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Netanyahu-Lieberman Union Won’t Change Iran Timetable

From On October 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled an “October surprise” out of his hat when he announced his Likud party would form a joint list in the upcoming election with Avigdor Lieberman’s fascist Yisrael Beiteinu party. This is more of a partnership than a merger, but it has profound implications.

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Former Mossad chief: nuclear Iran not existential threat, prevention not “necessarily by means of force”

From On September 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Ari Shavit reports on his interview with former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy, one among several former Israeli intelligence and security officials who have infuriated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by making public statements against an Israeli strike on Iran. Halevy tells Shavit that his views about the threat that Iran poses to [...]

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