iran, Says Bill Kristol’s ECI
The United States should bomb Iran today, a new advertisement released today by the Republican-linked Emergency Committee for Israel says. The ad, first posted by the website Buzzfeed, hits President Obama for failing to order military strikes on Iran. “President Obama has spent four years talking,” the narrator intones. “Iran has spent four years building.”…
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