BY KIMBERLY DOZIER, AP— Israeli officials say they won’t warn the US if they decide to launch a preemptive strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, according to one US intelligence official familiar with the discussions. The pronouncement, delivered in a series of private, top-level conversations, sets…
BY RON JAGER— During the past two weeks, my visit to America has brought me to Texas, and to New York. Two entirely different regions, representing the very essence of America’s vast pluralistic ethnic make-up. Yet, what seemed to unify the many different cultural and…
By JEREMY HERB & AMIE PARNES, The Hill– When President Obama sits down face-to-face with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week to discuss Iran, he will be staring down the greatest challenge on Israel he’s faced during his presidency. It is the first time…
BY ROBERT M. GOLDBERG, THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR— Oscar Wilde noted “true friends stab you in the front.” Which explains why President Obama– the self-proclaimed “best friend Israel ever had” — has decided to cut funding for the Jewish state’s missile defense system at the same…
WALL STREET JOURNAL — General Dempsey sends a message of U.S. weakness to Tehran. Is the Obama Administration more concerned that Iran may get a nuclear weapon, or that Israel may use military force to prevent Iran from doing so? The answer is the latter,…
BY DEBKAfile— After a high-ranking US delegation headed by White House National Security Adviser Tom Donilon failed in three days of tough talks (Feb.18-20) to dissuade Israeli leaders to back off plans for a military strike against Iran’s nuclear sites, the White House invited Prime…
BY GLOBES— The Obama administration’s budget proposal for the 2013 fiscal year, which begins in October 2012, includes reductions in US aid for Israel’s Arrow and Iron Dome anti-missile programs for the second consecutive year. The budget proposal increases regular military aid to $3.15 billion…
By RICHARD COHEN, WPost— There are three red lines when it comes to Iran’s nuclear program. The first is the moment when Iran tunnels so deeply underground that Israeli bombs will be incapable of doing real damage. The second is when the tunneling goes even…
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