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| February 9, 2015
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Washington Post echos Natanyahu’s concerns over Iran deal without mentioning him once

Washington Post editorial raises 3 main concerns over potential nuclear deal with Iran.
• 2 are: The Obama administration would avoid confronting Iran & the White House hinted that they would implement future agreements without Congressional approval.

By Yoni Hersch

 

No deal has been signed between Iran and world powers yet, but the reports continuously leaking out of the negotiating rooms and the stern warnings being issued by Israel are making quite a few Americans wary of a possible bad deal. Over the weekend, the Washington Post ran an editorial titled “The emerging Iran nuclear deal raises major concerns” that leveled criticism at the conduct of the American administration. Continue Reading »

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| January 29, 2015
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Bill O’Reilly: ‘It’s important for all Americans to know what Netanyahu knows about Iran’

 

Bill O’Reilly tells Fox News Network viewers, “I want to hear what P.M. Netanyahu has to say on Iran”
• Chris Stirewalt Fox News’ political correspondent, said White House comments on Netanyahu’s invitation was just “too cute.”

By Eli Leon & Erez Lynn

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is very knowledgeable about Iran, and therefore it is appropriate for him to address Congress about Iran, Fox News political commentator Bill O’Reilly said on Tuesday.

Fox News political commentator Bill O’Reilly says Americans should listen to what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has to say in Congress – Photo: AP

As part of a segment on his show “The O’Reilly Factor,” the host expressed his disagreement with fellow Fox News senior correspondent Chris Wallace, who said last week that he was “shocked” by the way Netanyahu was invited to speak before Congress in March — by House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner without going through the White House, which by protocol is the body that invites foreign speakers to Congress.

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| January 27, 2015
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Iranian General: Iran’s Goal Still Remains Israel’s Total Annihilation

 

Days before Israeli PM Netanyahu is to address the U.S. Congress, a top Iranian general says his country’s military goals still include Israel’s complete destruction.

By Israel Today Staff

 

A top Iranian general last week reiterated that one of the Islamic Republic’s chief military goals remains the “full obliteration” of the Jewish State of Israel, according to Iran’s state-run PRESSTV.

Iranian general – Source: Israel Today

Jafari was responding to last week’s assassination of another Iranian general, Mohammad Ali Allahdadi, who was killed when Israel targeted Hezbollah field commander Jihad Mughniyeh near the border of the Golan Heights.

Iran has long supported, facilitated and directed Hezbollah terrorism against Israel.

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| January 26, 2015
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Israel Defense Minister: Iran planning to open front against Israel from Golan Heights

 

While visiting IAI’s Missiles & Satellites plant, Defense Minister Ya’alon says Israel’s satellites in space are able to track distant threats, particularly Iran’s.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

Iran is seeking to open a new front against Israel from the Syrian Golan Heights, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said Monday during a visit to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to mark Space Week.

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visit Israel Aerospace Industries‏. – Photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI

Speaking a little more than a week after an air strike, attributed by international media reports to Israel, that struck and killed 12 Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah operatives in Quneitra, Syria, near the Israeli border, Ya’alon appeared to link the air strike to Iran’s activities in Syria. Continue Reading »

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| January 23, 2015
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Fact-Checker: Obama Misled Congress & American People in State of the Union Address

When Barack Obama addressed the Congress that U.S. had ‘halted’ the Iranian nuclear program & reduced their nuclear stockpile, the president wasn’t being accurate, and Netanyahu’s upcoming congressional visit will point out more ‘mistakes’.

By Hillel Fendel

 

Experts on the negotiations with Iran regarding its nuclear capabilities have taken issue with two main points made by U.S. President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address this week.

Barack Obama – Reuters

“Our diplomacy is at work with respect to Iran,” Obama said, “where, for the first time in a decade, we’ve halted the progress of its nuclear program and reduced its stockpile of nuclear material.”
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| January 22, 2015
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Israeli Satellite Intel Reveals New Iranian Long-Range Missile Launching Facility

Israeli satellite imaging concern finds in Iran a 27 meter (89 ft) missile launcher with new missile capable of reaching as far as Israel & Europe
• Teheran is still in the midst of nuclear negotiations with world powers.

By Eli Leon & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Israeli satellite imaging company ImageSat released images from Iran revealing a new nuclear development site.

ImageSat International’s satellite image show missile release facility in Iran

The images show what appears to be a new missile launcher that stands 27 meters (89 feet) tall and is capable of launching a nuclear missile to Israel or Europe, according to a Channel 2 report.

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| November 23, 2014
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With EU & US appeasements, Israel reconsiders military action against Iran

 

Unbound by nuclear pact, Israeli official points out a “sunset clause” in proposed EU-US deal, which guarantees Iran a way into the ‘nuclear club’ that may pull Israel into future war.

By MICHAEL WILNER

 

WASHINGTON – Historic negotiations with Iran will reach an inflection point on Monday, as world powers seek to clinch a comprehensive deal that will, to their satisfaction, end concerns over the nature of its vast, decade-old nuclear program.

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Israel Air Force planes fly over Tel Aviv. – Photo courtesy: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT

But reflecting on the deal under discussion with The Jerusalem Post on the eve of the deadline, Israel has issued a stark, public warning to its allies with a clear argument: Current proposals guarantee the perpetuation of a crisis, backing Israel into a corner from which military force against Iran provides the only logical exit.

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| November 17, 2014
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WATCH Israel’s Prime Minister Addresses the US: REMEMBER! – Iran is not your friend, it seeks your destruction!

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Sunday, saying in an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation”, ‘Iran cannot be allowed to become a nuclear threshold state.’
• PM: Israel supports the U.S. in the fight against the Islamic State group.

