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Breaking News Kerry and Netanyahu Meet in Israel To Discuss Syria
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry briefed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday on a U.S.-Russian deal to remove Syria’s chemical weapons, an accord that drew a guarded response from the Israeli leader. Netanyahu, in a speech before the meeting, said the agreement would be judged on whether it achieved “the complete destruction” of the…
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Israel News Israel’s Intelligence and Military Strategists Show Little Consensus on Syria
When it comes to Syria, the conventional wisdom is that Israel’s best case scenario is maintenance of the status quo: prolonged conflict without a clear winner. Moreover, Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the mainstream Israel lobby, are fully on board with President Obama’s push for a limited strike against the…
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Opinion When Putin Speaks
It’s hard to know exactly how to respond to Vladimir Putin’s op-ed essay in Thursday’s New York Times. On the one hand, polls show that most Americans agree with his call to avoid American military engagement in Syria. On the other hand, very few of us want to come out and agree with Putin. Apparently…
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News Two Jewish Congressmen Differ on Whether To Employ Military Force in Syria
As Congress considers the Obama administration’s request to use military force against Syria, many Jewish lawmakers have nestled in the comfort of the “undecided” column, waiting until the last minute before taking a stand on an issue that offers little political gain. But for two Jewish members of Congress, the fierce debate over how to…
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Breaking News Doubts Persist As Syria Becomes Full Member of Anti-Chemical Weapons Treaty
UNITED NATIONS- Syria became a full member of the global anti-chemical weapons treaty on Thursday, the country’s U.N. envoy said, a move that the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had promised as part of a Russian plan to avoid U.S. air strikes. The United States reacted cautiously. Several U.N. diplomats and a U.N. official…
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Breaking News Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Agrees To Ban on Chemical Weapons
JERUSALEM — Syrian President Bashar Assad said Israel should be required to get rid of its weapons of mass destruction, including chemical weapons. “If we want stability in the Middle East, all countries should adhere to agreements and the first country to adhere to the agreements should be Israel because Israel has nuclear, chemical, and…
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Opinion Not Turning a Blind Eye
There is one point of agreement in the otherwise fractious and dispiriting public debate on how, if at all, to respond to the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons against its own people: America is in an isolationist mood. With each new poll comes mounting evidence that Americans oppose military strikes against Syria and, more…
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News Putin Warns U.S. That Strike on Syria Could Escalate Problems in the Region
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday against a U.S. strike on Syria, saying such action risked escalating the conflict beyond that country and unleashing terrorist attacks. Writing in the New York Times, Putin said there were “few champions of democracy” in the 2-1/2-year-old civil war in Syria, “but there are more than enough Qaeda…
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