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Diplomacy

USA Today late on Wednesday sketched out the emerging details of an anticipated deal between Iran and the P5+1 global powers, with the outlet bluntly assessing that the agreement will fall far short of securing an “end [to] Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon.” “The Iranians will have some...

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Israel

This week SpaceIL launched its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to finance its development of the first Israeli spacecraft to land on the moon. The SpaceIL team is the only Israeli team competing for the Google Lunar X Prize. SpaceIL is one of 33 international, non-governmental teams seeking to be the first to develop a craft...

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MidEast

In the wake of allegations of Syrian of chemical weapons use, questions about Syria’s commitment to abide by the chemical weapons convention it signed onto last year, the capture of Homs by the Syrian government, and the ever-rising death toll, the United Nations’ special envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, announced his resignation...

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Palestinian Affairs

The Anti-Defamation League this week released the results of a comprehensive international survey of anti-Semitic attitudes. The Palestinian Authority topped the list of the 10 places on earth with the highest level of anti-Semitism. This result underscores the importance of the Israeli demand that the Palestinian political leadership cease its incitement against Israel. The...

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Global Affairs

Hurriyet Daily News on Tuesday conveyed a speech by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the outlet characterized as “slam[ming] Israel, Germany, the United States and many others” – which the Islamist leader did in the context of “defending Ankara’s press freedom record” from a recent Freedom House report...

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Diplomacy

Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth this weekend assessed that the Palestinian Authority (PA) faces what the outlet described as an “economic meltdown,” days before the two dominant Palestinian factions – Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, and Fatah, which controls Palestinian portions of the West Bank – announced that they were...

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Global Affairs

Moves to unwind the international sanctions regime against Iran are growing increasingly risky as long as Tehran continues to engage in a range of illicit activities – from its support for global terrorism to its pursuit of illegal weapons materials – according to a report published Tuesday by Mark Dubowitz and Jonathan...

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Iran

A new report published on Monday by top figures at the U.S.-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) sought to clarify what has emerged as a growing debate about the degree to which Iran will be forced to live up to its obligation to disclose so-called “possible military dimensions” (PMD)...

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Featured

A poll released this morning by The Israel Project (TIP) shows that voters overwhelmingly hold the Palestinian Authority (PA) responsible for the recent breakdown in peace talks and overwhelmingly agree with the stance – emphasized by both the Israeli government and the State Department – that Jerusalem can’t be expected...

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MidEast

After publishing an article in Newsweek alleging aggressive Israeli espionage against the United States, reporter Jeff Stein took to Twitter last week to reject the accusation that there were anti-Semitic elements to the story. Stein’s defense elicited a response from Bloomberg columnist Jeffrey Goldberg: “I’m really, seriously disappointed that your piece is filled with dog-whistles.”...

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