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Breaking News AIPAC Quietly Courts Liberals Under Cloud of Iran
(JTA) — At the AIPAC conference, a sea of 16,000 Israel supporters spent their time talking Iran policy amid the swirling controversy over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress. To the sidelines fell discussion of the Israeli elections, the peace process and Israeli innovation — as well as another quieter aim of the three-day…
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Breaking News Iran’s Khamenei Appears in Public To Curb ‘Israeli-Driven’ Rumors of Near Death
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared in public following reports that he was hospitalized with late-stage cancer. Photos of a healthy-looking Khamenei meeting Sunday with environmental officials in Tehran reportedly were posted online in order to “put an end to the Israeli-driven rumors” that the supreme leader was dying, according to Iran’s semiofficial Fars…
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Breaking News Netanyahu: Major Powers Say They Will Wait for ‘Right’ Iran Deal
Several major powers’ governments have indicated that they will not sign a bad agreement with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “Following my speech to Congress, we heard – over the weekend – several of the major powers’ foreign ministers saying that they do not see the need to reach an agreement forthwith and…
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Breaking News Menendez Will Stick With Iran Bill Timetable Despite Corruption Charges
A spokesman for Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said he would press ahead with two bills seeking a greater congressional say over Iran nuclear talks even as he faces corruption charges. “The senator will continue to push forward on the pressing foreign policy issues of the day, to include the two Iran bills he co-authored, which…
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Israel News What Do Israelis Think About Americans? Start With Disdain.
Though Israel is a famously fractious society, Israelis tend to agree on one thing: Their strongest supporters are an inherently dupable people. “Most Israelis think Americans are pro-Israel and we can sell them anything, especially mud from the Dead Sea,” said David Lifshitz, the lead writer for the Israeli comedy show “Eretz Nehederet,” or “Wonderful…
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Breaking News BBC Reporter Defends Tweet Claiming Benjamin Netanyahu Played ‘Holocaust Card’
A BBC journalist defended his claim that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exploited the Holocaust to further his agenda. Jeremy Bowen, the Middle East editor for the British Broadcasting Corporation, made the claim on Twitter on Tuesday, during Netanyahu’s speech to the U.S. Congress decrying nuclear talks with Iran. Netanyahu pointed to Holocaust memoirist and…
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Opinion With Friends Like These (on Iran), Who Needs Enemies?
On March 3, addressing a joint meeting of Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the emerging nuclear agreement with Iran to be scrapped and replaced with “a much better deal.” Many things have been said for and against the prime minister’s plea, some convincing, some less so. But the most decisive reply came…
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Breaking News Iran Says It ‘Saved Jews’ 3 Times in History
In an extensive interview, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused Israel of supporting terrorism, said Iran does not want to produce a nuclear weapon and praised his country for protecting Jews. Speaking to NBC News’ Ann Curry Wednesday, Zarif said the current Israeli regime “should be annihilated” but insisted that Iran harbors no ill…
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