Iran
To Deter Iran, Give Israel a Big Bomb
The best way to ensure Tehran doesn’t gain the capability to make a nuclear weapon is for the U.S. to empower its ally.

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Iran as a Challenge to the Jerusalem-Washington-American Jewry Triangle
In his address to the Knesset marking the end of his term as prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu depicted a gaping chasm between Israel and the Biden administration on the Iranian nuclear issue, noting that he had told senior administration officials: “If I have to choose between friction between us [Israel and the US] and eliminating the existential threat, eliminating the…

Op-Ed: Securing an Acceptable Iran Deal in the Long Run
Since the interim framework deal between the US led 5+1 and Iran was announced in April, Israel has come out strongly against what it views as a “bad deal,” one that grants international legitimacy to Iran’s nuclear program. As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remarked time and again, Israel is not against a diplomatic solution. In his speech in March to…

The Conference on the Future of the Jewish People, Glen Cove 2014
Opening Remarks by Avinoam Bar-Yosef (March 11, 2014) JPPI’s 2014 brainstorming conference was initiated to address the urgent need to discuss in depth a few processes that are coming to a crossroads at the same time, and which will have great long-range impact. First: Secretary Kerry’s forceful effort to bring an end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which has been going on…

2014 – A Strategically Decisive Year
2014 is likely to be a decisive year for the issue of Iran’s nuclear program and for the fate of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. These two subjects pose challenges for the triangular relationship: Israel, the United States, and the American Jewish community. The interim agreement with Iran, and the Vienna talks on a permanent settlement that followed, provoked extremely harsh responses…