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The fatal flaw in the Iran deal

WASHINGTON POST by Charles Krauthammer February 26, 2015 A sunset clause? The news from the nuclear talks with Iran was already troubling. Iran was being granted the “right to enrich.” It would be allowed to retain and spin thousands of centrifuges. … Continue reading

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Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) writes a constituent

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D) is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and has chosen to break with his group by attending Bibi’s address to the Joint Session of Congress next week. I don’t agree with some of his commentary, but … Continue reading

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No Policy Like an Iran Policy

MOSAIC by Michael Doran February 24, 2015 Even his former adviser agrees that the president’s Iran policy is collapsing. Can anything be done, or is it too late? I’ve been stunned by the reception of “Obama’s Secret Iran Strategy.” In … Continue reading

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Navigating the Iran endgame

ISRAEL HAYOM by Richard Baehr February 22, 2015 A week from Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint ‎session of Congress. He will find some empty seats as a few dozen Democrats, ‎almost all them either members of … Continue reading

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Now we know who to believe on Iran

TIMES OF ISRAEL by David Horovitz February 23, 2015 In an op-ed on February 9, I suggested that Israel’s opposition leader, Isaac Herzog, should stand alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before Congress on March 3, to underline “their common conviction that the … Continue reading

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The End Run

WEEKLY STANDARD by Fred Barnes March 2, 2015 Who could be against submitting a nuclear deal with Iran to Congress for approval? If you guessed Barack Obama, you’re right. President Obama is not merely opposed to a role for Congress. … Continue reading

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Two Pleas, Two Dates, Two Refusals

AMERICAN THINKER by Peggy Shapiro February 20, 2015 The date was October 6, 1943, and more than four hundred rabbis came to plead for U.S. government to save Jews from Hitler. They hoped  to alert the American public about the Nazi … Continue reading

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Prominent Saudi Columnist Notes Arab Support for Israeli Strike on Hezbollah

WASHINGTON INSTITUTE by Marc Sievers February 18, 2015 On January 20, writing in the widely read London-based Arabic daily al-Sharq al-Awsat, veteran media figure Abdulrahman al-Rashed asked rhetorically why Arabs were applauding the previous day’s airstrike on a Hezbollah convoy … Continue reading

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Nothing Random Here

President Obama suggested in a recent interview that the attack on a Paris Kosher supermarket was “random”.  As radio commentator Dan Proft noted this morning, “Well, I suppose in the same way Kristallnacht was random.” Several days later, commenting on the beheading of 21 … Continue reading

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Anatomy of a Bad Iran Deal: A Preliminary Assessment

JERUSALEM CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS by Dore Gold February 12, 2015 The lead editorial of the Washington Post on February 5, 2015, expressed the growing concern in elite circles with the contours of the emerging nuclear accord between Iran and … Continue reading

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