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An Iran story the media has little interest in reporting: “Barack Obama eventually fired the storied Marine general for what Mattis believes were his insistent warnings about the Iranian threat”

WASHINGTON EXAMINER ‘Act of war’: Mattis says Obama’s inept response to Cafe Milano bomb plot ’emboldened’ Iran by Kelly Jane Torrance September 4, 2019 Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says he predicted years ago that Iran would escalate its provocations … Continue reading

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“NYT exposé reveals extent of Netanyahu-Obama rift on stopping Iranian nukes; PM himself tells paper he’d ‘unequivocally’ have ordered strike in 2012 if cabinet had backed him”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel said again mulling raid on Iran; thinks Trump, unlike Obama, won’t oppose by Michael Bachner September 4, 2019 Israeli officials are currently considering the possibility of conducting a military strike on Iran, with or without the … Continue reading

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Bibi unable to get hold of Trump to convince him not to meet with top Tehran diplomat Zarif at G7

TIMES OF ISRAEL Netanyahu said to have ‘frantically’ tried to reach Trump over Iran talks fears by Staff August 30, 2019 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly urgently tried to dissuade US President Donald Trump from meeting with Iran’s foreign minister, … Continue reading

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FDD’s Mark Dubowitz: “There’s nothing ‘moderate’ about the Iranian foreign minister, who is now threatening our think tank”

WALL STREET JOURNAL Stop Indulging Javad Zarif by Mark Dubowitz and Reuel Marc Gerecht Aug. 29, 2019 …The Islamic Republic isn’t the first dictatorship to try to intimidate think tanks and scholars. And Mr. Zarif is hardly an all-powerful figure … Continue reading

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“So it is war between Israel and Iran, prosecuted over the ruins of Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. But it won’t necessarily stay that way”

WALL STREET JOURNAL The Iran-Israel War Is Here by Jonathan Spyer Aug. 27, 2019 Israel and Iran are at war. Israeli strikes this week in southern Syria, western Iraq and eastern Lebanon—and possibly even Beirut—confirm it. This war is a … Continue reading

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“Any terrorist knows Israeli drones don’t look or operate like the two in Beirut, and any child knows the result would have been very different if Israel had really wanted to attack”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Nasrallah is lying about Israeli drones in Beirut; Lebanon must urgently wise up by Avi Issacharoff August 27, 2019 …Perhaps, before Nasrallah and Hezbollah drag Lebanon into a major escalation or heaven forbid a war, the organization … Continue reading

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Iran threatens Foundation for Defense of Democracies and CEO Mark Dubowitz

JNS Iran threatens influential Washington think tank over hawkish policy toward regime August 26, 2019 Iran threatened the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) over the weekend for its hawkish stance toward the regime, which announced sanctions against the influential … Continue reading

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“IRGC Quds Force was planning to strike northern Israel in the coming days by launching several armed drones against the targets”

JERUSALEM POST IDF confirms: Israel attacked Syria to prevent Iranian terror attack by Anna Ahronheim August 25, 2019 Israel struck several targets in the village of Aqraba south of the Syrian capital of Damascus overnight Saturday, thwarting an attack by … Continue reading

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Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz, reportedly: “Israel is providing intelligence and other unspecified operations to the US-led naval mission protecting ships in the Strait of Hormuz”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Report: Israel involved in US-led naval mission in Strait of Hormuz by I24News, Israel Hayom Staff August 7, 2019 Sources in the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz, speaking during a closed-door … Continue reading

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“Trump administration officials, and now apparently Lindsay Graham, are actively working to put together plans for a new Iran Deal”

DAILY BEAST Team Trump Turns to Lindsey Graham to Cut an Iran Deal by Erin Banco and Asawin Suebsaeng August 1, 2019 President Donald Trump wants a new deal with Iran to replace the nuclear agreement he pulled out of, … Continue reading

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