A task force led by two retired four-star generals has concluded that the nuclear deal with Iran will help the Islamic Republic “become more powerful and expand its influence and destabilizing activities.” The assessment (.pdf), led by James Conway, the former Commandant of the Marine Corps, and Charles Wald, the former...

The White House’s drive to steamroller the Iran deal through Congress in the face of opposition from a bipartisan majority has finally borne fruit—Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) today announced her backing for the deal, handing President Barack Obama the 34 senators he needs in the event that he has to...

In an attempt to boost political support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Secretary of State John Kerry sent letters to Congress acknowledging that the administration harbors “no illusion that [Iran’s] behavior will change following implementation of the JCPOA,” and pledged that the United States will boost its aid...

A survey found that two thirds of government personnel in the national security sector, including the Department of Defense and military, do not believe that the nuclear agreement with Iran is good for American interests, Defense One reported yesterday. Significantly, 58% of those surveyed serve at a managerial level or...

A group of scholars and academics signed a letter urging the University of California system to adopt the State Department’s definition of anti-semitism, The Algemeiner reported Monday. Some 34 academic specialists in antisemitism signed a letter calling on University of California President Janet Napolitano and UC regents to adopt the...

There has been continued talk of a possible Democratic filibuster of the vote on the Iran deal as the congressional recess comes to an end. A filibuster would go against the spirit of the Corkin-Cardin bill, formally known as the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, which passed the Senate...

Watching proponents of the Iran deal rejoice over the emergence of two more senators who support it is a lot of like watching a wide receiver spike the football before reaching the end zone: The guy with ball is celebrating, but everybody watching is kind of in shock, knowing too well...

Israeli security forces came under attack by Palestinian rioters during an operation to arrest a high-ranking terrorist in the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Monday night, The Jerusalem Post reported today. IDF soldiers, along with a counter-terrorism unit from the Border Police and the Shin Bet intelligence service,...

We’ve all heard the horror stories: The guy whose apartment was used by Airbnb renters for a wild orgy; the woman kidnapped by an Uber driver, the eBay wedding-dress scammer. Though we all love the ease of mobile and online marketplaces, we must have the ability to be reasonably sure...

Israel is keeping a “very sharp eye” on Iran’s expanding stock of highly accurate Fateh 313 ballistic missiles, which have twice the range of their predecessor, the Fateh 110, according to an Israeli defense official quoted Saturday in an article published in Defense News. “We assess that Iran has begun to...