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 […]
Friday, May 9th 2025
SHABBAT READING: The Nuclear Talks Between the United States and Iran—Chances for Reaching an Agreement and Implications for Israel: Eldad Shavit and Sima Shine, INSS Insight No. 1977, May 5, 2025 What Does Trump Mean By ‘Total Dismantling’ of Iran’s Nuclear Program? – Opinion: Jacob Nagel, Jerusalem Post, May 8, 2025 Trump Ditched Israel with […]
Friday, May 9th 2025 / Thursday, May 8th 2025
Jacob Nagel Jerusalem Post, May 8, 2025 “The clearest voices have come from Secretary Rubio and Senators Graham and Cotton. They have consistently argued that any agreement must result in the full dismantling of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure to prevent military conflict.” As the fourth round of negotiations between the US and Iran approaches, a barrage of […]
Wednesday, February 5th 2025
David E. Sanger and Julian E. Barnes NYTimes, Feb. 3, 2025 “Iran’s best deterrent would be to convert that fuel into a working weapon. But it would not have much time.” New intelligence about Iran’s nuclear program has convinced American officials that a secret team of the country’s scientists is exploring a faster, if cruder, […]
Wednesday, October 9th 2024
“USE-OVER-LOSE” Experts See Hezbollah ‘Escalation’ In Use of New Missiles, As Group Weathers Israeli Bombardment: Agnes Halou, Breaking Defence, Oct. 8, 2024 — Ten days after the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and amid an aggressive Israeli bombardment, a senior Hezbollah official today attempted to assauge any of the group’s concerns by saying its capabilities are […]
Elie Klutstein/Makor Rishon Israel Hayom, Oct. 2, 2024 “Iran’s plan to acquire an atomic bomb is not an end in itself but a means. It is part of Tehran’s vision of wiping Israel off the map. Along the way, Iranian proxy forces, an existential threat in every respect, are being deployed. A lack of […]
Aaron MacLean Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute, no date “It is certainly tempting to argue that the Middle East, from the American strategic perspective, does not or ought not exist. The region is the scene of a generational strategic failure of American statesmen and the American foreign policy elite of both parties.” […]
Friday, August 30th 2024
*** SHABBAT READING Meat or Murder?: Dr. Yitzhag Feder, The Torah.com, July 28, 2013 — Is eating meat murder, or is it a mitzvah? While current Jewish practice might support the latter possibility – at least in the context of Shabbat and holiday meals, an examination of the laws in the Torah might lead in the […]
Prof. Louis René Beres Israel National News, July 29, 2024 “Israel is a state with no “strategic depth.”” “Into the eternal gloom, into fire, into ice.” Dante, Inferno As matters stand presently, it would not be in Iran’s interest to use NNEMP (non-nuclear EMP) weapons. This is because Israel could mount a higher […]
Prof. Louis René Beres Algemeiner, Apr. 16, 2024 “Even if Iran were not in a condition of active belligerency with the Jewish state, an Israeli preemptive action could still be law-enforcing. Israel, in the fashion of every state under world law, is entitled to existential self-defense.” Though Iran describes its drone and missile […]
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