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Fast Forward Israel Opposition Gives Benjamin Netanyahu Low Marks for Speech
Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief political rival in the upcoming Israeli elections said the prime minister’s speech before the U.S. Congress will have no effect on the Iran nuclear deal being negotiated. “There is no doubt that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knows how to deliver a speech,” opposition leader Isaac Herzog said at a campaign stop Tuesday…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Resumes Nuclear Talks With Iran After Benjamin Netanyahu Speech
The U.S. and Iranian foreign ministers began a third day of talks over Iran’s nuclear program on Wednesday, just hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had warned that the deal being negotiated was a serious mistake. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iran’s Mohammad Javad Zarif resumed their discussions in the Swiss lakeside…
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Fast Forward Republicans Push Iran Bill Despite Veto Threat
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday the Senate would begin debate next week on a bill that would require President Barack Obama to submit any final nuclear deal with Iran for approval by Congress. McConnell, a Republican, told his weekly news conference that he intended to have the bill debated and potentially voted…
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Opinion How Bibi’s Speech Raises Stakes for All of Us
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dramatically, effectively — and perhaps, dangerously — raised the stakes on Iran in his speech to Congress yesterday. It was great political theater; one observer likened it to a Republican response to the State of the Union address, but on a grander scale (and with more anticipatory hype). Netanyahu’s apocalyptic…
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Opinion How Netanyahu Put the Democrats to Shame
House Democrats listen to Netanyahu’s speech / Getty Images As the echo of the sustained ovations that greeted Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress began to fade, Democratic apologists for the Obama administration had a problem. For several weeks, the White House succeeded in focusing attention on the question of…
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Fast Forward Israelis Give Mixed Verdict to Benjamin Netanyahu Speech
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have made an argument that many Israelis support in warning Congress on Tuesday about a potential nuclear deal with Iran, but critics asked whether it was worth the widening rift with the White House. The address was broadcast live on Israeli television and radio, and came at a politically sensitive…
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Opinion 11 Lies Netanyahu Told Congress on Iran
Getty Images / Lior Zaltzman The case Netanyahu laid out against an Iran deal in his address to Congress revolves around 11 core arguments. Think they sound convincing? Look at those arguments one by one, and you’ll see why each of them is bogus. Argument #1. More pressure can secure a better deal with Iran…
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Fast Forward President Obama Says ‘Nothing New’ in Netanyahu’s Iran Speech
(Reuters) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United States on Tuesday that it was negotiating a bad deal with Iran that paved the way to a “nuclear nightmare,” drawing a rebuke from President Barack Obama and exposing the depth of a U.S.-Israeli rift. Delivering dueling messages within hours of each other, Netanyahu made his case…
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