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| August 22, 2015
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Israeli Minister Sarcastically Lauds World’s ‘Brilliance’ – But White House is Serious

 

 

Israel’s previous Intelligence Minister calls the IAEA agreement ‘innovative’ and ‘outside-the-box’, allowing Iran to self-inspect its own nuclear facilities.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Israeli National Infrastructures Minister Yuval Steinitz on Wednesday congratulated the international community on its “innovative and out-of-the-box thinking” in permitting Iran to self-inspect its own nuclear

Israeli National Infrastructures Minister Yuval Steinitz

“One can only wonder if the Iranian inspectors will also have to wait 24 days before being able to visit the site and look for incriminating evidence?” Steinitz added.

The facetious remarks came in response to news that the UN watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), had reached what many saw as a face-saving arrangement with Iran whereby the latter will provide its own experts to inspect sites like Parchin, a sprawling and particularly sensitive nuclear facility near Tehran. Continue Reading »

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| August 17, 2015
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Presidential Candidate Ben Carson: Yes, Obama’s Actions Are Anti-Semitic

‘Anything that is against the survival of Israel, who is surrounded by enemies, and then act like everything is normal there, and that these (Jewish) people are paranoid, I think that’s anti-Semitic,’ says Republican candidate.

By Gil Ronen

 

Republican presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson accused President Barack Obama Sunday of being anti-Semitic, as evidenced by Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson – Photo: Reuters

Carson told Fox News Sunday, in response to a question on his criticism of the Iran deal, : “Well, all you have to do, Chris, is, like I have, go to Israel, and talk to average people, on all ends of that spectrum.
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| August 15, 2015
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REPORT: Anti-Semitic Rhetoric Emanating from White House Worrying US Jews

Tablet magazine accuses POTUS of “appealing to bigotry & prejudice” and “Jew-baiting” to “sell a political deal, or to smear those who oppose it.”
• Sen. Lindsey Graham threatens to defund IAEA if secret “side deal” with Iran is not revealed.

By Erez Linn, News Agencies & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Editors from the online Jewish affairs magazine Tablet decided they could no longer remain silent in the face of U.S. President Barack Obama’s most recent comments against the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC’s efforts to curb the nuclear deal with Iran. In a scathing editorial piece written last weekend, Tablet said the White House’s harsh rhetoric against Israel and its supporters was playing into anti-Semitic hands. Continue Reading »

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| August 14, 2015
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Once Again, American Democrat ‘Throws Fight’ Giving Radical Islam 2nd Victory

By MIKE EVANS

 

Former US president Jimmy Carter speaks at the opening of a new exhibit in New York.

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| August 14, 2015
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REPORT: Iran FM tells Lebanon, Nuke Deal will help it ‘Fight Zionist Entity’

NY Post reports: Contrary to the spin President Obama is repeating over & over, Iran’s foreign minister tells Hezbollah, Nuke Deal will facilitate Israel’s destruction.

By Post Editorial Board

 

President Obama says his nuclear deal with Iran is good not just for America, but also for US ally Israel. Iran’s foreign minister disagrees.

Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif. – Photo: EPA

Mohammad Zarif was in Lebanon this week, meeting with the head Hezbollah terrorist, Hassan Nasrallah.

Hezbollah’s TV station al-Manar reported, “Zarif said from Beirut that the nuclear agreement between Tehran and the world powers created a historic opportunity for regional cooperation to fight extremism and face threats posed by the Zionist entity.” Continue Reading »

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| August 13, 2015
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Will American Jews Turn ‘Never Again’ Pledge Into Empty Slogan?

Op-ed: American Jews, who traditionally have been overwhelmingly Democrat, need to choose if the Jewish state’s security & survival trump the legacy of, & loyalty to, a lame duck president that Israel feels is endangering it.

By Shoula Romano Horing 

 

After World War II, Jews everywhere promised that never again would they be silent or sit idly by while evil tries to destroy the Jewish people. Iranian leaders have repeatedly promised to destroy the Jewish state. It appears that the nuclear deal will give them the means to do it. 

Democratic Senator Eliot Engel (L), who has come out against the Iran nuclear deal, with Secretary of State John Kerry – Photo: AP

American Jews, who are overwhelmingly Democrats, will have to choose the Jewish state’s survival and security over the legacy of and loyalty to a lame duck president from the Democratic Party. Continue Reading »

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| August 9, 2015
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American think tank refutes Iran’s alibi for Parchin ‘clean-up’ before inspection

Obama administration suspiciously mum on the Institute for Science and International Security’s report, as POTUS is maneuvering to pressure skeptics in Congress into supporting his Iranian deal.

By Reuters & Israel Hayom Staff

 

A prominent U.S. think tank on Friday questioned Iran’s explanation for activity at its Parchin military site visible in satellite imagery, saying the movement of vehicles did not appear related to road work.

A satellite image of the suspected Parchin military nuclear site in Iran – Photo: AP

The U.S.-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) said this week that Iran might be sanitizing its Parchin military site, where some countries suspect experiments may have taken place in a possible nuclear weapons program. Continue Reading »

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| August 8, 2015
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Israel’s Defense Minister: Not responsible on life expectancy of Iran’s scientists

In this Der Spiegel interview, Israel’s Defense Minister called the P5+1 nuclear treaty with Iran ‘a historic mistake’ adding, ‘Israel can in no way tolerate a nuclear armed Iran.’

