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Kerry says Iran vow to defy U.S. is “very disturbing”

So good that we’re making peace.  REUTERS July 21, 2015 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said a speech by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday vowing to defy American policies in the region despite a deal with world … Continue reading

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AIPAC girds for rare high-noon showdown with White House

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Rebecca Shimoni Stoil July 21, 2015 Iran deal marks first open rift in more than 20 years over a president’s major foreign policy initiative. Precedents indicate the pro-Israel lobby has cause for concern It will be … Continue reading

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GOP blasts President Obama’s ‘capitulation’ to U.N. on Iran

POLITICO by Burgess Everett July 20, 2015 But there are scant signs the White House’s move to seek the organization’s blessing will cost it votes in Congress Influential Republicans and a handful of Democrats howled in protest Monday over President … Continue reading

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Trinity: 2015. The nuclear age began 70 years ago today

TABLET MAGAZINE by Warren Kozak July 16, 2015 One of history’s most important dividing lines was etched in a remote and desolate part of New Mexico exactly 70 years ago today, and the world knew nothing about it at the … Continue reading

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Chuck Schumer’s profile in courage moment

JEWISH JOURNAL by Douglas J. Workman July 20, 2015 Dear Senator Schumer: I write to you in desperation.  Somehow I believe that the fate of the Iran Agreement will come down to you.  As the foremost defender of the State … Continue reading

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Israeli Opposition Leader: Iran Deal Will Bring Chaos to the Middle East

ATLANTIC MONTHLY by Jeffrey Goldberg July 16, 2015 Isaac Herzog, foreign-minister-in-waiting, believes Israel is endangered by the Vienna agreement Last December, when I interviewed the leader of Israel’s left-leaning Labor Party, Isaac “Bougie” Herzog, at the Brookings Institution’s Saban Forum, … Continue reading

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Germany tells Iran: Improve ties with Israel in order to gain favor with West

JERUSALEM POST by Reuters July 19, 2015 German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel is on a three-day visit to the Islamic Republic. …..Gabriel, who is also economy minister, is the first senior figure from a large western government to visit Iran … Continue reading

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Why the Iran deal leaves Israelis feeling abandoned

NEW YORK POST by Daniel Gordis July 18, 2015 …It was no surprise, of course, but the finality was still sobering. The overwhelming sense was one of alone-ness. Few Israelis believe President Obama’s protestations that he has Israel’s back. He … Continue reading

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Yes, there is an Alternative

ISRAEL HAYOM by Ret Ambassador Yoram Ettinger July 19, 2015 ….A reasonable alternative to the July 2015 agreement with Iran would reject the Carter state of mind, resurrecting U.S. confidence in its moral and strategic exceptionalism and restore U.S. power-projection … Continue reading

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It’s Not a Deal – It’s a new, and appalling, partnership

WEEKLY STANDARD by Lee Smith July 27, 2015 It’s not hard to figure out why the Obama administration is lashing out at critics of the deal it signed with Iran last week. The White House has been pretending it’s a … Continue reading

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