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Fast Forward Iranian Journalist Facing Death Penalty Arrives In Israel Seeking Asylum
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Iranian journalist who has been working for an Israeli news website from Turkey arrived in Israel after seeking asylum. Nada Amin landed in Israel on Thursday morning on a tourist visa and will officially request asylum. Turkey had informed Amin last month that she has been stripped of her refugee status…
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Fast Forward Former Top National Security Officials Urge Trump To Keep Iran Nuclear Deal
(JTA) — A bipartisan array of former top national security officials urged President Trump to stick to the Iran nuclear deal, saying that war with Iran is “more imaginable” today than it has been in five years. The statement published Tuesday by The National Interest, a conservative think tank, was responding to reports that Trump…
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Opinion Iran Isn’t An Israel Problem — It’s A Jewish Problem
“Israel doesn’t speak in the name of the Jewish people and doesn’t represent it.” Such was the refrain of Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timmerman as he lashed out at Israeli Ambassador Dorit Shavit a few years ago. They were discussing the 1994 Hezbollah attack on the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina in my native Buenos Aires…
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Fast Forward Former Top Spy David Cohen Warns Trump Not To ‘Politicize’ Iran Intelligence
WASHINGTON (JTA) — David Cohen, the former CIA deputy director, said President Trump’s tasking a team whose goal is to justify a pullout from the Iran deal posed a “grave danger” to the U.S. ability to face international threats. “The president’s reported demand for intelligence to support his policy preference to withdraw from the Iran…
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Fast Forward Tillerson: U.S. Wants Iran Out Of Syria
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A condition of U.S. cooperation with Russia in Syria is the removal of Iranian forces from the country, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said. “The direct presence of Iranian military forces inside of Syria, they must leave and go home, whether those are Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces or whether those are paid…
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Fast Forward Trump Signs New Iran Sanctions Into Law Over His Own Objections
(JTA) — President Trump signed into law a new sanctions package that targets Iran, along with Russia and North Korea, despite complaints that it includes “a number of clearly unconstitutional provisions.” The measure passed easily in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, effectively nullifying the president’s ability to veto. The Iran component ramps up sanctions…
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Fast Forward Trump Says He Will Sign New Iran/Russia Sanctions Into Law
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump said he would sign into law a new sanctions package that includes sanctions targeting Iran. Trump’s statement came late Friday evening, a day after the Senate had passed the sanctions bill targeting Russia, North Korea and Iran in a 98-2 vote. “President Donald J. Trump read early drafts of the…
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Fast Forward Senate Passes Russia/Iran/Korea Sanctions 98-2, Spurring Showdown With Trump
The Senate approved new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea by a vote of 98-2 on Thursday evening, rebuking President Trump’s overtures to Moscow and forcing him to make a difficult choice — sign the bill and anger Russian President Vladimir Putin, or veto it and rebuke not only his fellow Republicans but also…
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