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Opinion Israel May Huff and Puff Over Nuclear Deal — But It Won’t Attack Iran
(Reuters) – The day after a nuclear deal with Iran was announced, the sun rose high above Jerusalem’s shimmering hills just as it does every July, as if the ancient land shrugged off two decades of apocalyptic warnings from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and decided to go about its usual routine. Israeli officials across…
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Breaking News British Foreign Secretary Spars With Bibi on Iran Deal
An on-camera, testy exchange between British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid bare on Thursday tensions over the nuclear deal between foreign powers and Iran. A day after telling Britain’s parliament that Israel would not have been satisfied with any accord with Iran, Hammond met with Netanyahu to try and…
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Breaking News Nancy Pelosi Vows To Push for Iran Deal
House of Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday the nuclear deal with Iran has her strong support, and she would work to convince her colleagues to vote for it. Pelosi said she was optimistic about the deal’s chances in Congress, calling the agreement the “best possible option.” “I’m very optimistic about our vote…
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Breaking News J Street Battles AIPAC Over Iran Deal
(JTA) — AIPAC called on Congress to reject the Iran nuclear deal, saying it does not meet critical markers that the influential pro-Israel lobby outlined in recent weeks. But the liberal Jewish Middle East lobby J Street announced a multimillion-dollar campaign to support the agreement. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee made its case against…
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Breaking News Congressional Democrats Warming Up to Iran Deal
Democrats in Congress said on Wednesday they were warming to the nuclear agreement with Iran, and Vice President Joe Biden, sent to Capitol Hill to pitch the deal, said he was optimistic it would not be blocked by the majority Republicans who oppose it. “I think we’ll be all right,” Biden told reporters after a…
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Breaking News Barack Obama Calls Iran Deal Historic Chance for Safer World
President Barack Obama, seeking to sell the Iran nuclear deal to skeptical U.S. lawmakers and the American public, insisted on Wednesday that the landmark agreement was the best way to avoid a nuclear arms race and more war in the Middle East. Obama made his case in a nationally televised news conference responding to critics…
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Breaking News Israel Says Iran Deal Exposed as ‘Emperor With No Clothes’
Israel’s nuclear affairs minister said his country was like the boy in the fairy tale who pointed out the emperor had no clothes, heaping scorn on the Iran nuclear deal on Wednesday and emphasizing Israel’s right to unilateral self-defense. Tuesday’s agreement between six world powers and Iran has left Israeli officials scrambling for leverage and…
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Breaking News Israel Lobby Wastes No Time Trashing Iran Deal
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) said in a statement it was “deeply concerned” that the deal “would fail to block Iran’s path to a nuclear weapon and further entrench and empower the leading state sponsor of terror.” The considerable clout of pro-Israel interests on Capitol Hill will play an important role in deciding…
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