Tag: Iran
Bennett to ZOA: Iranian aggression will be met with full weight of Israel’s force
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett urged the United States and Europeans to challenge Iran over its violation of nuclear nonproliferation.
Speaking at the 2021 virtual gala of the Zionist Organization of America on Sunday, Bennett said that...
Israeli defense minister: Iran weak domestically, ‘without real bargaining chips’
Iran’s precarious domestic situation offers an opportunity for the international community to pressure the regime in negotiations over its nuclear program, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Monday.
Speaking at a meeting of the...
Existential Perils From Iran: Israel’s Options in Law and Strategy
Abstract: Eleventh-hour diplomacy notwithstanding, few tangible barriers remain in the way of an Iranian nuclear capability. If Israel should decide that it no longer maintains any reasonable self-defense alternative to launching selective military attacks against...
Former Mossad director: China ‘the only country’ that can bring about agreement in Vienna
Former director of the Mossad Efraim Halevy said on Tuesday that “the only player who can be effective and bring about progress in the Vienna debates is the only player we do not hear...
Bennett’s visit to UAE sends ‘strong signal’ amid faltering talks over Iran’s nuclear program
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed at his private palace in Abu Dhabi on Monday in the first official visit by an Israeli premier to the United Arab Emirates. The...
‘The world won’t lift a finger’ against Iran, former Israeli national security official says
As world powers prepare to reconvene in Vienna for renewed nuclear talks with Iran, former Israeli National Security Advisor Yaakov Amidror said on Tuesday that “without a military threat and pressure on Iran, nothing...
Bennett: ‘Disagreements with the best of our friends could emerge’ over Iran
Ahead of the restarting of nuclear talks between Iran and world powers in Vienna, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday that “disagreements with the best of our friends could emerge – this wouldn’t...
Former envoy on Abraham Accords: ‘We should reward the peacemakers’
Aryeh Lightstone, former special envoy for economic normalization for the Abraham Accords and chief of staff to former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, believes that the Biden administration needs to focus on bolstering...
Iran still seeks world domination, warns Israel’s defense minister
Israel’s defense minister warned on Tuesday that the Iranian threat does not focus solely on Israel, and that the Islamic Republic has not given up on its dreams of world domination.
Speaking at a conference...
Haley: Hold China accountable for its support of Iran, violation of US sanctions
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley believes that the United States and Western powers need to do more to hold China accountable for its ongoing support of Iran, including helping Tehran...