Reuters reported on Tuesday about the significant role Iran has in arming, training, and commanding Shiite militias in Iraq. A secret branch of the Iraqi government known as the Popular Mobilization Committee (“Hashid Shaabi” in Arabic) serves as an umbrella group for Shiite paramilitary organizations. The group is run by Abu...

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Former Democratic Representative Shelley Berkley argued in an op-ed on Sunday that by failing to oppose Iranian aggression the Obama administration is “undermining bipartisan support for Israel, and the values of the Democratic Party.” Berkley’s protest isn’t limited to the course of the current nuclear negotiations with Iran, but evaluates a more...

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According to a report Monday by the Associated Press (AP), in the final years of an agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, restrictions and verification measures would be lifted to “allow it [Iran] to slowly ramp up activities that could be used to make nuclear arms over the last...

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The latest Gallup poll surveying American attitudes towards Israel was released Monday and reveals that 70% of Americans view Israel favorably. Gallup placed these numbers in context of previous polling, noting: These attitudes, from Gallup’s Feb. 8-11 World Affairs survey, are unchanged from a year ago, suggesting that neither the...

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Claiming “to ensure the stable security of the region,” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) carried out war games in the Persian Gulf that included the sinking of a model of an American aircraft carrier, Reuters reported today. The Shi’ite Muslim Islamic Republic sees the Gulf, between Iran and the...

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The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) identified another site where it claims that Iran is carrying on undeclared nuclear research, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The National Council of Resistance of Iran said underground labs in suburban Tehran have been used since 2008 to enrich uranium. It said the...

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Writing that “determining how best to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons and not just another Washington test of partisan and political loyalty,” former Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman urged all members of his party to attend Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before a joint session of Congress next week in...

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The failure to address Iran’s work towards weaponization is the biggest failing of the emerging nuclear deal between the P5+1 nations and Iran, according to proliferation expert Emily Landau of the Institute for National Security Studies, The Times of Israel reported yesterday. After describing the deal as “deeply flawed,” the Times...

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The shift of the United States towards Iran is a “big mistake,” said Amos Yadlin, the top candidate for Minister of Defense if the Zionist Union forms the next Israeli government, in an interview with The Jerusalem Post on Monday. Yadlin, who currently heads Israel’s Institute of National Security Studies (INSS), also described...

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The terms of a proposed nuclear deal between the West and Iran “reported by the AP [Associated Press] are even more worrying than those that were leaked in Jerusalem,” according to David Horovitz, editor-in-chief of The Times of Israel, in an analysis published Monday. After anonymous sources in Jerusalem leaked...

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