Diplomacy

Sunni Gulf states are seeking security assurances and weapons from the United States in return for their support of any future deal made with Iran over its nuclear program, increasing instability in a region that is already combustible. Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal reported that key Gulf states,...

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In a presentation last week at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew failed to convince skeptics of the emerging nuclear deal with Iran that the deal would prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons or discourage its destabilizing behavior in the Middle East, Josh Rogin of Bloomberg Views reported...

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Citing the current “fecklessness” of American policy towards Syria, which has led to the defection of moderate rebels to extremist factions and the growing military assertiveness of Saudi Arabia and Turkey, a staff editorial in The Washington Post called for an American-protected safe zone to allow moderate opposition leaders and...

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With its water and agricultural technology, Israel has the “the kind of model we are striving to achieve,” Davendra Fadnavis, chief minister of the Indian state of Maharashtra, told The Times of Israel in an interview Thursday. India, said Fadnavis, had several major agricultural challenges that Israel was helping the...

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After a young Israeli-Arab man from northern Israel used social media to convince other Israeli-Arabs to volunteer for the IDF, he was surprised when his efforts were rewarded with messages of support for Israel from all over the Arab world, Shlomi Eldar reported Wednesday for Al-Monitor. M. is an Israeli Arab Muslim who...

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Rep. Dan Kildee (D – Mich.) introduced a bipartisan Congressional resolution Thursday calling on Iran to “release all detained Americans immediately,” The New York Times reported. Characterizing the resolution as the product of legislative anger at Iran, the Times reported: The latest evidence of indignation was seen on Thursday when...

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