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| December 22, 2013
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Clinton: Israel’s Criticism is Good for American Diplomacy

Israeli criticism of P5+1 deal with Iran helps American diplomacy, says former Secretary of State.

By Maayana Miskin

 

Israeli leaders’ criticism of Western powers recent agreement with Iran has been good for America, former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said, according to Maariv/nrg.

Clinton reportedly said in a closed meeting in Washington that Israel’s open concern that the plan would be ineffective has kept the pressure on Iran and its allies.

Israel’s status as a perceived ally of the United States means that its warnings of a possible military strike are taken seriously in Iran, she explained. Continue Reading »

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| December 5, 2013
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John Kerry has Returned to Jerusalem

What pearls of wisdom will we hear this time?
On his last trip to Israel, Kerry made a number of threats – including a “3rd intifada” if talks failed – & declared Israel’s presence in Judea & Samaria as “illegitimate.”

By Elad Benari

 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel on Wednesday for the first time since world powers struck a nuclear deal with Iran that angered the Jewish state, and amid renewed efforts to broker Israeli-Palestinian Authority (PA) peace talks, reports AFP.

The two issues are expected to dominate Kerry’s meetings on Thursday with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas when Kerry travels to Ramallah. Continue Reading »

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| December 4, 2013
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Every day delayed to initiate P1+5 nukes deal gives Iran time to acquire bomb

“Every day that goes by where Iran is not bound to roll back its nuclear program, but still can benefit from a shift in the market psychology, from fear to greed, puts money in the regime’s pocket, without doing anything to address their growing nuclear weapons capacity,” said the executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

 

WASHINGTON (JTA) — There’s the six-month interim deal on Iran’s nuclear program that trades some sanctions relief for a freeze on Iran’s nuclear program. And then there’s the interim before the interim begins.

Under the terms of an agreement reached last month, Iran has vowed not to make “any further advances of its activities” at its reactor in Arak.

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| December 4, 2013
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Ex-US & Israeli Intel Chiefs: Obama Let Iran become Nuclear

 

 

Both former American and Israeli intel chiefs agree: The P5+1 Geneva agreement has allowed Iran to become a nuclear power.

By Ryan Jones

 

 

Former Israeli and American intelligence chiefs this week said the deal US President Barack Obama and other Western leaders struck with Iran last week in Geneva had essentially allowed the Islamic Republic to become a “nuclear threshold state.”

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More accurately, former Israeli military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin said that the West had failed for decades to adequately confront the Iranian nuclear threat, and so had finally given up and signed a bad deal.

“The fact that Iran is a nuclear threshold state does not derive from this agreement, but because the Iranians have developed capabilities for years, and no one can stop them,” Yadlin said at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. Continue Reading »

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| December 2, 2013
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Binyamin Netanyahu: I won’t ‘shut up’ when Israel’s interests are at stake

 

Netanyahu responds to criticism from previous PM on his approach to Iranian deal.

Olmert: Netanyahu has “declared war” on the U.S. by slamming closest ally’s role in brokering interim accord. Olmert continued saying Israel should urge the U.S. to lead efforts on preventing a nuclear Iran.

By HERB KEINON, HENRY ROME
 

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his predecessor Ehud Olmert battled over Israel’s Iran policy Sunday, with Olmert slamming Netanyahu for “waging war” against the US administration and Netanyahu responding that he would speak out loudly when Israel’s security is at stake.

“As opposed to others, when I see that interests vital to the security of Israel’s citizens are in danger, I will not be quiet,” Netanyahu said in Rome in a clear reference to comments Olmert made earlier in the day. Continue Reading »

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| December 1, 2013
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UK news report: Israel’s PM orders Mossad to gather proof Teheran violating Geneva accord

London’s ‘Sunday Times’ quotes Israeli defense sources as saying Israel wants to discredit the P5+1 Geneva deal by producing evidence of Iranian covert duplicity.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has ordered both the Mossad and Military Intelligence to search for evidence that Iran is continuing nuclear activities forbidden under the Geneva accord signed with world powers last week, The Sunday Times quoted Israeli defense sources as saying.

Satellite photos show Iran 'sanitizing' Parchin

Satellite photos show Iran ‘sanitizing’ Parchin – Photo: REUTERS

Proof that Iran was violating the terms of the six-month interim deal would complicate US President Barack Obama’s push to delay the passage of new congressional sanctions against Iran while a long-term deal with Iran is being negotiated. Continue Reading »

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| November 30, 2013
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Iranian IAEA Envoy Attacks Israeli ‘Aggression’

According to an Iranian envoy, Israel is “sitting on 200 nuclear warheads” as it is “crying wolf” about Iran’s nukes.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) slammed Israel on Friday, accusing the Jewish state of attacking its neighbors and committing atrocities.

IAEA officials – AFP/File Photo

“Israel, sitting on 200 nuclear warheads all of them targeted at Muslim cities … is crying wolf about nuclear proliferation,” the envoy, Reza Najafi, told the UN nuclear agency.

“This regime (has) a long history of aggression against neighbors, atrocity against peoples under occupation and clandestine development of all kinds of” weapons of mass destruction, he declared in the comments quoted by The Associated Press (AP). Continue Reading »

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| November 29, 2013
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‘Washington Post’: White House isn’t telling all on Iran nuclear deal

 

Apparently Israel’s PM Netanyahu was right all along: ‘The Deal reduces the pressure on Iran without them giving anything tangible in return. The Iranians who are laughing all the way to the bank, are themselves saying that this deal has saved them.’

