Reading list: Red lines, not deadlines, on Iran
“The U.S. is ‘not setting deadlines’ for Iran and still considers negotiations as ‘by far the best approach’ to prevent the Islamic Republic from developing nuclear weapons, Secretary of State Hillary...
View ArticleIsrael criticizes Clinton no Iran ‘deadlines’ remark
Unnamed Israeli officials on Monday complained about US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent statement that the United States is “not setting deadlines” for negotiations with Iran. “We’re not...
View ArticleLinks: ‘Tea in Doha while Syria burns,’ Israeli Arab students’ new shtick
Former Israel PM Ehud Olmert mulls a comeback. Ori Nir: Supporting Israeli media strengthens its democracy EU agrees to new Iran sanctions. Iran Deputy FM Aragchi: Iran not in a hurry to sit at 5+1...
View ArticleSudan accuses Israel of striking Khartoum arms factory
Sudan has accused Israel of being behind air strikes that targeted a Khartoum military complex around midnight Wednesday. The strikes, reportedly carried out by four aircraft, killed two people and...
View ArticleNetanyahu aimed to provoke confrontation amid 2010 US peace push
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not planning to launch an all-out attack on Iran in 2010, before he was blocked by his national security chiefs, as has recently been reported in Israel....
View ArticleMonday roundup: Ehud Barak calls it quits
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, 70, facing trouncing in upcoming elections, announces his retirement from politics. Analysts weigh in. State Department cancels Andrew W.K.’s trip to Bahrain....
View ArticleObama defends Hagel as ‘patriot’
President Barack Obama on Sunday strongly defended former Senator Chuck Hagel as a patriot and outstanding intelligence advisor, but said he had still not decided who he would nominate to serve as his...
View ArticleObama to name John Brennan for CIA, Chuck Hagel for Defense
President Obama on Monday will nominate White House counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan to head the CIA, and former Senator Chuck Hagel to be his Secretary of Defense. Brennan, a 25 year CIA veteran...
View ArticleIsrael’s Ehud Barak heads to Washington
Israel’s outgoing Defense Minister Ehud Barak departed for Washington on Monday, ahead of the arrival later this week of a high-level Israeli delegation coming to Washington for consultations,...
View ArticleHagel meets Israel’s Ehud Barak
Newly confirmed US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday met with visiting Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, in his first bilateral meeting with a foreign leader since taking the helm of the...
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