LOOMING ULTIMATUM?
Iran Adds to Pressure on U.S. With Nuclear Program Acceleration: Lawrence Norman, WSJ, Dec. 26, 2023 — Iran has tripled production of nearly weapons-grade uranium in a move likely to deepen its confrontation with the West as Tehran helps allied militias to attack Israel and U.S. forces in the region.
Iran, the Fulcrum of Mideast Violence: Editorial Board, WSJ, Jan. 3, 2024 — No one has taken responsibility for the explosions Wednesday that killed more than 100 Iranians at a memorial for terrorist leader Qassem Soleimani, and it could be an act of domestic terrorism.
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Biden’s Imaginary Iran: Richard Goldberg, National Review, Nov. 30, 2023
Joe Biden and Bob Casey Fail the Israel Test: David McCormick, WSJ, Jan. 7, 2024
The U.S. and Israel Need to Take Iran on Directly: Naftali Bennett, WSJ, Dec. 28, 2023
To Solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: First Confront Iran: Sander Gerbert and Robert Wexler, The Hill, Jan. 4, 2024
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Blinken in Israel Amid Push to Wind Down War Against Hamas: JNS, Jan. 9, 2024 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a private meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.
All the Ayatollah’s Men: Iran’s Proxies Are Fighting on Many Fronts: Clifford D. May, Washington Times, Jan. 2, 2024 — Forty-five years ago this month, a revolution was underway in Iran. It was called the Iranian Revolution, but its leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, had a more ambitious project in mind: the founding of a new Islamic empire that would project power throughout the Middle East and beyond.
Israel Must Send a Clear Message to the US: Yossi Kuperwasser, JCPA, Jan. 2, 2024 — A decisive victory in the complex campaign against Iran and its proxies requires a clear outcome in Gaza, as well as Israeli unity.
Nearly Half of Young Jewish Voters Feel Biden Overly Supports Israel – Poll: JP staff, Jerusalem Post, Jan. 9, 2024 — Approximately 47% of younger Jewish voters, aged between 18-35, feel that President Joe Biden is overly supportive of Israel, according to the latest November 2023 National Survey of Jewish Voters, conducted by the Jewish Electorate Institute with GBAO Strategies.