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Israel News U.S. and Israel Split Over Iran Talks
After years of working hard to stay on the same page on the Iranian nuclear issue, the United States and Israel could be nearing their moment of truth with each other. While a deal is not yet in hand, American officials are cautiously optimistic that Iran may have turned an important corner and is now…
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Opinion Bibi-Kadima Unity Deal Saves the Peace Camp
The Likud-Kadima agreement to form a unity government and cancel the early election makes all the sense in the world for Kadima. It’s arguably the smartest move by any Israeli peace advocate in a long time. Newly minted Kadima leader Shaul Mofaz, who ousted Tzipi Livni in a primary upset just two weeks ago, inherited…
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Culture How Do You Say ‘Freebie’ in Hebrew?
How do you say “freebie” in Hebrew? This was the question facing the daily newspaper Haaretz when called upon to translate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remark, delivered in Jerusalem in English on April 15, that the United States and Europe had given Iran a “freebie” by deferring further negotiations over its nuclear program until late…
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Opinion Bibi: Iran Making a Bomb. IDF Chief: No It’s Not
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to CNN: Sanctions “better work soon” — so far they “haven’t rolled back the Iranian program — or even stopped it — by one iota.” IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz to Haaretz: The sanctions are beginning to bear fruit … CNN to Netanyahu: How do you know what they’re doing…
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Opinion Chinese Divided Over Middle East
In recent years, China’s foreign policy has turned more assertive than it has been in decades. When it comes to the Middle East, it has expressed this aggressiveness mostly through the veto power it wields in the United Nations Security Council, protecting Iran, for example, from tough sanctions over its nuclear program. With regard to…
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Fast Forward Gunter Grass: Israel Is the Problem
German Nobel literature laureate Gunter Grass published a poem Wednesday in which he said that Israel’s nuclear program is a threat to world peace. In his poem, the 85-year-old author claims that Israel’s nuclear reactor – and not Iran’s – presents a threat to world peace. Grass’ poem calls for Germany to cease supplying Israel…
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The Schmooze Shimon Peres Wishes Iran a Happy New Year
Hot on the heels of the Facebook love fest between everyday Israelis and Iranians, the social media-savvy Israeli President Shimon Peres is sending out special videotaped Nowruz greeting to the Iranian people. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is being celebrated today. In his taped message, Peres comes across as genuinely concerned about the Iranian people….
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Opinion Israelis Heart Iranians, and Vice Versa
If you weren’t on Facebook this weekend, then you probably missed a huge love fest going on between Israelis and Iranians. As would be expected, the governments of the two countries were not proclaiming their undying devotion to one another. Rather, it was ordinary Israeli and Iranian citizens who were expressing mutual admiration and a…
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