Interview By Ronen Bergman & Holger Stark

 

Moshe Yaalon, 65, has now served for more than two years as Israel’s defense minister. He previously served as deputy prime minister under Benjamin Netanyahu. Earlier, Yaalon had a career in the military, where he led an elite commando unit and later became the chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces. Yaalon is a member of the right wing of the Likud party. Continue Reading »

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| July 31, 2015
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Netanyahu: ‘The more closely one looks at the Iran accord, the more they oppose it’

view videoIsrael’s PM Netanyahu is scheduled to meet more than 40 US bipartisan lawmakers traveling to Israel early next month.

By TAL SHALEV

 

“The objection to the Iran deal is growing as time goes by,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday during a meeting with Israeli diplomatic correspondents in Jerusalem.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday. – Photo: AMIT SHABAY/POOL

“The more people learn about the deal, the more they oppose it. We also identify this trend among the US public opinion,” he emphasized, reiterating former remarks about the historic deal curbing Iran’s nuclear program signed on July 14, 2015 between Iran and the Western powers. Continue Reading »

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| July 31, 2015
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French official tells Democrat & Republican lawmakers: ‘A better deal can be reached’

view videoThe French president’s senior adviser expressed his misgivings about the nuclear arrangement made with Iran to both Democrat & Republican lawmakers, saying if Congress rejects the nuclear deal, a better one can be achieved.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Contrary to US Secretary of State John Kerry’s warnings on the grim consequences that would result if Congress rejects the nuclear deal reached with Iran earlier this month, one senior French security official thinks that such a move by the US legislature could bring about a better deal.

Secretary Kerry Poses for a Group Photo With Fellow EU, P5+1 Foreign Ministers and Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif After Reaching Iran Nuclear Deal.

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| July 26, 2015
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In J-Street Style, NYT Ad Spins Augmented Reality to Persuade Congress On Iran Deal

Although Israeli gov’t including opposition parties agree with single voice against dangerously bad Iran deal, the left-wing J-Street group runs full-page NYT ad in favor of deal in effort to sway Congress to embrace it.

BY Yoni Hersch, Shlomo Cesana & Erez Linn

 

Although most Americans and Israelis say they oppose the nuclear agreement signed between Iran and world powers earlier this month, left-wing pro-Israel lobby J Street has tried to cast it in a different light, all but ignoring the criticism the agreement has generated.

J Street has launched a campaign to prompt lawmakers to support the nuclear agreement with Iran – Screenshot: jstreet.org

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| July 24, 2015
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Iranian deal a bluff: US warns Israel, now protecting Iranian covert nuclear program

US Senate quietly learning White House is ‘bamboozling’ the world:
• U.S. will train Iran to block sabotage attempts against its nuclear program.
• U.S. obligated to defend Iranian covert Nuclear Program against all threats.
• Iran may continue enrichment that is not needed for civilian use.
• Iran retains enrichment capability to produce a bomb.
• Iran will not be subject to any real inspections:
 – Inspections are not ‘anywhere, anytime.’
 – Inspection to occur only after request 24 days in advance.
 – Nuclear materials to be tested, will be given to West by Iran.

By Ari Yashar

 

Less than a day after indicating in a Senate hearing that the Iran nuclear deal would have the US defend Iran from Israel, US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Israel on Friday that a unilateral strike on Iran’s covert nuclear program would be a “huge mistake.” Continue Reading »

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| July 21, 2015
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Watch: Obama Eldritchly Repeats Clinton’s Disastrous North Korea Deal

view videoWATCH: Sound bite comparison makes one wonder why Obama bamboozled the American public, & his European partners, by using same negotiators in Iran deal and using same speech writers that Clinton used in failed Korean deal.

By Ari Yashar

 

Not only has it been revealed that some of the very same American negotiators that sealed then-US President Bill Clinton’s failed nuclear deal with North Korea in 1994 worked on President Barack Obama’s similar deal with Iran signed last Tuesday – now it appears Obama even got the same speech writers.

Bill Clinton and Barack Obama – Photo: Reuters

The Washington Free Beacon on Monday released a compilation of public statements made by both presidents defending their respective deals, with an uncanny similarity noticeable between the two that would seem to bode ill for the Iran deal, given that Clinton’s failed deal led North Korea to conduct its first nuclear test in 2006.
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| July 21, 2015
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Time For U.S. to Recognize Israel’s Sovereignty Over Golan Heights

Israeli Ministers say a strategic discussion about policy, such as int’l backing of Israel’s presence & rule of the Golan needs to be decided, because the alternative is chaos: ‘Bashar the murderer’ with Hezbollah, or ISIS & Jabhat al-Nusra.

By Tal Shalev

 

The United States should recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights as part of the compensation it is offering for the nuclear deal between world powers and Iran, according to Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, a member of the diplomacy and defense cabinet and a close associate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

IDF officer on the Golan Heights, bordering Lebanon, and Syria in the North.

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| July 20, 2015
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Last minute added clause has world powers protecting Iran’s nuclear facilities

Officials at Israel’s PM Office were outraged to learn of ‘last minute’ added clause on Page 142 stipulating that world powers will actively help Iran thwart attempts to undermine its nuclear program.

By Shlomo Cesana

 

One of the clauses in the nuclear deal reached between world powers and Iran last week guarantees that the world powers will assist Iran in thwarting attempts to undermine its nuclear program, Israel Hayom learned Sunday.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Vienna, last week – Photo: Reuters

Article 10 of the deal, included in a section titled “Reactors, Fuels, Facilities, and Processes,” stipulates that world powers and Iran will foster “cooperation through training and workshops to strengthen Iran’s ability to protect against, and respond to, nuclear security threats, including sabotage, as well as to enable effective and sustainable nuclear security and physical protection systems.” Continue Reading »

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