Welcome to the Forward’s coverage on the Iran Nuclear Deal. Here you can find plenty of information, old and new, on the 2015 agreement that eased sanctions on Iran to keep Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons. President Trump pulled out…
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Breaking News Marco Rubio Reiterates Pledge To Revoke Iran Nuke Deal if Elected
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., reiterated his pledge to revoke the nuclear deal struck last year with Iran and defended his proposal to shut down mosques where radical speech is reported. “When I am president of the United States, if there is some place in this country where radical jihadists are planning to attack the United…
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Breaking News U.S. Slaps Ballistic Missile Sanctions on Iran After Prisoner Swap
WASHINGTON – The United States imposed sanctions on 11 companies and individuals for supplying Iran’s ballistic missile program in a move delayed by over two weeks so as not to endanger this weekend’s release of U.S. prisoners, sources familiar with the matter said. The U.S. Treasury Department said it had blacklisted the UAE-based Mabrooka Trading,…
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Opinion How Jews Are Reacting to New Era of Ties With Iran
Now that the United States and European Union have lifted economic sanctions on Iran, how are Jewish observers — from America to Israel, and across the political spectrum — reacting? And where do they believe we should go from here? We’ve gathered a few ideas, many excerpted from longer pieces (follow the links to read them…
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Breaking News J Street Takes Aim at GOP Senators Who Opposed Iran Deal
A focus of liberal Jewish advocacy group J Street this year will be unseating Republican senators in Illinois and Wisconsin who led opposition to the Iran nuclear deal. “We see Mark Kirk and Ron Johnson as two of our biggest targets,” Ben Shnider, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group’s political director told JTA Friday…
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News Meet Barack Obama’s Jewish Flack Catcher
It’s almost Hanukkah, and Matt Nosanchuk knows what to expect when his phone rings with a Brooklyn-area number on the screen. Almost for sure, it’s another Jewish community leader concerned about not having yet received an invitation to the White House’s annual Hanukkah reception. Navigating the jockeying among Jewish leaders for access to this seasonal…
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Breaking News Senate Democrats Meet With Jewish Leaders, Talk Iran and Refugees
Senate Democrats meeting with Jewish organizational leaders pledged to police the Iran nuclear deal and applauded Jewish backing for resettling Syrian refugees. Leaders from a cross-section of Jewish organizations met Wednesday on Capitol Hill with 26 of the 46 senators who caucus with the Democrats. The meeting was off the record, but participants told JTA…
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News Travel Agents Turn to Iran — and Find Plenty of Jewish Interest
Ask the State Department whether it is any safer now for Americans to travel to Iran, and the answer you’ll get will be unequivocally negative. The nuclear deal reached with Tehran, as a State Department makes clear, “does not alter the United States’ assessment of the risks of travel to Iran for U.S. citizens.” But…
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Breaking News After Iran Deal, 53 Jewish Groups Proclaim Unity
More than 50 Jewish groups signed a statement saying that despite differences over the Iran nuclear deal, the community was united about the dangers Iran poses. “Deliberations over this agreement have evoked deep passions and differences befitting such a critical and complex matter,” said the statement signed by 53 groups under the aegis of the…
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