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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

What about foreign policy?

Friday question answered: What about foreign policy?

Washington Post (blog) -
Friday question answered: What about foreign policy? By Jennifer Rubin. Last Friday I asked readers if foreign policy was going to matter in the race, and if so, who would benefit. There were those who think it won't matter. DonaldELJohnson writes, in part: “At ...

Israeli leader closely involves himself in US race

The Seattle Times -
Israeli leader closely involves himself in US race. Sometimes it seems as if Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney has two running mates. There's Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan to help him out on budgets, deficits and other domestic matters. And then ...

Netanyahu steps up pressure over Iran

IBNLive.com -
Washington/Tehran: Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said on Sunday that Iran was only six or seven months away from having most of the fuel it needed to build a nuclear weapon, as he took his appeal for the US to take a tougher line against ...

Netanyahu too partisan on US poll, warn Israeli critics

The Daily Star - ‎1
JERUSALEM: Israeli critics are warning that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone too far in what they call his "meddling" in favour of Republican candidate Mitt Romney in the US presidential campaign. "Will Barack Obama punish Israel, if he is ...

Redlining Iran

Chicago Tribune -
The American and Israeli governments are in complete agreement that Iran is moving toward building a nuclear arsenal — and that it must not be allowed to do so. Earlier this year, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said, "There is no situation in ... 

Romney questions Palestinian commitment to peace

Huffington Post -
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's comments expressing doubt about Palestinians' commitment to peace again highlight the closeness of his position to that of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Romney has ...

Expert: US rejection of red lines on Iran is disturbing

Jerusalem Post -
"The very public display of the US and Israel undermining each other must cease. The only winner is Iran," senior Israeli arms control expert Landau tells 'Post'; says Obama has set red lines twice in one year. Centrale nucléaire Bushehr, au sud de Téhéran ...

Binyamin Netanyahu's Iran strategy erases the Palestinian problem

The Guardian - ‎1
Binyamin Netanyahu's appearance on Meet the Press this weekend was telling. Interviewer David Gregory called him the "leader of the Jewish people". That's certainly how the Israeli prime minister would like to see himself, and he wouldn't be the first.

Opinion: No more hedging, time to defuse Iranian nuclear issue

CNN -
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad: Is there a chance now for him to engage with America? STORY HIGHLIGHTS. Keynoush: Both U.S. and Iran are missing opportunities to benefit from nuclear talks; Iran is able to turn sanctions in its favor, says author ...

Expert: US rejection of red lines on Iran disturbing

Jerusalem Post -
Senior Israeli arms control expert Dr. Emily Landau says she is deeply uneasy over the unprecedented public dispute raging between Israel and the US over Iran's nuclear program. "The very public display of the US and Israel undermining each other must ...

Strategic global engagement is not appeasement, but way forward for the USA

New Vision -
By Opiyo Oloya. THE deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi that sadly took the life of US envoy to Libya Ambassador J. Chris Stevens and three others and the angry demonstrations in Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia and elsewhere in Muslim countries has ...

How to Make US Foreign Policy Smarter

The Moscow Times -
For U.S. voters, the state of the country's economy has traditionally been a more important election issue than foreign policy. In the past week, however, the tragic murder of a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya, has placed foreign ...

US and Israel disagree on Iran

The Australian -
WITH credible intelligence reports that Iran is advancing rapidly towards achieving the ability to build an atomic bomb, the last thing the world needs is discord between US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Nuclear Iran fears

The Australian (blog) -
JOHN Lyons's reports "Launch an attack on Iran and nothing will remain of Israel, warns Iran" and "Holocaust factor at work" (18/9) give grounds to believe that an Israeli attack on Iran is imminent. The suspicion that Iran might develop a nuclear capability ...

Netanyahu demands US hard line on Iranian nuclear programme

South China Morning Post (subscription) - ‎14 hours ago‎
20c82790f39d6863e2afe88ec46097fa.jpg. Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference. Photo: AP. Having been rebuffed privately by US President Barack Obama last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the airwaves in the United ...

Netanyahu eyeing victory for Israel in US election

Globe and Mail - ‎15 hours ago‎
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem August 12, 2012. Iran has stepped up work to develop a nuclear warhead, Israeli newspapers said on Sunday, citing officials in Netanyahu's government and leaked ...

Rising tensions

DAWN.com - ‎16 hours ago‎
IT remains to be seen whether the Obama administration wavers on its Iran policy as the presidential vote nears. Two developments are cause for concern. Israel has upped the ante, and in two TV interviews coming in rapid succession Israel's Prime Minister ...

Iran's nuclear chief accuses IAEA of bias, suggests terrorists may be among them

Hamilton Spectator - ‎18 hours ago‎
Iran's nuclear chief accuses IAEA of bias, suggests terrorists may be among them. VIENNA Iran's nuclear chief said Monday that “terrorists and saboteurs” might have infiltrated the International Atomic Energy Agency in an effort to derail his nation's atomic ...

Tehran on brink of N-bomb: Netanyahu

The Nation - ‎18 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that Iran would reach the brink of being able to build a nuclear bomb in just six or seven months, adding urgency to his demand that President Obama set ...

Editorial: Netanyahu only stokes Mideast tension

Newsday -
Photo credit: AP | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem. (Sept. 11, 2012). Timing is everything in life, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could hardly have chosen a worse occasion to renew ...

Israeli Diplomat Is Man in Middle

New York Times -
Israeli Diplomat Is Man in Middle. Doug Mills/The New York Times. “Part of our responsibility is seeking to avoid war. And if we can avoid war by raising international consciousness about the nature of the Iranian threat, then we're fulfilling our responsibility," ...

Who Is the Client State?

Huffington Post - ‎1
President Barack Obama and his wife stood in a moment of silence outside the White House at 8:46 a.m. on the morning of September 11, a sacred day of its own in this country. At the same time in Jerusalem, Benjamin Netanyahu pointedly assailed his ...

Charles Krauthammer | The ominous incoherence of Obama's Iran policy

Kansas City Star - ‎20 hours ago‎
There are two positions one can take regarding the Iranian nuclear program: (a) it doesn’t matter, we can deter them, or (b) it does matter, we must stop them.
In my view, the first position — that we can contain Iran as we did the Soviet ...

Iran's nuclear chief harshly criticizes atomic agency, United States

Washington Post -
(Ronald Zak/ Associated Press ) - Fereidoun Abbasi Davani, Iran's Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization delivers a speech at the general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, at the International Center, in Vienna, ...

Romney vs. Obama on foreign policy

MiamiHerald.com (registration) -
In a presidential campaign dominated by voters' unhappiness with the economy, it took a tragedy — the killing of a U.S. ambassador by Libyan extremists — to prompt a real debate on foreign policy. It may be tempting to decide that last week's flap over the ...

Netanyahu on MTP: Iran guided by "unbelievable fanaticism"

NBCNews.com (blog) -
You watch Meet the Press on Sundays, now get your politics fix online right here. PRESS Pass, our Webby award-winning program, gives you an all access pass throughout the week with added MTP content: Find out what's trending online with our midweek ...

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