Epstein Secrets

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen ‹ > Subject: September 30 update Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:17:39 +0000 30 September, 2012 Article 1. Newsweek Bibi In a Box; After months of bluster on Iran, the Israeli leader is losing steam Dan Ephron Article 2. TIME How Many Civilians Would Be Killed in a

cher Newsweek Bibi In a Box; After months of bluster on Iran, the Israeli leader is losing steam Dan Ephron EFTA00711872 October 8, 2012 -- Benjamin Netanyahu was fuming. For the first time in months, the Israeli leader had allowed a discussion in his security cabinet about Iran's nuclear program and it w

e grinding back-and-forth went on for seven hours. When it came time for the security chiefs to weigh in, at least two of them disputed the premise Netanyahu had been advancing--that Israel's window for an attack would last only through this year, before Iran moves its nuclear components to hardened site

ay have decided not to see each leader now. Busy with the election campaign, politics are the priority, unless of course you count the meeting with Barbara Walters et al of "The View" as a bilateral. Not seeing Morsi was politics plus common sense. There was no point in creating a buddy-buddy image of Obama a

ast week that is exactly what we have seen. First came the Thomas Friedman column in the New York Times: "I sure hope that Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, understands that the standing ovation he got in Congress this year was not for his politics. That ovation was bought and paid for by the Israel lo

sure hope that Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, understands that the standing ovation he got in

lone, at least 150 people have been killed, a worrying sign that the violence is accelerating. Yet, in a remarkable interview this month with ABC's Barbara Walters, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad 1) denied the extent of violence in his beleaguered country; 2) disputed the evidence in a U.N. report charging h

n 10,000 civilians, but a prime strategic interest of Israel and the United States. So why are both the Obama administration and the government of Benjamin Netanyahu unethusiastic — to say the least — about even indirect military intervention to topple Assad? In part it's because of worry about what would follow

tlingly generous offer a falling Olmert made in late 2008, nothing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can offer will elicit a yes. This would leave Netanyahu facing two alternatives: continue economic and institutional development in the West Bank without talks, or undertake a Sharon/Olmert/Mofaz move in

he graduates of Spelman College and exhorted them to "let excellence be your brand." Yale University elected to have its commencement addressed by Barbara Walters. Al Sharpton appeared in the pages of The New York Times Book Review, which warmly noted that its reviewer has lost a lot of weight and eats fish t