Iran’s “Nuclear Blackmail”: Iran Has No Interest in Negotiating a New Nuclear Deal

By Con Coughlin, Gatestone Institute— Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s observation that Iran is engaging in “nuclear blackmail” with Western negotiators provides a damning indictment of the current state of play regarding the negotiations being held in Vienna on Tehran’s nuclear activities. With Western intelligence agencies warning that Iran could be just weeks away from…

Germany’s new ‘traffic light’ government signals worry for German Jews

By Orit Arfa, Jewish News Syndicate— Germany’s “traffic light” government, led by new Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), was sworn in on Wednesday under the banner “dare to make progress.” Jewish leaders, activists and analysts, however, fear that the coalition will make less progress in strengthening Israel-German ties. The 177-page coalition…