An increasing majority of Americans oppose the nuclear deal with Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), according to a poll released yesterday by CNN. The poll further revealed that 60% of Americans disapprove of the way President Barack Obama has handled negotiations with Tehran. As Congress...
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Josh Block, CEO and President of The Israel Project, issued the following statement in response to today’s announced nuclear agreement with Iran. The Israel Project publishes The Tower. Today’s announcement of this nuclear agreement with Iran is a realization of the deepest fears and the most dire predictions of skeptics...
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The Israel Project (TIP) was praised for “doing a remarkable job in tracking the ups and downs” of the nuclear talks between the P5+1 nations and Iran by an editorial published by The New York Sun on Monday. The editorial quotes from e-mails from Omri Ceren, TIP’s managing director for press...
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If the administration makes a bad nuclear deal with Iran, Congress should reject it, Josh Block, CEO and President of The Israel Project, wrote in an op-ed for The Miami Herald Tuesday. The Israel Project publishes The Tower. After noting that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected a number of conditions that would...
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By changing course and “halting the Iranians’ path toward nuclear capability,” the Obama administration could reverse what is potentially “one of the greatest missteps” in history and strengthen the emerging nuclear deal with Iran, Josh Block, the president and CEO of The Israel Project, wrote in an op-ed published today...
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The European Union issued a “cautionary” statement to Iran, saying the Islamic Republic must account for all of its past nuclear work if there is to be a comprehensive nuclear deal, the Associated Press (AP) reported today. It was obtained by The Associated Press ahead of its delivery at a...
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Members of the senior staff of The Israel Project were profiled in an article published Monday in BuzzFeed about advocacy groups currently in Lausanne, Switzerland as that city hosts negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. The Israel Project publishes The Tower. Josh Block, the CEO and President of TIP, and Omri Ceren, TIP’s Managing...
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Placing trust in Iran to abide by the nuclear deal being negotiated would be “short-sighted and wrong,” Josh Block, the president and CEO of The Israel Project writes in an op-ed that was published yesterday in The New Jersey Star Ledger. The Israel Project published The Tower. Citing Ayatollah Ali...
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A phased nuclear deal that will allow Iran “to slowly ramp up activities that could be used to make weapons” is currently taking shape between the P5+1 nations and Iran, the Associated Press (AP) reported today. The U.S. initially sought restrictions lasting for up to 20 years; Iran had pushed for...
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A plurality of Americans are in favor of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing Congress next month on the dangers presented by a nuclear Iran, Bloomberg View’s Josh Rogin reported Tuesday. Citing the results of a recent poll, Rogin writes: How do Americans feel about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
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