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White House and Israel release competing descriptions of Obama-Netanyahu phone call on Iran deal

White House version: The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release April 02, 2015 https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/02/readout-president-s-call-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-israel Readout of the President’s Call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel President Obama...
Image of Iranian intercontinental missile taken by Israeli satelite

White House description of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

White House description of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (Iran) [Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: Please note: #1. All the centrifuges - including the most advanced...

Bernard Lewis explains why MAD doesn’t work with Iranian Leadership

Updated Aug. 8, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET The Wall Street Journal http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB115500154638829470 During the Cold War, both sides possessed weapons of mass destruction, but neither side used...

Weekly Commentary: Two basic things many analysts forget

The following are probably the top two things analysts most frequently  forget: #1. Iranian Twelver messianism: “In this context, mutual assured destruction, the deterrent that...

Enemies’ Moves, Friends’ Silence, Slam Door on Elijah’s Hope

On Friday night during the Seder, millions of Jews in Israel and throughout the diaspora will fill Elijah’s Cup and then fling open their doors...

How to end the ME conflict in four easy steps

Dennis Ross and David Makovsky in Israel’s Drive Toward Self-Destruction, argue that Netanyahu must offer up hope to Palestinians or face a revived de-legitimization...

Hamas official: “Hamas and UNRWA are directly connected”

Hamas Minister of Religion speaks about the direct connection between Hamas and UNRWA in Gaza. Your US tax dollars at work. https://youtu.be/V3OqKGSNcJk Now that we have it...

צבא הילדים של חמאס

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO4UKXmr8zk בשבוע שעבר הוקרן באו"ם סרט דוקומנטרי חדש באורך של כעשר דקות תחת הכותרת 'צבא הילדים של חמאס'. על הסרט, הקרנתו והפקתו סיפר ביומן ערוץ 7...

Haniyeh: Palestinian leaders demanded to work on a serious, unified strategy

Deputy Chairman of Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh said the Palestinian leaders are demanded to work on a serious strategy and to function reasonably...

Foreign entities which undermined Israel’s sovereignty during her election period

The European Union recently undermined Israel’s sovereignty by allowing its name to be used as a “partner” of the recent anti-Netanyahu campaign. Several American...