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ic mistake" by Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu. How will Israel react in the months ahead? The

nuclear agreement with Iran, touted by its proponents as a "historic deal", has been described as a "historic mistake" by Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu. How will Israel react in the months ahead? The answer is to be found in the struggle to shape the endgame deal. The six-month deal is a mixed bag

Hezbollah in its propaganda aimed at justifying its operations in Syria is that they are part of its resistance (muqawama) against Israel. But as Matthew Levitt explains, outside Hezbollah's staunchest Shiite supporters, there are few takers for the con-torted logic that the Syrian rebellion is an American

rs of the UN Security Council plus Germany) or bilateral negotiations; a military strike, as threatened by President Obama and Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu; and an explicit or implicit shift to containment, indicating that Washington would be prepared to coexist with a nuclear-armed Iran. HOUSE_OVERSIGH

can take years to pull together. Yet in the 15 months from May 2011 to July 2012, the Quds Force and Hizballah attempted 20 attacks, by the count of Matthew Levitt, a former State Department counterterrorism official. “Hizballah and the Quds Force traded speed for tradecraft and reaped what they sowed,” Levitt w

lement organization Peace Now named 2012 “the year of the settlement,” with the Ministry of Defense authorizing an additional 6,000 housing units and Netanyahu pushing for the construction of 11,000 homes in the month of December alone. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018221 --- PAGE BREAK --- The lack of economic suppor

t pretty frustrated and annoyed with both HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025048 --- PAGE BREAK --- Israelis and Palestinians, particularly Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But hey, that was then. A second-term president has committed himself early in 2013 to a trip to Israel and has an Energizer bunny in Secretary of

ial to isolate Israel internationally and threaten its long-term interests, if not its actual existence. In his first term of office, Obama resisted Netanyahu’s pressure to wage war on Iran. This was no more than a semi-success, however, since he managed to blunt Netanyahu’s belligerence only by imposing on

Russia and the United Nations “to find a way out of the deadlock.” Article 5. Foreign Policy Why Does Europe Pretend Hezbollah Has a Good Side? Matthew Levitt HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025060 --- PAGE BREAK --- February 12, 2013 -- Bulgaria's interior minister announced on Feb. 5 the result of his country's invest

nt pretty frustrated and annoyed with both HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028682 --- PAGE BREAK --- Israelis and Palestinians, particularly Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But hey, that was then. A second-term president has committed himself early in 2013 to a trip to Israel and has an Energizer bunny in Secretary of S

tial to isolate Israel internationally and threaten its long-term interests, if not its actual existence. In his first term of office, Obama resisted Netanyahu's pressure to wage war on Iran. This was no more than a semi-success, however, since he managed to blunt Netanyahu's belligerence only by imposing on

ates, Russia and the United Nations "to find a way out of the deadlock." Article 5. Foreign Policy Why Does Europe Pretend Hezbollah Has a Good Side? Matthew Levitt HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028694 --- PAGE BREAK --- February 12, 2013 -- Bulgaria's interior minister announced on Feb. 5 the result of his country's investi