By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER, WASHINGTON POST— It was but a year and a half ago that Barack Obama endorsed the objective of abolition when he said that Iran’s heavily fortified Fordow nuclear facility, its plutonium-producing heavy-water reactor and its advanced centrifuges were all unnecessary for a civilian nuclear program. The logic was clear: Since Iran was claiming…
by JEFFREY HERF, TIMES OF ISRAEL— In the coming weeks, debate about the P5+1 deal with Iran will focus, as it must, on the details of the deal itself and whether, as President Obama claims, it will prevent Iran from getting the bomb or rather, as Prime Minister Netanyahu has warned, it paves Iran’s way…
By WALID SHOEBAT, SHOEBAT FOUNDATION— Turkey, and while the U.S. makes a nuclear deals with Iran, Erdogan is attempting to make deals with both, Iran, to expand his alliance, and Israel, for a false peace deal. Turkey is honed in on Israel luring her into a peace deal, now more than ever. To eliminate my…
By ISRAEL HAYOM— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is continuing to speak out against the framework nuclear deal reached between six world powers and Iran last week in Switzerland. On Sunday, Netanyahu did a round of interviews with American media outlets, appearing on ABC, CNN and NBC. “I think this is a dream deal for Iran…
By TIMES OF ISRAEL— Israel on Monday posed 10 questions to the US-led negotiators with Iran that it said underlined “the extent of the irresponsible concessions given to Iran” in the framework agreement reached last Thursday, and made clear “how dangerous the framework is for Israel, the region and the world.” The questions were listed…
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday excoriated world powers over their dogged pursuit of a nuclear deal with Iran, pointing to recent statements by officials in Tehran — notably their calls to eliminate Israel — as evidence of the Islamic Republic’s unwillingness to compromise on its nuclear ambitions and campaign…
By MICHAEL KARPIN, JEWISH DAILY FORWARD— In early February, the Pentagon declassified a 386-page report from 1987, exposing for the first time ever the actual depth of top-secret military cooperation between the United States and Israel — including, amazingly, information about Israel’s unacknowledged nuclear program. In view of the caustic tension that has increased lately…
By BASSAM TAWIL, GATESTONE— Many Arabs and Muslims are rubbing their hands in joy as they watch U.S. President Barack Obama declare war on Israel after the victory of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party in last week’s general election. They do not see the rising tensions between Obama and Netanyahu as the result of a personal…
By SHLOMO CESANA, ISRAEL HAYOM— Israel is “very concerned” about the American government’s eagerness to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran, Israeli officials said on Saturday night. According to the officials, Israel’s assessment is that U.S. President Barack Obama is “rushing to an agreement” with Iran. Israeli officials also believe that elements within the international…
By DENIS MACEOIN, GATESTONE— When Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke from the podium of the U.S. Congress to warn of the dangers of a nuclear-armed Iran, the clock was already ticking towards March 31. That is the deadline for a final agreement between the P5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany)…