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The Iranian nuclear threat and other phantoms
The ‘framework agreement’ announced Thursday night in Lausanne is a lot better than no agreement. But an approach to Iran involving no sanctions and no hysteria would have been best of all. NOTE: This post has been changed to reflect the author’s happy surprise that the framework agreement was not the dud he thought it…
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Larry Derfner
April 2, 2015
Under the radar: Israel’s security establishment supports new Iran agreement
The Israeli brass’ stated view of the Geneva talks and Sunday’s accord is plainly at odds with the loud, sustained ‘gevalt!’ coming from the Prime Minister’s Office and cabinet. The news from Israel is that Israel hates the Iranian nuclear deal struck in Geneva – but the news is not entirely accurate. It’s true, of…
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Larry Derfner
November 25, 2013
Who needs anti-Semites when we’ve got Bibi?
This time it’s true: Israel really is trying to manipulate the U.S. into going to war. Who can disagree any longer that Israel is out to push America into war – and is putting on quite a show of it, too? The Obama administration is trying to neutralize Iran’s nuclear program diplomatically, and Bibi…
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Larry Derfner
November 20, 2013
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Bloggingheads: Will Israel strike Iran?
In recent weeks discussion has grown about the possibility of an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. Israeli media, politicians, and American officials have all spoken publicly about the advisability and ramifications of such a strike. Does this signal a real possibility for such an attack, or simply political posturing? Watch +972 Magazine’s Larry Derfner…
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Larry Derfner
November 12, 2011
The “Obama Doctrine:” A blessing or a curse for the conflict?
The end of the Gaddafi regime in Libya proved that U.S. President Barack Obama’s doctrine of “leading from behind” was a success. But the Obama Doctrine is not only a new approach to war – it extends to foreign policy on the whole, and therefore has already begun to affect the Israeli-Palestinian conflict When U.S.…
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Ami Kaufman
October 26, 2011
Do the D.C. bomb plot and Schalit deal spell “war with Iran”?
On the same day that a plot to kill a Saudi envoy in Washington was exposed, news of the Schalit deal was also top news. Both stories may have a common issue in the background – Tehran Yesterday, as I looked at the New York Times homepage, I didn’t know there might have been a…
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Ami Kaufman
October 12, 2011
What could ElBaradei mean for Israel?
By Dahlia Scheindlin and Roi Maor By some accounts, Mohammed ElBaradei is not terribly charismatic. But after living abroad for over 30 years , he returned to Egypt with fanfare last Thursday, to announce his candidacy as successor to Hosni Mubarak, who has been in power roughly just as long. Roee Ruttenberg here on +972…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
February 1, 2011
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