The Lessons for Israel from Russia’s War on Ukraine: Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS, Mar. 1, 2022 — Sometimes realpolitik must bow to international sentiment. The State of Israel’s instinctual response to the war launched against Ukraine by Russia’s authoritarian leader, Vladimir Putin, was to stay out of it.
Perfidy in Vienna?: Melanie Phillips, Substack, Mar. 2, 2022
Biden’s ‘Capitulation’ To Iran Endangers Arabs, Middle East, U.S. : Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute, Mar. 2, 2022
U.S., Iran Split Over Key Nuclear Issues as Deal Deadline Nears: Lawrence Norman, WSJ, Feb. 27, 2022
The Ayatollahs’ Men in Washington: Caroline B. Glick, Israel Hayom, Feb. 11, 2022
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Ukraine Crisis Deepens US Congressional Fears of an Agreement in Vienna: Rana Abtar Asharq Al-Awsat, Feb. 25, 2022 — About 200 Republican lawmakers wrote a letter to US President Joe Biden earlier in February urging him to put any nuclear deal reached with Iran to a vote in Congress.
Iran Demanding Revolutionary Guards Be Taken Off Terror List In Nuclear Talks: Israeli PM: Barak Ravid, Axios, Feb. 20, 2022 –– Iran is demanding during the nuclear talks in Vienna that the U.S. remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from a blacklist of foreign terrorist organizations as a condition for a nuclear deal, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday.
Russia Sees Iran Deal Within a Week as Talks Slip into March: Golnar Motevalli and Arsalan Shahla, Bloomberg, Feb. 27, 2022 — Russia’s top diplomat at the Iran nuclear talks said there was a “very high probability” that Tehran and Washington will end their impasse over how to restore the 2015 atomic accord before the end of next week.
‘Biden’s Put National Security At Risk’: GOP Lawmaker Slams President After Three Of His Team Negotiating With Iran On Nuclear Deal RESIGN Because US Is Being Too Soft And Calls For Him To Revert To Trump’s ‘Maximum Pressure’ Policy: Elizabeth Elkind et al, Daily Mail, Jan. 25, 2022 — A Republican member of Congress on Tuesday praised three Biden administration officials who walked away from their roles on the State Department’s nuclear talks with Iran.
EXPLAINER: Impending Iran Nuclear Deal Alarms Israel: Joseph Federman, Washington Post, Feb. 23, 2022 — While the world’s attention has been focused on Ukraine, the Biden administration also has been racing with world powers toward restoring the 2015 international nuclear deal with Iran.
