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News Is Chuck Schumer Waffling on Iran Nuclear Deal?
If you thought you knew where Chuck Schumer, the powerful U.S. senator from New York, stood on the impeding nuclear deal with Iran, think again. “The decision about Iran is one of the most serious I’ve had to make,” he told activists from the Orthodox Union who gathered on Capitol Hill on June 3 for…
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Opinion Why Right-Wingers Are So Angry That Israel Hasn’t Bombed Iran Yet
Amid all the fuss over Treasury Secretary Jack Lew getting heckled at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York on June 7, you might have missed the day’s biggest bombshell. I refer to the nasty smackdown that morning between Post columnist Caroline Glick, the poison-pen darling of the pro-Israel far right, and two of the…
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Fast Forward Did Israel Launch Cyberattack on Iran Nuclear Talks Hotels
Three European hotels that hosted the Iran nuclear talks reportedly were targeted by a computer virus widely believed to be used as spyware by Israel. Each of the unnamed hotels was targeted by a version of the Duqu virus about two weeks before hosting the negotiations between Iran and world powers, The Wall Street Journal…
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Fast Forward Israel Voices Concern Over Gulf Arms Race
Israel Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon voiced concern on Tuesday that Washington’s supply of advanced arms to Gulf Arab states to deter Iran could eventually challenge Israel’s U.S.-backed regional military supremacy. “Even if there are not now any hostile designs (among them) against us, as we know in the Middle East intentions are liable to change….
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Fast Forward Diplomat Tells AJC: Iran Nuclear Deal Will Make World Safer
The United States continues to insist on nuclear inspectors’ unfettered access as part of a nuclear deal with Iran, the deputy U.S. secretary of state told an American Jewish group. “We would not agree to a deal unless the IAEA is granted access to whatever Iranian sites are required to verify that Iran’s program is…
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Fast Forward Israeli Generals Back Nuclear Deal With Iran — Split With Netanyahu
In remarks carried by several Israeli media outlets, an unnamed senior military officer said that if agreed by its June 30 deadline, the deal would provide clarity on the direction of Iran’s nuclear program. Western powers fear that Iran harbors ambitions to build an atomic bomb and years of talks have centered on eradicating the…
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Fast Forward U.S. Defense Aid to Israel Will Increase — Possibly Over Iran
U.S. defense aid to Israel is likely to increase after 2017, sources on both sides said on Thursday, seeing a possible link to Washington’s efforts to assuage its ally’s fears over nuclear diplomacy with Iran. A current package worth $3 billion a year expires in 2017. A U.S. official, speaking to Reuters on condition of…
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Opinion A Disgraceful Imprisonment in Iran
Sometimes life imitates art which imitates life. Such is the link between Maziar Bahari and Jason Rezaian. Life: Bahari is an Iranian-born journalist who was in Tehran reporting for Newsweek during the disputed 2009 Iranian national elections when he was charged with espionage, thrown in prison, tortured, denied counsel and visitation, held in solitary confinement…
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