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Israel News Will Chuck Schumer Side With Republicans Over President Obama on Iran Nuclear Deal?
The path to a bill that would effectively scuttle President Obama’s deal with Iran on its nuclear development program runs through two Jewish senators: Ben Cardin of Maryland and Chuck Schumer of New York. A month ago, neither Cardin nor Schumer would have been the first name on the list of Democrats on whose support…
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Breaking News CIA Chief Denounces Iran Deal Opponents as ‘Disingenuous’
(Reuters) — Opponents of Iran’s initial agreement to curb its nuclear program are being “disingenuous” when they say the deal could still allow the Middle Eastern state to build nuclear weapons, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency said on Tuesday. The initial accord reached last week between Iran and major world powers – which…
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Breaking News Democrats Line Up Against White House on Iran Deal
Democrats are aligning with Republicans to support a bill giving Congress the opportunity to approve or reject sanctions relief in an Iran nuclear deal, and are close to forming a veto-proof majority that U.S. President Barack Obama says could undermine the delicate final stage of negotiations. The support for the legislation by lawmakers in Obama’s…
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Breaking News Chuck Schumer Defies President Obama on Iran Nuclear Deal Approval
Sen. Chuck Schumer is backing a proposal that would allow Congress to approve or reject any deal signed with Iran on curbing its nuclear program. In backing the legislation introduced by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Schumer (D-N.Y.) is bucking President Barack Obama, a fellow Democrat, who is trying to…
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Breaking News Israel and White House Step Up War of Words Over Iran Nuclear Deal
(JTA) — Israel and the Obama administration have stepped up their war of words over the framework agreement that aims to limit Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for a gradual rollback of sanctions. President Barack Obama made his most detailed effort yet to persuade skeptics of the accord reached last week in Switzerland in a weekend…
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Israel News Israel Plans Two-Pronged Attack To Thwart Iran Deal
Israel will adopt two lines of attack as it tries to thwart – or at least modify – the international nuclear agreement with Iran in the coming weeks, a senior official said. Firstly, it will lobby the U.S. Congress to pass legislation that would make it difficult, or even impossible, to approve a comprehensive deal…
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Breaking News Barack Obama Pours Cold Water on ‘Recognize Israel’ Push for Iran Nuclear Deal
The United States made clear on Monday that sanctions on Iran would have to be phased out gradually under a nuclear pact and President Barack Obama poured cold water on an Israeli demand that a deal be predicated on Tehran recognizing Israel. “The notion that we would condition Iran not getting nuclear weapons in a…
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Opinion If Nuclear Iran Is So Scary, What About Israel?
Getty Images / Lior Zaltzman illustration As the web indulges in polemics on Iran’s Preliminary Nuclear Deal, I’m seeing a lot of tweets and statuses asking why Israel succeeded in developing its nuclear capabilities without making the rest of the world nervous enough to prompt a forced inspection of its nuclear installations or threaten it…
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