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s, has provoked unprecedented criticism of US policy from two of its strongest Middle East allies: Israel and Saudi Arabia. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has called on his ministers and his supporters in the US to lobby Congress to oppose the agreement. Meanwhile, Saudi officials have accused the US
Benjamin Netanyahu, who traveled to Moscow to lobby the Kremlin to stop the Geneva deal from going forward. This may have been wishful thinking on Netanyahu's part, but he evidently thought it worth a try. "The Russians have already surprised us in the past," one senior Israeli official told YNet, "and
it in him. We all envy him." When Putin traveled to Israel in June 2012, he was the guest of honor at an unveiling ceremony in the coastal city of Netanya. What was unveiled was the first monument to the Red Army ever to be constructed since the fall of the Soviet Union. This memorial, which underscor
Tayyip Erdogan, who also used the term "Kurdistan" in a speech he made on Nov. 16 in Diyarbakir with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani at this side. Subsequently, Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir has also begun to use the term publicly. But even before this, it was not just members
ighting hard for support from Jewish voters. He attacked Mr. Obama for "shabby treatment" of Israel. Relations between Mr. Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are obviously tense. But the administration has backed Israel in almost every way, and Israeli leaders have publicly acknowledged that. Mr. Romney
ns between Mr. Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are obviously tense. But the administration has
ian state. But the Alawites aren't the only breakup threat. The consensus among Syria's Kurdish political factions, encouraged by Iraqi Kurd leader Massoud Barzani, who has hosted talks brokering agreement, is to keep their distance from the rebellion even as they take advantage of the regime's declining abili
toward supporting independence for Kurdistan, a position that would put it at odds with the United States over the partition of Iraq. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for it a week ago Sunday. And while Israel's foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, back-pedalled from the comment on Monday, analysts here sa
alled for it a week ago Sunday. And while Israel's foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, back-pedalled from the comment on Monday, analysts here say Netanyahu is just recognising what is already taking place. Mr. Netanyahu's call last Sunday for Kurdish independence came just days after Israel bought a del
forces, Kurdish soldiers are reinforcing a shaky bother separating them from their new southern neighbors, the Sunni militants of the Islamic State. Massoud Barzani, president of the largely autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government, has repeatedly suggested he will soon initiate a referendum on the region's ind
Bank settlements and laying siege to Gaza. Nevertheless, the Israel public had turned against the peace process, while the goal of Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu was to rule out the possibility of a two- state solution. This prompted Ambassador Andrey Baklanov to argue for the need to re-launch a multilateral
ocess, while the goal of Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu was to rule out the possibility of a two- state s
n the executive committee, despite repeated attempts to woo a few prominent dissidents. The fight over Kurdish seats remains unsettled even though Massoud Barzani, a leading Kurd in neighboring Iraq, tried to mediate. The council has also not reconciled with members of another opposition coalition, the Syria
Entities connected to both Benjamin Netanyahu and Massoud Barzani

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