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Taking into account the global nonproliferation regime, the effect of sanctions on Iran, and the internal political situations in Iran, the New York Times evaluates the prospects for a breakthrough in today’s P5+1 talks in Kazakhstan and deems them… not great: When Iran’s nuclear negotiating team sits down with its Western...

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Holocaust denying Gilad Atzmon – identified by The Atlantic as a “jazz saxophonist who lives in London and who has a side gig disseminating the wildest sort of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories” – is blasting anti-Israel “boycott, divestment, and sanctions” (BDS) supporters, who are in turn criticizing British MP George Galloway for...

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Israeli media outlets are reporting statements by Israeli Home Front Command Minister Avi Dichter calling on the European Union to formally blacklist Hezbollah as a terror organization. Speaking to lawmakers in France – where fears of Hezbollah retaliation have driven officials to resist E.U. designation of the Iran-backed group –...

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A defendant on trial in Cyprus for plotting terror attacks against Israeli tourists has admitted to being a member of Hezbollah, a confession that promises to deepen pressure on the European Union to heed U.S. calls and formally designate the Iran-backed group a terrorist organization. The admission by Hossam Taleb...

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Both incoming Secretary of State John Kerry and CIA chief nominee John Brennan have in recent months called on the European Union to formally designate the Iran-backed group Hezbollah as a terror organization. Daniel Benjamin, who until recently was the U.S. State Department’s Coordinator for Counterterrorism, has said that the...

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The Syrian war is producing a new generation of hardened jihadists who may pose a serious threat to Europe, according to comments made by British Foreign Secretary William Hague in a speech outlining the U.K.’s counter-terrorism strategy. Hague suggested that Syria has become the “number one destination” in the world for...

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