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Two sources indicated that AIPAC opposed companion bills in Congress to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan. AIPAC refuted these claims, telling JNS it supports the measures.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the regime is “able to export our oil to the extent that we need and when we decide.”
Maj. Gen. Hossain Salami’s appointment comes amid the U.S. designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization and increasing economic pressure on the Islamic Republic.
Egypt apparently questions the motives behind the initiative and fears it will exacerbate tensions with Iran; furthermore, it is concerned about the fate of the initiative if U.S. President Donald Trump is not re-elected in 2020.
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said the strategy focuses on “how do we make life for Palestinians better?” and “how do we make Israel safer?”
The U.S. Department of Justice released the highly anticipated report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller that the Trump campaign did not collude with Russia.
The report said that “buyers are curbing purchases before Washington clamps down further on Iranian shipments as expected next month.”
This was in response to nine Jewish groups calling on the president on Friday to stop Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from carrying out his campaign promise to annex parts of the West Bank.
U.S. Ambassador Ron Dermer said that he is not afraid of the peace proposal, saying that “we know we have a friend here” at the White House in U.S. President Donald Trump.
The administration is concerned about China using Israeli firms to discover U.S. secrets and about Beijing passing on Israeli technological specifics to its ally, Iran, an enemy of Israel.
Sources told ABC News that just four administration members have seen the entire plan, which U.S. officials told the outlet has yet to be shared with allies, including Israel.
The questions now focus on whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will follow through on his campaign pledge to annex parts of Judea and Samaria, as well as what his election win means for U.S. President Donald Trump’s much-anticipated “deal of the century” to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
