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Terrorism

Key Obama Adviser: We Misled Nation To Sell Iran Nuclear Deal

By Patrick Goodenough

It’s an objective, Samuels said, that Rhodes – a determined critic of the Iraq war – views with a sense of “urgency.”

Politics / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Huckabee: No President Should Ever Press Israel To Surrender Land

By Patrick Goodenough

“I don’t want to hear a secretary of state or a president give a lecture to Israel, in the midst of them defending themselves against unwarranted, provocative rocket attacks, and somehow say ‘both sides’ need to settle down.”

Politics

CAIR Wants Carson To Withdraw From Presidential Race Over Islam Remarks

By Patrick Goodenough

“Mr. Carson clearly does not understand or care about the Constitution, which states that ‘no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office,’” said CAIR national executive director Nihad Awad.

Israel / Iran

Senate Majority Leader McConnell: Require Iran To Recognize Israel, Free Americans

By Patrick Goodenough

Last May, the Senate voted 90-0 for a resolution calling on Iran immediately to release Abedini, Hekmati and Rezaian, and to cooperate with U.S. to locate and return Levinson.

Elections / ISIS

U.S. Troops Fighting ISIS? Where The GOP Candidates Stand

By Patrick Goodenough

Graham said GOP rival “Jeb Bush is a fine man, but his plan to destroy ISIL doesn’t have a ground component.”

News Briefs

Clinton Ignores Question On Schumer’s ‘No’ To Iran Deal

By Patrick Goodenough

“What is the solution? Some say the only answer to this is war. I don’t believe so. I believe we should go back and try to get a better deal.”

Iran

Administration: Secret Side Deals With Iran Are ‘Standard Practice’

By Patrick Goodenough

In explaining the confidential agreement between the IAEA and Iran, Moniz recalled a similar one between the agency and South Africa in the early 1990s.

Iran

Deal Would Help Iran Defend Nuclear Facilities Against 'Sabotage'

By Patrick Goodenough

The issue has begun to make headlines in the U.S. and in Israel, where Israel Hayom’s lead story declared: “The West will help Iran to protect against nuclear sabotage.”

Terrorism

State Dep’t Official Explains Lure Of Terrorism – Without Mentioning Islam

By Patrick Goodenough

She said their motives in joining or aligning with terror groups may be “complex, overlapping, and context-specific.”

Jerusalem

Administration Underscores Its ‘Neutrality’ on Jerusalem

By Patrick Goodenough

Israel reunited the divided city in the 1967 Six Day War – ending a 19 year-old Jordanian occupation of the eastern portion – and declared the whole city its “eternal, indivisible” capital.

Iran

French Envoy: Iran Nuke Deal Unlikely By June 30 Deadline

By Patrick Goodenough

Both Westmacott and German ambassador Peter Wittig warned that if the U.S. Congress blocked a deal by not enabling sanctions relief to take place, the international sanctions regime would collapse.

Uncategorized

State Department: U.S. ‘Slowly’ Making Progress Fighting Anti-Israel Sentiment At UN

By Patrick Goodenough

“But we are working consistently to fight against that,” she said. “We have allies in that effort.”

Iran

Sen. Graham: Without ‘Anytime, Anywhere Inspections,’ Congress Will Reject Iran Deal

By Patrick Goodenough

“The real source of threat is the United States of America, which creates insecurity through its interference in domestic and internal issues of other countries in the region and faces no inhibitory forces,” Khamenei told military leaders in Tehran.

Israel / Iran

Obama: Expecting Iran to Recognize Israel As Part of Nuke Deal Is a ‘Misjudgment’

By Patrick Goodenough

The destruction of arch-enemy Israel has long been a declared goal of the regime in Tehran, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a leading critic of the P5+1-Iran agreement.

Iran / ISIS

With Wary Eye On Iran And ISIS, Arab Leaders Agree To Set Up Joint Military Force

By Patrick Goodenough

Sixty-five years after a group of Arab nations signed a mutual defense treaty whose primary target was the newly-reestablished state of Israel, Arab leaders agreed Sunday to activate it by setting up a joint military force. The move comes amid spreading Islamic extremism and Iranian muscle-flexing in the region. The in-principle decision was made at […]

Israel / United Nations (UN)

U.S., Europeans Shun ‘Hate Israel Day’ At UN Human Rights Council

By Patrick Goodenough

“Today is Hate Israel Day at the UN, a feature of every regular session, held in September, March and June, of the 47-nation Human Rights Council,” UN Watch, a Geneva-based non-governmental organization, said in a statement.

Syria

State Dep’t: Kerry Did Not Say U.S. Would Sit Down With Syria’s Assad

By Patrick Goodenough

“To get the Assad regime to negotiate, we’re going to have to make it clear to him that there is a determination by everybody to seek that political outcome and change his calculation about negotiating.”

Israel / Middle East / Levant

Israel Critic And Hamas Defender Named As Obama's New Mideast Coordinator

By Patrick Goodenough

For some supporters of Israel, the concerns about Malley go back to an earlier stint in government, when he served as special assistant to President Clinton for Arab-Israeli affairs from 1998-2001, and was involved in the 2000 Camp David peace talks.

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant

Islamic Bloc Meets To Discuss Terrorism – But First Condemns Israel

By Patrick Goodenough

In his speech, Madani also referred to “incessant violations of the basic rights of the Palestinian people” and Israeli “state-sponsored terrorism.”

Saudi Arabia

Effort To Declassify Key Material On Saudis And 9/11 Edges Ahead

By Patrick Goodenough

Asked whether release of the redacted material would “change relationships between America and Saudi Arabia,” Jones did not answer directly.

Israel / France

Israeli Media Bias May Explain Criticism Of Netanyahu’s Visit To Paris

By Patrick Goodenough

Haaretz also said that Hollande’s displeasure had been evident during a ceremony at the Grand Synagogue in Paris on Sunday night, when it said the president left while Netanyahu was at the podium.

News & Views

Foreign Policy Fights Loom Between Administration And New Republican-Controlled Senate

By Patrick Goodenough

With GOP control now extending to the U.S. Senate, the administration will have to contend with some of its harshest critics assuming the helm of important committees.

Middle East / Levant

Despite New Diplomacy Push, Experts Rank Israel-Arab Conflict 10th On U.S. Priority List

By Patrick Goodenough

Although it viewed an escalation of Israeli-Palestinian tensions as highly likely to occur, the survey deemed it as having only a moderate impact on U.S. interests.

Middle East / Levant

Amid Terror Epidemic, Islamic Bloc Ministers Focus On Israel, ‘Islamophobia’

By Patrick Goodenough

Among other issues covered in the resolutions were calls to launch an OIC satellite channel and condemnation of a campaign opposing Qatar’s selection as host for the 2022 soccer World Cup.

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