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ate s March, 2012 Article 1. The Washington Post The end of Putinism Jackson Diehl Article 2. Wall Street Journal Why Israel Has Doubts About Obama Dan Senor Article 3. The Daily Beast Iran's Clerics Want to Goad Israel Into an Attack Aram Roston Article 4. The Weekly Standard Obama at AI

ic 2. Wall Street Journal Why Israel Has Doubts About Obama Dan Senor March 5, 2012 -- 'I try not to pat myself too much on the back," President Barack Obama immodestly told a group of Jewish donors last October, "but this administration has done more in terms of the security of the state of Israel than

t to pat myself too much on the back," President Barack Obama immodestly told a group of Jewish donors la

eli officials. After all, for almost three years President Obama had pressured Israel to make unilateral concessi

n described the idea of an Israeli air strike on Iranian nuclear facilities as "the stupidest thing I have ever heard." Another former Mossad head, Efraim Halevy, and the current director of the service, Tamir Pardo, have both recently denied that an Iranian nuclear weapon would be an existential threat to I

inst Iran. In the aftermath of the 2003 Iraq invasion a number of American analysts publicly advocated attacking Iran. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama regularly declared military action to be "on the table." Israeli leaders also called for attacking Iran. S aid Ariane Tabatabai of the Belfer Cente

ce the possibility of peace. Tehran is an ugly regime, but that only makes an enforceable nuclear agreement more critical. And as Bandow says, "The Obama administration has no more important responsibility today than to finalize a workable nuclear agreement with Iran. For the people of America and Ir

ted attacking Iran. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama regularly declared military action to be "

ns. But it was Washington's ally the Shah, who started the Iranian program. Tehran's motive, noted former Mossad head and national security adviser Efraim Halevy, "is not the confrontation with Israel, but the desire to restore to Iran the greatness of which it was long deprived." And although they have conti

a columnist for the liberal Moscow daily Komme=sant. "Moscow has quite limited influence on the Syrian regime." Decades from now, President Bar=ck Obama's decision to not arm Syria's rebels may be condemned or prai=ed. But a visit to Moscow this week showed that it has come at an immediate price. Was

s in neighboring A=ab states. As an oddly passive President Obama ponders what he might do in Syria <http://www.wa

e Syri=n Rebellion" and "Dream Palace of the Arabs: A Generation's Odyssey." Article 3.<=a> Fpreign Affairs<Apan> Israel's Man in Damascus<kont> Efraim Halevy 7 EFTA_R1_001 07020 EFTA01785158 May 10, 2013 -- In October 1995= Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin telephoned Egyptian President Hosni =ubar

s violent extremists. Attorney General Steve Marshall reacted to the report on social media. The article quoted Marshall, who said, "Even during the Obama administration, the FBI disavowed the use of SPLC information, particularly around hate groups, and now, somehow or another, this administration is

ainst Hamas, its approach toward Gazan civilians, its efforts to free hostages, and its thinking on post-conflict Gaza and the West Bank? Join us as Efraim Halevy, former director of the Mossad, and Ami Ayalon, former director of Shin Bet, engage in conversation with Aaron David Miller on these and other subj