powerlineblog.com - 5/21/2009
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is back in Israel after meeting with President Obama. The Jerusalem Post reports that the sense is growing that Obama has given up on preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power:
There are growing indications that the US has come to terms with a ...
washingtontimes.com - 5/20/2009
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washingtontimes.com —
The United States and Israel are quietly forming
a high-level working group to assess the progress of...
President Obama's outreach to Iran and to share intelligence about the Islamic Republic's nuclear weapons program, officials familiar with the two ...
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EXCLUSIVE: U.S., Israel forming working group on Iran
news.yahoo.com - 5/20/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
TEHRAN, Iran – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran
test-fired a new advanced missile Wednesday with a range...
of about 1,200 miles, far enough to strike Israel, southeastern Europe and U.S. bases in the Middle East.
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Iran says it tests missile, Israel within range
reuters.com - 5/20/2009
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reuters.com —
Ross Colvin WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack
Obama set a rough timetable for his diplomatic outreach...
to arch-foe Iran for the first time on Monday, saying he wanted to see serious progress by the end of the year. He also held out the ...
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Obama says he wants progress with Iran by year's end
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... drama described above: What is the most likely outcome of President HopeandChange's renewed attempts to implement a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? BONUS QUESTION for additional points: If the primary goal of the Palestinians and their Islamic brothers in the region is NOT peace or the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, what might it be? BONUS ESSAY QUESTION Discuss the following psychological point and how these dynamics play into the analysis above: ...
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... "For what it's worth, my sense is that Obama isn't much concerned about Iran, is more or less sympathetic to Iran's view that if Israel can have nuclear weapons, it can too, wouldn't particularly mind if Iran carried out Ahmadinejad's oft-repeated threat to "wipe Israel off the map," and has no intention of doing anything controversial in the Middle East that could derail his domestic agenda,"- John Hinderaker, Powerline. ...
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Outside The Beltway | OTB
As the national elections there near a number of articles on Iran have been published which I’ll try to weave into something resembling a narrative. Today Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Obama and Congressional leaders and, clearly, Iran was much on the mind of ...