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| November 18, 2013
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French President Lays Out His 4 Conditions for Iran Agreement

In Jerusalem, French President Hollande echos Israel’s position by insisting on his 4 points for an agreement with Iran over its nuclear program.

By Elad Benari

 

French President Francois Hollande reiterated on Sunday evening that his country would never tolerate nuclear proliferation, AFP reports.

Netanyahu and Hollande hold joint press conference - Photo: Koby Gideon, GPO

French President Francois Hollande & PM Binyamin Netanyahu hold joint press conference – Photo: Koby Gideon, GPO

Speaking in a news conference with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, hours after he arrived in Israel for his first official visit as France’s president, Hollande laid out four demands which he said must be in place for any deal with Iran to be successful. Continue Reading »

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| November 15, 2013
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Minister Bennett: Israel prefers a diplomatic solution to nuclear Iran

 

 

In his speech in Washington, Economy Minister Bennett says he wishes Israel some day sign free trade deal with Iran, but expressed his opposition to the White House’s current outline of nuclear deal.

By Attila Somfalvi

Economy Minister Naftali Bennett delivered a speech on Thursday to the Brookings Institution in Washington, saying that Israel was in great support of a diplomatic solution to the issue of nuclear Iran, seeing as “if Iran achieves a nuclear weapon, we will be their first target.”

Senator McCain welcomes Bennett – Photo: Shmulik Almani

He nevertheless added that if the Islamic republic indeed managed to achieve nuclear weapon, Israel “will not be their last target,” as the Iranians are capable of reaching Rome, Madrid, London and New York. Continue Reading »

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| November 13, 2013
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Israel’s Prime Minister: U.S. deal with Iran could lead to war

 

PM Netanyahu continues lobbying against ‘bad’ American interim nuclear deals with Iran.

By REUTERS
 

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that war could result from a bad deal between world powers and Iran over its nuclear program.

Prime Minister Netanyahu at a Likud Beytenu faction meeting, November 4, 2013.- Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The J'lem Post

Prime Minister Netanyahu at a Likud Beytenu faction meeting, November 4, 2013. – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

Netanyahu has been lobbying against any agreement at talks due to resume in Geneva on November 20 that would fail to strip Iran of nuclear enrichment capabilities. He has urged no let-up in international economic sanctions.

He has often hinted at possible Israeli military action if diplomacy and sanctions failed to block what he says is Iran’s goal of building atomic weapons. Continue Reading »

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| November 11, 2013
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Don’t say Israel can’t do it

 

 

The IDF has proved time & again, it can do the impossible; it can also do the unthinkable. Ultimately, Israel can’t trust anyone but itself.

Any deal, bad or somewhat bad, that’s ushered in by the White House won’t change one thing: The only one way to avoid a nuclear Iran, is to attack it.

By Amos Regev

 

A deal with Iran, be it bad or just somewhat bad, cannot change the fact that the only way to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is to attack it — as a last resort.

Just as the Allies did the unthinkable, so too can Israel – Photo: Reuters

An attack is doable.

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| November 11, 2013
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Minister Naftali Bennett: U.S. must prevent potential nuclear 9/11 now

 

Watch Bennett tells Fox News: Deal must force Iran to dismantle its nuclear production program

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Economy Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday called on the world to maintain economic pressure on Iran in the hopes that it would force the Islamic Republic to dismantle its entire nuclear program.

 

“Today is the time to stop a potential nuclear 9/11,” Bennett said in an interview with Fox News, responding to the stalemate in nuclear talks over the weekend in Geneva between Iran and the P5+1 world powers.

Bennett, a member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, condemned a deal on the table in Geneva that supposedly calls for only a partial halt of Tehran’s disputed nuclear program.

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| November 11, 2013
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Analysis: White House Pushing Bad Iran Deal, Abandoning Allies

US-based analysts from the Washington Institute commented that the White House is rushing a non-demanding Iran nuclear deal and turning its back on its closest allies.

Analyst also notes nuclear arms race danger.

By Ari Yashar

 

According to US-based analysts, America is ignoring its allies to rush a deal and ease sanctions on Iran at the Geneva nuclear talks, in doing so turning its back on its allies Israel and Saudi Arabia. Analysts note the move raises the specter of a Middle East nuclear arms race.

US President Barack Obama – Reuters

Speaking to AFP Sunday, Hussein Ibish, a senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine, said of Iran nuclear talks in Geneva that the US was “maybe trying to go a little too far, too fast…induced by the Iranian enthusiasm.” Continue Reading »

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| November 9, 2013
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Iran Talks: Since Kerry Didn’t, France Stood up for Israel

Iranian Ministers accuse French Foreign Minister Fabius of ‘defending Israel’.

French FM expressed the concerns Israel has raising to no avail, ‘no certainty’ a deal will be reached.

By Ari Yashar

 

Amid the ongoing negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, two senior Iranian MPs Saturday claimed French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius is defending Israel. The French FM has expressed concerns that Israel has raised over the proposals.

Fabius traveled to Geneva Friday where the talks between Iran and six world powers (P5+1) are being held.

He arrived the same day as US Secretary of State John Kerry, who made the trip to Geneva for three-way meetings with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. Continue Reading »

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| October 25, 2013
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Iran may be 1 month from nuclear bomb


The time needed to convert enough uranium to weapon-grade so as to build a bomb, stands at between 1-1.6 months, & is shortening further, says new assessment by the U.S. Institute for Science and International Security.

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Iran could build a nuclear bomb within as little as a month, a new report issued by the U.S. Institute for Science and International Security says.

Bushehr nuclear power plant.

