Diplomacy

President Barack Obama must address the “legitimate questions” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brought up in his Congressional speech yesteray, a staff editorial in The Washington Post argued today. The editorial’s argument was based on the Netanyahu’s explanation of the two major concessions that the United States has given to Iran, as...

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In a historic address this morning before a joint session of Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu re-emphasized the strength of the America-Israel alliance, thanked President Barack Obama for the support he gives Israel, described the threat Iran poses to Israel, the United States, and the world, and made a...

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In an op-ed published Saturday in The New York Times, Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog wrote that “on the Iranian nuclear threat, Israelis are one.” More generally Herzog argued: But a nuclear Iran would endanger not only Israel. If it goes nuclear, the Middle East will go nuclear, putting world...

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President Barack Obama made a number of inaccurate claims about the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran in an interview with Reuters yesterday. In the course of the interview the President charged that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was wrong in his assessment of Iran’s behavior since the P5+1 agreed to the...

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In recent weeks, as details of a nuclear deal between the West and Iran leak out, an increasing number of writers and analysts have expressed concern about the assumptions underpinning the emerging deal. Among the critics are a number who have, in the past, been aligned with the Obama administration. In addition...

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America’s Middle Eastern allies are concerned that they “haven’t had their say” in the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran, David Hazony, editor of The Tower, told Luke Russert this morning in an interview (embedded below) on The Briefing on MSNBC. Hazony’s argument is that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won’t just be representing Israel...

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