Global Affairs

The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday revealed that it had obtained evidence indicating that Iran “has kept active and intact its core team of weaponization researchers” as international criticism deepened over what appears to be a deliberate campaign by Tehran to skirt core obligations regarding the disclosure of possible military...

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The Washington Post late last week carried calls from a bipartisan group of veteran diplomats and analysts – Eric Edelman, Dennis Ross, and Ray Takeyh, respectively a former undersecretary of defense during the George W. Bush administration, a special assistant to President Obama, and a senior fellow at the Council...

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Israel’s leaders from President Shimon Peres on down roundly condemned the May 24 slaying of three people outside a Jewish museum in Brussels, Belgium, including an Israeli couple and a museum volunteer. President Peres called upon European leaders to take action against any form of anti-semitism and said, “We must act without hesitation...

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Reuters reported Wednesday that Iran’s crude exports to China in April had more than doubled from where they were a year ago – the final number constituting an all-time record high: China’s imports, added to India’s shipments of about 225,000 bpd in April and South Korea’s 135,000 bpd, put Asia’s purchases of Iranian...

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The Vatican and Israel are close to a deal on several outstanding issues, The Tower has learned. The announcement of an agreement paving the way to even closer ties could come later this year, possibly as early as June. Among the outstanding discussion points is the status of what Catholics see as...

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The Israeli government has unveiled its latest public-relations tool in its battle to convince the West that Iran is well on its way nuclear-bomb readiness. The Diaspora Affairs Ministry launched Inside Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Plan, an animated video that targets Westerners, especially Americans, with a very clear message: Don’t let Iran...

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