According to news reports Tuesday, Israel has placed a preliminary order to purchase another squadron of F-35 Joint Strike Force fighters made by Lockheed Martin from the United States. Reuters reports: Israel bought 19 F-35s for $2.75 billion in 2010, a deal that included options for up to 75 planes. Israeli...

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Al Arabiya on Monday (link in Arabic) cataloged  a series of concessions that the Obama administration is rumored to have made to Iran as negotiations approach the upcoming November 24 deadline, a week after The New York Times reported on plans by President Barack Obama to “do everything in his power to...

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A post today by legal scholar Eugene Kontorovich explained the significance of the American Studies Association’s (ASA) reversal of its policy to boycott Israeli academics. If the ASA’s original action was important for popularizing such boycotts (at least in the narrow quarters of area studies), its reversal is equally important for showing them to be...

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The Palestinians will submit a resolution within weeks to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) demanding that Israel be made to withdraw from what Ramallah considers to be its territory – despite explicit American calls for Ramallah to put off the gambit – according to an announcement made earlier this...

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Major outlets and wires focused Wednesday on the dynamics of talks between the P5+1 global powers and Iran – per Agence France-Presse (AFP), Secretary of State John Kerry met with his Iranian counterpart, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to further discuss the looming nuclear talks deadline: “We only have 40 days left to the...

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On Monday, The American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) sent a letter (.pdf) to the management of the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles calling on them to “do the right thing and fulfill their legal obligations to prevent unlawful discrimination before it happens at the Westin Bonaventure.” At issue is...

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The Obama administration was pressed on Tuesday to respond to statements from Iranian officials – most recently this weekend from the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – doubling down on Iranian conditions for a nuclear deal that would among other things see the Islamic republic massively expand, rather than...

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Yesterday, Turkey denied suggestions that it granted the United States permission to use the Incirlik air base to launch attacks against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The Washington Post reports: A statement issued by the office of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said talks are continuing between Ankara...

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In remarks made Monday, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed the United States, Britain and Zionism for the creation of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Reuters reports: “America, Zionism, and especially the veteran expert of spreading divisions – the wicked government of Britain – have sharply...

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On Wednesday, The Washington Post explained how Israel plans to become a “cybersecurity superpower.” The article recounted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vision to for Israel to “not only to have the best military wonks in the world, but also to partner Israel’s high-tech military with the country’s venture capitalists and young computer talent to offer...

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