U.S. Foreign Policy
As a result, the tourists who were carrying tefillin and tallitot canceled their planned three-day trip to Jordan.
The motion states that Congress would support the JCPOA only if it includes provisions to address Iran’s ballistic-missile program; support for terrorism; and evasion of sanctions by individuals, entities and vessels in the trade of petroleum products with China.
Mark Dubowitz, CEO of Foundation for Defense of Democracies, tweeted: “ ‘Smarter’ Iran policy has spectacularly failed. Time for new ‘tough’ policy and new personnel with credibility to execute.”
“The two leaders discussed in detail recent efforts to stem violence in Israel and the West Bank,” said a White House statement.
With Tehran digging in its heels over its demand that the IRGC be delisted as a terrorist organization, and adding fresh demands, Israeli diplomats say Jerusalem’s working assumption is that a new deal will not be forthcoming.
Brig. Gen. (res.) Professor Jacob Nagel says that a “no deal” scenario is better than the current faulty proposal and that the time for new proactive steps to stop Iran’s nuclear program is overdue.
Professor Eytan Gilboa, an expert on American-Israeli relations, says the White House remains fixated on a poor Iran deal, though good ties between the Israeli and U.S. defense ministers have facilitated some coordination.
“If there is no return to the JCPOA, I assume there will be efforts to somehow delay progress in activity,” says Raz Zimmt, an expert on Iran at the Institute for National Security Studies.
They were concerned about the extent to which the United States appears willing to capitulate to Iran on lifting sanctions, providing the regime with funds to further enhance its ability to sponsor terrorist activity in the Middle East.
Tehran has amassed 50 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz tells foreign ambassadors.
“Americans are watching with horror every day as Russia continues its ugly war against Ukraine, and have heard strong language from the Biden administration condemning Putin’s government,” said Mark Meckler, president of Convention of States.
Maj. Gen. (res.) Eitan Dangot, Israel’s former Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, tells JNS that the summit is a “direct continuation” of dynamics sparked by the rise of Iranian threats to regional security.
