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Iran’s Supreme Leader: No, You Can’t Have Access to our Military Sites or Nuclear Scientists

BREITBART by John Hayward May 20, 2015 The long, ugly farce of President Obama’s “nuclear deal” with Iran drags on, as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei essentially voided the entire agreement on Wednesday, declaring Iran would not give international inspectors access to … Continue reading

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Everything Is Awesome, Mideast Edition

WALL STREET JOURNAL by Bret Stephens May 18, 2015 It takes a special innocence to imagine that the chaos unfolding in the Middle East can be put right. Ben Rhodes, President Obama’s deputy national security adviser, has been offering a … Continue reading

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Top Khamenei Advisor: We Have Divine Permission to Destroy Israel

ALGEMEINER by David Daoud May 12, 2015 An official close to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei asserted that his government has a godly ordained right to annihilate Israel, Al Arabiya reported on Tuesday. The “government of the Islamic Republic of Iran … Continue reading

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Congress overwhelmingly passes nuclear deal review bill

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Deb Reichmann May 14, 2015 Congress on Thursday sent President Barack Obama a bill to give lawmakers the power to review and potentially reject a nuclear deal with Iran. The House overwhelmingly passed the measure, 400-25, … Continue reading

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Obama Gives Syria a Pass on Chemical Weapons. Will He Stop Iran’s Nukes?

COMMENTARY by Max Boot May 13, 2015 President Obama would have us believe he would be stalwart in applying “snap back” sanctions on Iran should it violate its nuclear commitments. That would be nice but hardly realistic given the administration’s … Continue reading

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Obama plans in tatters as Saudi king, most Gulf leaders to skip summit

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Associated Press, AFP and TOI Staff May 11, 2015 It is not just the Saudi king who will be skipping this week’s Camp David summit of US and allied Arab leaders. Most Gulf heads of state … Continue reading

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The Middle East [with one exception] Runs out of Water

MIDDLE EAST FORUM by Daniel Pipes May 8, 2015 A ranking Iranian political figure, Issa Kalantari, recently warned that past mistakes leave Iran with water supplies so insufficient that up to 70 percent, or 55 million out of 78 million … Continue reading

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The odds of an Iran nuclear deal just got higher

Ed Lasky: Jan Schakowsky-led effort will make a (bad) Iran deal more likely; it all but gives the Iranian regime and the White House an all-clear WASHINGTON POST by Greg Sargent May 7, 2015 One hundred and fifty House Democrats have … Continue reading

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Dr. Zarif or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Iranian bomb

WASHINGTON TIMES by Clifford May May 6, 2015 …International law requires the United States to live up to the terms of an agreement that this government enters into.” Just so we’re clear: “This government” means President Obama who is planning to … Continue reading

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Obama’s New Answers on Iran Fall Flat

BLOOMBERG by Josh Rogin May 4, 2015 Top Obama administration officials have released new details about how they would lift most sanctions against Iran. Those are unnerving some experts, who doubt the administration’s claims about the sanctions will hold up. … Continue reading

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