In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. – Photo: AP

According to the assessment, Iran’s weapons-grade uranium production capabilities are developed to a degree that its ‘breakout time’ – the time needed to convert enough uranium to weapon-grade so as to build a bomb – stands at between one and 1.6 months – and is shortening further. Continue Reading »

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| October 25, 2013
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Watch Sheldon Adelson: Nuke Iran

Sheldon Adelson suggests nuking the Iranian desert to get Teheran to talk business & stop it’s nuclear weapons aspirations.

By JTA

 

 

WASHINGTON — Sheldon Adelson, a top backer of Republican and right-wing pro-Israel causes, advocated bombing Iran with a nuclear device as a means of negotiation.

Sheldon and Miriam Adelson - Photo Getty Images

Sheldon and Miriam Adelson – Photo: Getty Images

“You pick up your cell phone and you call somewhere in Nebraska and you say ‘OK, let it go,’ and so there’s an atomic weapon goes over, ballistic missiles in the middle of the desert that doesn’t hurt a soul, maybe a couple of rattlesnakes and scorpions or whatever,” Adelson, a casino magnate, said in a rare public appearance on Oct.

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| October 20, 2013
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Column One: Israel vs. Obama & EU Appeasement Path

 

Tehran gives no indication that they will suspend all uranium enrichment and still the White House sees “level of seriousness and substance that we had not seen before.”

By CAROLINE B. GLICK

 

 

 

Speaking to the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Wednesday, Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz explained Israel’s concerns about the nuclear negotiations with Iran in Geneva. “We’re worried Geneva 2013 will end up like Munich 1938.”
Catherine Ashton, Saeed Jalili during before talks

Catherine Ashton, Saeed Jalili during before talks – Photo: REUTERS/Tolga Adanali/Pool

Well, the time for worrying has passed. The statements from the Obama administration and the EU following the closing of the first round of talks all made clear that Geneva 2013 is Munich 1938.

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| October 7, 2013
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Iran reports 4 arrested for attempts to sabotage nuclear site

Iran’s head of their Atomic Energy Organization announced individuals ‘were caught red-handed & their interrogations are ongoing,’

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At least four people have been arrested in Iran for trying to sabotage a nuclear site, Iranian media reported Sunday.

Rohani addresses UN, Sept. 26, 2013, Reuters

Iran’s President Hassan Rohani addressing a UN meeting on nuclear disarmament, New York, September 26, 2013. – Photo: Reuters

The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation, Ali Akbar Salehi, said officials had monitored and then arrested a “number of saboteurs” before they could carry out their plan.

“Four of these individuals were caught red-handed and their interrogations are ongoing,” he said, according to the Mehr news agency on Sunday. Continue Reading »

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| October 6, 2013
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Netanyahu admits he’d ‘consider’ taking phone-call from Rouhani

Netanyahu: “If I meet with these people I’d stick this question in their face: Are you prepared to dismantle your program completely?”

By JTA

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. media he would not initiate contact with the new Iranian president, but would not turn down an overture out of hand.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu – Photo GPO

“Yeah, we’re not the first to call,” Netanyahu told Piers Morgan, a CNN host who asked him in an interview broadcast Thursday if he would take a call from Hassan Rouhani.

Separately, Netanyahu told NPR in an interview broadcast Thursday that he would consider an offer to engage directly with Rouhani, but also suggested such engagement was beside the point. 

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| October 3, 2013
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Israel’s PM: Iran’s Khamenei leads a ‘messianic, apocalyptic radical cult’

In a NBC interview , Israeli PM Netanyahu says Iranians may want change, but realistically speaking, they are governed by an appointed Supreme Leader, not their ‘elected’ President Rohani.

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In an interview with NBC on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei cannot be trusted because he heads a “cult” that is “wild in its ambition and aggression” adding it is a “messianic, apocalyptic, radical regime.”

Prime Minister Netanyahu in NBC interview, following UNGA speech


Prime Minister Netanyahu in NBC interview, following UNGA speech, October 2, 2013. – Photo: Screenshot

 

Asked whether he believes the Iranians chose to elect President Hassan Rohani because they want change and a lifting of the sanctions, Netanyahu said he’s sure they do, but stressed that Iranians are not governed by Rohani but by Ayatollah Khamenei. Continue Reading »

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| October 1, 2013
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Netanyahu at UN: Israel will prevent Iranian nuclear weapons, even if alone

 

Israel’s PM Netanyahu outlines necessary steps in avoiding a nuclear armed Iran; speech comes as warning to well-received address by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

A steadfast Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made clear in a speeach to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that Israel would not accept a nuclear armed Iran, and would “stand alone” if necessary to achieve that aim.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday October 1, 2013 at the United Nations headquarters in New York - Photo: AP/Andrew Gombert,Pool

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday October 1, 2013 at the United Nations headquarters in    New York – Photo: AP/Andrew Gombert,Pool

 

“Israel will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons, even if we have to stand alone,” he said.

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| September 30, 2013
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Frustration as Netanyahu tries to convince Obama about Iran

 

With the US & Europe being taken in by the ‘Iranian charm offensive’, some say Israel should unilaterally make its own viable threat of military force known.

By  Ryan Jones

 

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to meet with US President Barack Obama on Monday in what many Israelis saw as the “moment of truth” in the ongoing Iran nuclear saga.

Frustration as Netanyahu pleads with Obama over Iran

The Obama Administration, like much of the West, has been largely taken in by new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s recent charm offensive, and that has Israel worried.

While US officials have struck cautious tone, US Secretary of State John Kerry didn’t succeed in hiding his excitement over the prospect of a “quick deal” to resolve the nuclear crisis. Continue Reading »

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