Isranet Daily Briefing
Tuesday, May 20th 2025
*** Trump Envoy Says Iran Must Give Up Nuclear Enrichment Capability: David E. Sanger, NY Times, May 18, 2025 Iran’s Air Defenses Around Nuclear Site More ‘Brittle’ Than Expected: Exclusive Analysis: Aaron Mehta, Breaking Defense, May 15, 2025 Master Negotiator Who ‘Drowns the Devil in Words’: Iran’s Man in Nuclear Talks with US: Lion Ben Ari, Ynet News, […]
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David E. Sanger NY Times, May 18, 2025 “It is unclear whether Mr. Witkoff and Mr. Trump can sell the president’s supporters on an agreement that stops short of dismantlement as a permanent solution to a problem Mr. Trump has insisted he would solve, once and for all.” President Trump’s chief Iran negotiator said on […]
Aaron Mehta Breaking Defense, May 15, 2025 “It is surprising that the defenses for one of the most sophisticated sites is this siloed and fragmented,” Lair said. “I expected a little more sophistication for such an area of importance.” At a time when President Donald Trump is threatening military action to curb Iran’s nuclear program, a new […]
Lion Ben Ari Ynet News, May 17, 2025 “Araghchi’s strategy, Ilam explained, is to convince the U.S. of Iran’s goodwill in order to lift sanctions and neutralize the threat of military attack.” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is one of the key figures in the negotiations over a nuclear agreement between Iran and the United […]
Tuesday, May 20th 2025 / Tuesday, May 20th 2025
Alan Dershowitz and Andrew Stein Gatestone Institute, May 20, 2025 “Ignorance of the hypothetical future is often the reason for failure to act in the present. That is the dilemma of failing to take preventive military action.” Dear Mr. President, You are about to make a decision for which you will be remembered by history. […]
Friday, May 16th 2025
SHABBAT READING: Whom May a Kohen Gadol Marry?: Prof. Rabbi Marty Lockshin, The Torah.com, May 4, 2015 — The beginning of Parashat Emor (Lev 21:1-15) outlines restrictions on kohanim (priests). The questions of whom they may marry and what kind of contact they may have with the dead are still relevant to the rules observed today. These rules contain two […]
Moshe Phillips JNS, Apr. 22, 2025 “More and more Israelis are acknowledging a painful reality: Whether they support Fatah or Hamas, Palestinians overwhelmingly agree that the Jewish state must be eliminated.” April 22, 2025, may be remembered as a turning point in the history of Israeli public diplomacy—and rightly so. On that day, the […]
Ibrahim Eid Dalalsha, Shira Efron, Jess Manville, and Gabriel Epstein Israel Policy Forum, Mar. 2025 “… two parallel reform efforts must unfold in tandem: enhancing day-to-day governance and service delivery under the PA, and deeper political reforms within the PLO, Fatah alongside developing an election horizon.” The October 7 atrocities and the subsequent Gaza […]
Daniel Greenfield Front Page, May 14, 2025 “It’s hard to imagine a name more closely associated with foreign invaders than ‘Palestinians’.” Even though the Jewish history in the land of Israel is one of the most popular stories of mankind and was incorporated into the religious beliefs of over half the human race, it’s […]
Yohanan Tzoreff INSS Insight No. 1982, May 15, 2025 “In Abbas’s view, the war has exposed Hamas as out of touch with today’s strategic realities and incapable of managing the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.” The PLO Central Council approved the appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh as deputy chairman of the PLO during a session held on April […]
Thursday, May 15th 2025
BIG BANG Full Replay: President Trump Speaks to US-Saudi Investment Forum in Riyadh: Real Clear Politics, May 13, 2025 — President Donald Trump plans to deliver remarks at a U.S.-Saudi “investment forum” in Riyadh, where Middle Eastern businesses are pledging $600 billion to invest in a series of deals in the U.S. *** Forget Democracy […]
Lily Lynch Unherd, May 15, 2025 “Trump’s new Syria policy seems to put him at odds with top members of his own team.” In a remarkable speech before a friendly audience in Riyadh on Tuesday, President Trump assailed the long history of “Western intervention” in the Middle East. He lambasted the neocons, hawks and […]
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