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Bolton observed UN corruption and incompetence firsthand, then dared to talk about it

NEW YORK TIMES John Bolton Is Right About the U.N. by Bret Stephens March 23, 2018 In 1994, John Bolton said that if the United Nations Secretariat building in New York “lost 10 stories, it wouldn’t make a bit of … Continue reading

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“Shockingly, VOA’s Internet coverage headlined Iranian state media and their leaders while burying President Trump’s tweets supporting the protestors”

DAILY CALLER Voice Of America In Iran Propagandizes For The Ayatollahs by Ziva Dahl March 22, 2018 Why do people in Iran call the U.S. Voice of America (VOA) the “Voice of Ayatollahs” Tragically, rather than promote our national interests, VOA regurgitates Iranian regime propaganda. Millions of … Continue reading

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#IranDeal: “The secretary of state’s would-be replacement, Mike Pompeo, is an ardent hawk who says the agreement is ‘disastrous’”

POLITICO Tillerson’s Ouster Could Kill the Iran Nuclear Deal by Michael Crowley March 13, 2018 The Iran nuclear deal might have died Tuesday. That, at least, is one potential upshot of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s ouster and likely replacement … Continue reading

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#Iran let the superpowers do their work for them, destroying Iran’s enemies

JNS.ORG Getting out of the Iranian check by Michael Oren March 11, 2018 While Israel is mired in domestic scandals and coalition crises, the greatest threat the country has known since the eve of the Yom Kippur War – perhaps since … Continue reading

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May 12 Trump decision on Iran Deal will impact Iran’s plans for Israel

FOREIGN POLICY Trump Should Block Iran’s Air Corridor to Syria by Emanuele Ottolenghi March 2, 2018 …Tehran’s brazen provocation may have been surprising, yet is a natural extension of Iranian efforts to transform Syria into a forward base for aggression … Continue reading

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Yishai Fleisher NYT op-ed raised issues “that shouldn’t even be debated”

ALGEMEINER Article by Israeli Prompted ‘Big Argument’ Inside New York Times, Editor Says by Ira Stoll February 28, 2018 A New York Times op-ed piece by a spokesman for the Jewish community of Hebron [Yishai Fleisher] was published over the objections of … Continue reading

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“Sunni eyes are opening to the fact that Israel poses no threat, but that Shi’a Iran…aspires to dominate far beyond its borders”

JNS Syria is now ‘a Shi’a colony of Iran,’ Damascus-born professor tells Israeli conference by Yaakov Lappin February 28, 2018 After years of bloody warfare, Syria has become a “Shi’a colony of Iran,” a Syrian professor who lives in Germany … Continue reading

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Al Jazeera Poll: Israel preferred over Iran in conflict

EVELYN GORDON BLOG Do Arabs Back Israel in a Clash with Iran? February 21, 2018 After issuing a rare rebuke of Iran’s repeated calls for Israel’s destruction on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov added that Moscow also opposes “attempts … Continue reading

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#Obama’s #IranDeal: “an instrument used to rebalance U.S. interests, downgrading traditional allies like Israel, as well as Saudi Arabia, and upgrading Iran”

TABLET MAG The Iran Deal Is Now Officially a Disaster. So Where Were You? by Lee Smith February 20, 2018 “Since the Obama administration and its negotiating partners struck the deal with Iran in July 2015,” Joshua Keating recently wrote in Slate, … Continue reading

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“Plausible deniability” for last week’s Russian-US assault

BLOOMBERG Don’t Be Fooled: Russia Attacked U.S. Troops in Syria by Eli Lake February 16, 2018 If you’ve been listening just to the Kremlin and the Pentagon, you probably didn’t know that Russia attacked American forces and their allies in … Continue reading

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