By JPOST.COM STAFF
 

 

The White House is omitting key facts about the nuclear deal signed with Iran, which makes a number of important concessions to the Islamic Republic, The Washington Post argued in its editorial Friday.

US President Barack Obama - Photo: REUTERS/Pete Souza/The White House/Handout via Reu

US President Barack Obama – Photo: REUTERS/Pete Souza/The White House/Handout via Reu

Sunday’s accord is a six-month agreement with an option to extend, meant to limit the Iranian nuclear program as the P5+1 – the US, UK, Russia, China, France and Germany – try to hammer out a comprehensive accord with Iran. Continue Reading »

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| November 29, 2013
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Israeli experts: Iran Could Have a Nuclear Device in 5 Weeks

Israeli experts: P5+1 deal leaves Iran capable of producing nuclear weapon within 36 days.

US also allows Tehran to keep building the Arak heavy water & nuclear plant.

By Tova Dvorin

 

Iran could be armed with a nuclear weapon within just over a month, Maariv reports Thursday. The report was forwarded to diplomats and international experts this week.

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Mark 7 nuclear bomb: Photo: National Museum of the United States Air Force

Israeli experts have estimated that Tehran’s schedule for nuclear enrichment has only been delayed for up to two weeks, according to the report, less than one week after a deal has been reached between Western powers and the Iranian government regarding the nuclear program. Continue Reading »

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| November 29, 2013
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Iran’s Sunni neighbors seeking assurances P5+1 nuclear deal not danger to them

 

Bahrain’s Interior Minister Sheikh al-Khalifa says Iran’s Arab neighbors are still very concerned about Islamic republic’s nuclear program and want assurance that the West’s nuclear deal will indeed enhance regional security in the Gulf.

By Reuters

 

Iran’s Arab neighbors, deeply worried about Iran’s nuclear program, want assurances that Tehran’s deal with world powers will indeed enhance regional security, Bahrain’s interior minister said on Thursday.

Bahrain’s Interior Minister al-Khalifa – Photo: AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH

US-allied Gulf Arab states, led by top oil exporter Saudi Arabia, have cautiously welcomed the November 24 interim accord as a step towards curbing what they fear is a secret Iranian program to develop nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran denies. Continue Reading »

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| November 24, 2013
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Ex-IDF Intel Chief: Focus on the Bright Side

Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yadlin reports that the deal made with Iran is much better than what was offered two weeks ago – and Netanyahu should take some credit for that.

By Gil Ronen

 

Major General (res.) Amos Yadlin, the former Head of Military Intelligence and current head of the Institute of National Strategic Studies, struck an upbeat note regarding the deal struck by the US and five other powers with Iran, regarding its nuclear weapons program.

Speaking on Channel 2‘s early-evening newscast Six, Yadlin said sarcastically that when he heard the first reactions of alarm to the deal, he “thought that perhaps Iran had received permission to build a nuclear bomb.” Continue Reading »

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| November 24, 2013
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Report: Behind the scene ‘Secret US-Iran Talks’ that made the deal

 

Le Figaro reports the U.S. had a secret channel of talks with Iran held in Oman, that began in September.

It was after Obama informed him of the talks, Netanyahu gave his scathing U.N. speech.

 By Boaz Bismuth, Israel Hayom Staff & The Associated Press

 

 

The United States and Iran secretly engaged in a series of high-level, face-to-face talks over the past year, in a high-stakes diplomatic gamble by the Obama administration that paved the way for the historic deal sealed early Sunday in Geneva aimed at slowing Tehran’s nuclear program, The Associated Press has learned.

U.S. diplomat William Burns – Photo: AP

The discussions were kept hidden even from America’s closest friends, including its negotiating partners and Israel, until two months ago, and that may explain how the nuclear accord appeared to come together so quickly after years of stalemate and fierce hostility between Iran and the West.

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| November 24, 2013
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White House releases details of nuclear deal with Iran

Complete document: ‘1st Step Understandings Regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Nuclear Program.’

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Shortly after the announcement of the deal, the White House released a ‘fact sheet’ explaining the agreement and the rationals that directed the U.S. in its negotiating efforts. Included is the full text:

US President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room at the White House Saturday November 23, 2013, in Washington about the nuclear deal between six world powers and Iran (photo credit: AP/Susan Walsh)

US President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room at the White House Saturday November 23, 2013, about the nuclear deal between six world powers and Iran – Photo: AP/Susan Walsh

 

Fact Sheet: First Step Understandings Regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Nuclear Program

The P5+1 (the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, and China, facilitated by the European Union) has been engaged in serious and substantive negotiations with Iran with the goal of reaching a verifiable diplomatic resolution that would prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Continue Reading »

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| November 24, 2013
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BREAKING NEWS – EU Announces: P5+1 Struck Deal with Iran

BREAKING NEWS

Iran & 6 world powers have reached an agreement regarding Iran’s nuclear program.

Still no details of deal.

By Elad Benari

 

Iran and six world powers have reached a deal regarding Iran’s nuclear program, after hours of talks in Geneva.

Iranian, P5+1 delegations in Geneva October 15, 2013 – Reuters

The European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief, Catherine Ashton, announced early Sunday morning that an agreement has been reached between Iran and the group known as the P5+1.

France’s Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, confirmed as well that a deal has been reached. Details of the agreement have not yet been made public. Continue Reading »

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