Diplomacy

In the dangerous war against poaching animals and natural resources in Africa, Israeli expertise is tipping the scales in favor of the good guys. On one side are the bad guys: poachers who slaughter elephants for their ivory, capture African Grey parrots and other prized animals, and strip forests bare....

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Concern over their pilots’ safety and the growing role of Iran in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has prompted the United Arab Emirates to drop out of the American-led coalition fighting the terror group, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The United Arab Emirates...

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The Jordanian government announced on Monday that its ambassador to Israel will return to Tel Aviv. According to The New York Times, the ambassador, Walid Obeidat, is scheduled to arrive back in Israel this week. The Jerusalem Post reported that “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the Jordanian decision, calling it...

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The United States and Iran are moving closer to a deal that would allow Iran to keep as many as 6,500 centrifuges operating in return for Iran “guaranteeing regional stability,” according to a report today in The Jerusalem Post. The news, which cited European diplomats, was originally reported by Israel’s Army Radio. According...

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A correction published in The New York Times on Friday shows that a key report was mistaken in earlier reporting on Israeli Prime Minister’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s acceptance of House Speaker John Boehner’s (R – Ohio) invitation to address a joint session of Congress in March. This, despite the fact that Boehner’s...

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Iranian intransigence is the primary obstacle to a deal over its nuclear program, according to an analysis written Tuesday in The National Interest by Emily Landau, a non-proliferation expert for Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies. [I]f the P5+1–Iran negotiations break down, it will be because of Iran, the dangerous and defiant proliferator...

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