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Democratic Senator Menendez attacks President Obama’s stance on pending Iran legislation

THE ISRAEL PROJECT by Josh Block January 21, 2015 During a hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ranking Member Senator Robert Menendez (D -NJ) said “the more I hear from the administration in its quotes, the more it sounds … Continue reading

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Iran doesn’t hesitate to use a human pawn as nuclear negotiations go on

Washington Post endorses 2015 Kirk-Menendez 2015 Sanctions bill. WASHINGTON POST by Editorial Board January 17, 2015 AS NEGOTIATIONS with Iran on its nuclear program resumed last week , President Obama reiterated his opposition to new sanctions legislation. The legislation, which … Continue reading

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Caving to Iran, Part 2

WEEKLY STANDARD by Lee Smith January 26, 2015 ….Tehran announced it was building two new nuclear reactors in the Bushehr region. That’s perfectly okay, said the State Department….Of course, the notion that it’s fine to build more reactors somewhat complicates … Continue reading

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Hezbollah’s firepower of 150,000 projectiles exceeds all European armies combined

JERUSALEM POST by Yaakov Lappin January 15, 2015 The IDF must be prepared for three principal security scenarios in the near future, former national security adviser Maj.- Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror has said, naming them as a large-scale ground war against … Continue reading

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AMIA prosecutor accuses CFK, Timerman of ‘covering up’ Iran’s involvement in bombing

BUENOS AIRES HERALD January 14, 2015 The prosecutor in charge of the AMIA bombing investigation Alberto Nisman has filed a 300-page complaint accusing President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman among other kirchnerite political figures of “covering … Continue reading

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Iranian officials boast about nuclear program, declining Western leverage

TIP / THE ISRAEL PROJECT January 12, 2015 A series of boasts by Iranian officials in recent weeks is deepening concerns that Western negotiators now lack the necessary leverage to extract meaningful concessions from Tehran. The comments, which range from boasts … Continue reading

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Sephardic community commemorates the forgotten Jewish refugees

JUF NEWS by Lisa Pevtzow January 2015 ….In 1948, nearly a million Jews lived in Arab countries and Iran, which is ethnically Persian, not Arab. After the State of Israel was declared in 1948, a wave of anti-Zionism crested through … Continue reading

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How Iran Kept its Jews

TABLET MAG by Roya Hakakian December 30, 2014 It was with a murder that the most critical moment in the modern history of Iranian Jewry took shape. And in what followed, Tehran’s policy toward the local Jewish community, still precariously … Continue reading

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George W. Bush’s Graceful Silence

BLOOMBERG by Cass R. Sunstein December 22, 2014 In the domain of foreign affairs, 2014 has brought heated national debates on an impressive range of subjects: Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Syria, Ebola, immigration policy and, most recently, torture, North Korea and … Continue reading

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Convicted Terrorist Bill Ayers to Iran Media: U.S. A ‘Terrorist Nation’

BREITBART NEWS by Jordan Schachtel December 12, 2014 Convicted terrorist and retired professor Bill Ayers sat down with Fars News, a state-controlled media outlet that serves the Islamic Republic of Iran, where he proclaimed that the United States is a … Continue reading

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