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Opinion Bibi Went Too Easy on Obama’s Iran Deal
Getty Images In his speech to the U.S. Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu effectively made the case that the emerging nuclear deal with Iran is a “very bad deal.” But we would say that’s actually a polite understatement; Netanyahu didn’t go far enough. This is a dangerous deal — not only for Israel but…
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Fast Forward 47 Republican Senators Warn Iran Not To Trust President Obama
Republican U.S. senators warned Iran’s leaders on Monday that any nuclear deal with President Barack Obama could last only as long as he remains in office, an unusual partisan intervention into foreign policy that could undermine delicate international talks with Tehran. The open letter was signed by 47 senators, all but seven of the Republicans…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Pleads for Release or Robert Levinson — Reward Boosted to $5M
The United States increased the reward from $1 million to $5 million on Monday for helping to find an American who disappeared in Iran eight years ago and appealed to Tehran for help in locating Robert Levinson. The White House remains committed to the safe return of missing American Robert Levinson and asked Iran to…
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Fast Forward U.S. Official: Proposed Agreement With Iran Not Limited to Decade
The proposed nuclear agreement with Iran will not be limited to a decade, a senior U.S. official said. On Sunday, the unnamed official who briefed Israeli journalists by phone said the deal would include several phases and last for longer than a decade, according to Israeli media reports. The official added that the world powers…
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Fast Forward AIPAC Quietly Courts Liberals Under Cloud of Iran
(JTA) — At the AIPAC conference, a sea of 16,000 Israel supporters spent their time talking Iran policy amid the swirling controversy over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress. To the sidelines fell discussion of the Israeli elections, the peace process and Israeli innovation — as well as another quieter aim of the three-day…
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Fast Forward Iran’s Khamenei Appears in Public To Curb ‘Israeli-Driven’ Rumors of Near Death
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared in public following reports that he was hospitalized with late-stage cancer. Photos of a healthy-looking Khamenei meeting Sunday with environmental officials in Tehran reportedly were posted online in order to “put an end to the Israeli-driven rumors” that the supreme leader was dying, according to Iran’s semiofficial Fars…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu: Major Powers Say They Will Wait for ‘Right’ Iran Deal
Several major powers’ governments have indicated that they will not sign a bad agreement with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “Following my speech to Congress, we heard – over the weekend – several of the major powers’ foreign ministers saying that they do not see the need to reach an agreement forthwith and…
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Fast Forward Menendez Will Stick With Iran Bill Timetable Despite Corruption Charges
A spokesman for Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said he would press ahead with two bills seeking a greater congressional say over Iran nuclear talks even as he faces corruption charges. “The senator will continue to push forward on the pressing foreign policy issues of the day, to include the two Iran bills he co-authored, which…
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Yiddish אַ פֿאָלקסטימלעכע שטימונג אויפֿן אַמסטערדאַמער ייִדיש־סימפּאָזיוםA folksy approach to this year’s Yiddish symposium in Amsterdam
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