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Fake AP Graph Exposes Israeli Fraud and IAEA Credulity

From On November 30, 2012 · 1 Comment

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That Associated Press story displaying a graph alleged to be part of an Iranian computer simulation of a nuclear explosion — likely leaked by Israel with the intention of reinforcing the media narrative of covert Iranian work on nuclear weapons – raises serious questions about the International Atomic [...]

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Former Mossad chief: Failure to negotiate with Iran would lead to war

From On October 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Laura Rozen’s recent interview with former Mossad director Efraim Halevy focuses heavily on diplomatic options for the US, Israel and Iran in the impasse over the Iranian nuclear program. Halevy, like former Mossad director Meir Dagan and a number of past and present US and Israeli national security officials, opposes preventive [...]

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Former Israeli Mossad Director Gets Liver Transplant from Iran Ally Belarus

From On October 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Meir Dagan, the former director of Israel’s Mossad, has received a liver transplant in Belarus. Reports from the Israeli press that have now made their way into western media sources state that Belarus’ president, Alexander Lukashenko, announced at a press conference on Oct. 16 that the operation had taken place [...]

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MEK tied to Israel-backed Terrorism Regardless of US Designation

From On September 26, 2012 · 1 Comment

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By Richard Sale

I believe that delisting the Mujahadeen-e Khalq (MEK) from the US foreign terrorist organizations (FTO) list is in every way reprehensible. I realize that all US public officials, especially the president, are involved in systems of necessity and that without satisfying those necessities, their hold on power wouldn’t [...]

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The Daily Talking Points

From On September 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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News and views relevant to US mideast foreign policy for Sept. 20

“Iranian policymakers should understand that failing to limit the enrichment program will eventually trigger war”: The Security Times carries a commentary by Mark Fitzpatrick of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, an influential British think tank. Outlining the continuing [...]

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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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Bulgaria Bus Bombing: Should Iran be the Only Suspect?

From On July 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Almost immediately after the bombing of a Bulgarian bus filled with Israeli tourists in the resort city of Burgas that killed at least 5 Israelis and injured dozens of people, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu identified the perpetrator(s) as having carried out the attack at the behest of Iran.

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Who was Yitzhak Shamir?

From On July 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Classifying political leaders as either “hawks” or “doves” obscures an uncomfortable truth: that the real debate between political rivals is rarely whether to go to war but rather with whom.

Case in point: a man interred in Israel on Monday, former Prime Minister and terrorist/resistance fighter Yitzhak [...]

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Former Israeli Spy Chief: Attacking Iran Would Cause International Sanctions Regime To Crumble

From On June 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The former head of Israel’s vaunted Mossad spy agency told the Atlantic magazine that an attack on Iran would not spur the Iranian people to rise up against the regime and could cause the international sanctions regime imposed against Iran to crumble.

In the interview, Meir Dagan said that, contrary the contention made by of [...]

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Report: Majority Of Israeli Defense Chiefs Oppose Attack On Iran

From On May 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Among Israel’s former top security officials, a growing consensus has emerged over the past several months that a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would be counterproductive to Israeli interests. Yesterday, former Israeli spy chief Meir Dagan emphasized that point, telling an audience that “a strike could accelerate the procurement [...]

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