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Fast Forward John Kerry Takes Veiled Swipe at Benjamin Netanyahu on Iran Nuclear Talks
Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday took a veiled swipe at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying critics of an emerging nuclear deal with Iran did not know what they were talking about. Speaking to U.S. lawmakers, Kerry also said he expected to know soon whether Iran was willing to craft an “acceptable, verifiable”…
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Fast Forward Massive Diplomatic Leak Exposes Israel Claims on Iran
(Reuters) — A mass leak of South African espionage secrets will cause many foreign agencies to think twice before sharing information with Pretoria, hampering its efforts to walk a delicate diplomatic tightrope between East and West, experts said on Tuesday. Britain’s Guardian paper and Gulf TV channel Al Jazeera said they had obtained hundreds of…
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Fast Forward Iran Returns Stolen Torah Scroll to Shiraz
A stolen Torah scroll uncovered by an Iranian volunteer militia was returned to the Shiraz Jewish community, the Fars News Agency reported. Members of the Basij located the ancient scroll taken from a Shiraz synagogue. The scroll was returned to the community at a ceremony on Feb. 11, the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution’s victory,…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Finds It ‘Astonishing’ That Iran Nuclear Talks Are Progressing
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it “astonishing” that nuclear talks with Iran are proceeding despite a report saying that Iran is hiding military components of its nuclear program. On Sunday, Netanyahu at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting also reiterated his intention to travel to the United States next week to deliver an…
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Fast Forward Embattled Argentina President Slams Judges Over Alberto Nisman Protest Rally
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez accused the judiciary on Saturday of launching a political battle after state lawyers organized a march to demand justice for a dead prosecutor who had been investigating her. The protest, known as 18F, drew tens of thousands into the streets of Buenos Aires on Wednesday, a month after state prosecutor Alberto…
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Fast Forward Israeli and U.S. Security Chiefs Meet Amid Tensions Over Iran
The Israeli and American national security advisers met amid tensions between the two countries as the top U.S. negotiator joined a new round of nuclear talks with Iran. Susan Rice and Yossi Cohen met Thursday at the White House, Bernadette Meehan, the National Security Council spokeswoman said in a statement. “They discussed a range of…
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Fast Forward Iranian-American Group Denounces Benjamin Netanyahu Speech to Congress
The National Iranian American Council took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times slamming the planned speech to Congress by Israel’s prime minister. “Will Congress side with our president or a foreign leader?” reads the ad in Thursday’s edition. “President Obama is on the verge of a diplomatic victory that will prevent war…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu’s Feud With White House Deepens as Speech to Congress Looms
(Reuters) — For someone who was educated in the United States, speaks fluent American-accented English and worked as a management consultant in Boston, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sure knows how to rub his closest ally up the wrong way. In surprisingly critical and unvarnished comments on Wednesday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest accused Israel…
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