By Shlomo Cesana, Eli Leon & Israel Hayom Staff

 

With the Nov. 24 deadline for a nuclear agreement between world powers and Iran fast approaching, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Sunday that any deal allowing Iran to maintain enrichment capabilities, essentially making it a threshold nuclear state, would be bad for the world.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – Photo: AP

In an interview with CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Netanyahu delivered perhaps his sternest note of caution to date to the U.S.

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| November 11, 2014
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Hezbollah accuses Israel of assassinating 5 nuclear engineers in Syria

Hezbollah believes that Syrian rebels, acting on behalf of Israel, were behind the killing of the 5 nuclear scientists, of which one was Iranian.

 

Hezbollah is blaming Israel for the deaths of five nuclear engineers, four Syrians and one Iranian, on Monday in Damascus.

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, left, speaks with Syrian President Bashar Assad

This file photo shows Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, left, speaks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, right. February 25, 2010. – Photo: AP

Initial Syrian reports said that four Syrians were killed in an ambush, but later Syrian state television admitted that a fifth scientist, an Iranian, was also among the victims.

The five were killed after gunmen opened fire on their bus in an area not affected by the fighting between rebel groups and Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces.

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| September 26, 2014
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‘Israel May Have to Strike Iran at Any Time’

 

Israel’s Air Force commander said that looming military strike on Iran’s nuclear facility necessitates increased defense budget.

By Israel Today Staff

 

In battling the political echelon for defense budget increases on Sunday, the commander of the Israel Air Force, Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel, reminded everyone that the same planes used to attack Gaza over the summer could be called upon at any moment to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

“There’s no one in this room who’d be prepared to ride in a car as old as our planes,” Eshel said in remarks carried by Israel’s Channel 2 News.

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| June 12, 2014
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Sen. Cruz tells US Jews: Israel could strike Iran ‘in a matter of months’

 

At the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, Sen Cruz (Rep-Texas) said Iran’s Supreme leader Khamenei appears confident that “there is no credible deterrence from the US.”

By JTA

 

 

An Israeli strike against Iran “could happen in a matter of months,” Sen. Ted Cruz reportedly told a US Jewish security group.

Ted Cruz.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R).- Photo: REUTERS

Cruz (R-Texas) at a meeting of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, or JINSA, said Tuesday that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appears confident that “there is no credible deterrence from the United States” to prevent the Islamic Republic from progress in its nuclear development. Continue Reading »

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| April 14, 2014
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Carter guesses that Israel stockpiled over 300 nuclear bombs

 

The worst former U.S. president advises Obama should not attack Iran even if Teheran successfully deceives the world and does develop a nuclear bomb.

By Yoni Hirsch & Israel Hayom Staff

 

The United States should not attack Iran, even if Iran develops nuclear weapons, former U.S. President  said.

Former President Jimmy Carter - Photo by AP

Former Peanut Farmer & U.S. President Jimmy Carter – Photo by AP

In a recent interview with MSNBC, Carter not only declared his absolute opposition to any attack on Iran, he also said that Israel had a stock of nuclear weapons of its own.

“Israel has, what, 300 or more, nobody knows exactly how many,” Carter said.

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| March 19, 2014
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Netanyahu approves Defense budget which includes possible Iran strike funds

After Netanyahu orders IDF to continue preparing possible strike on Iran as Ministry of Defense allocates budget for preparations to deal with Iranian nuclear facilities

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon have instructed the army to continue preparations for a possible military operation in Iran, Israeli daily Haaretz reported Wednesday.

 

PM Benjamin Netanyahu with Défense Minister Moshe Ya'alon at 'Eilat press conference on 10 March 2014 - Photo: Jack Guez/AFP

PM Benjamin Netanyahu with Défense Minister Moshe Ya’alon at ‘Eilat press conference on 10 March 2014

According to information leaked from hearings on Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) financial planning for 2014, 10 to 12 billion NIS of the IDF’s annual budget are to be allocated to the preparations, similar to last year’s sum.

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| March 18, 2014
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Israel’s Defense Minister: ‘We can’t rely on U.S. against Iran’s nuclear program’

 

Criticizing Washington & Europe for their soft stance on Iran, Israel’s defense minister admits ‘Weakness certainly does not pay in the world… I hope the United States will come to its senses.’

By The Associated Press

 

Israel cannot depend on the United States to lead any action against Iran’s nuclear program and can only rely on itself, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said Tuesday.

Ya'alon: Israel can't rely on US on Iran (Photo: Ido Erez)

Ya’alon: Israel can’t rely on US on Iran – Photo: Ido Erez

The comments came as world powers and Iran sat down to start a new round of talks over Iran’s contested nuclear program.

The West fears the program could be used to make a nuclear weapon and seeks to scale it back. Continue Reading »

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| March 2, 2014
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Obama tells Jerusalem: ‘Stop killing Iran’s nuclear scientists’

 

CBS News reports: White House officials seek an end to the Iranian assassinations, believed to be the handiwork of Israel’s Mossad.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
 

The United States is reportedly pressuring Israel to stop assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists, a number of whom have been mysteriously killed in a campaign thought to be carried out by Mossad.

Prime Minister Netanyahu and US President Obama meet at the Oval Office, September 30, 2013.- Photo: Koby Gideon/GPO

Prime Minister Netanyahu and US President Obama meet at the Oval Office, September 30, 2013.- Photo: Koby Gideon/GPO

According to CBS News, Obama administration officials have communicated to Israeli intelligence their wish for a cessation of the targeting of scientists in order to allow diplomatic negotiations aimed at rolling back Iran’s nuclear program to take their course.

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