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ally opposition; The Post called it the largest defeat for AIPAC in more than two decades. The deal's survival also suggests Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's extraordinary meddling in American politics backfired. And now, as if to hammer nail into coffin, comes Cheney — angrily questioning "the veracity

roponents of the deal have pointed out — correctly — that some opponents don't like the deal because they think it is bad for Israel and because the Netanyahu government is dead set against it. As one might expect, pointing out these obvious facts has led some opponents of the deal to accuse proponents (i

oppose the nuclear deal with Iran today. None of us is infallible, and it is at least conceivable that Bill Kristol, Elliott Abrams, James Woolsey, Fred Hiatt, Max Boot, et al. could have blown it big-time in 2002 - but be absolutely right this time around. Conceivable, I suppose, but highly unlikely. Why

ar that a negotiated deal is the only way to ensure the creation of a viable Palestinian state and guarantee Israel's security. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has refused to make any serious compromises, and the two-state solution seems to have a diminishing chance of ever happening. Mr. Netanya

tanyahu of Israel has refused to make any serious compromises, and the two-state solution seems to have a diminishing chance of ever happening. Mr. Netanyahu's recent decision to jointly field a slate of candidates with the ultranationalist Yisrael Beiteinu Party in parliamentary elections in January sug

e 5. The Telegraph Inside Israel's nuclear wargames David Patrikarakos Article 6. The Washington Post Following the Stalinist recipe in Russia Fred Hiatt Article 7. The National Interest Why Russia Roots for Obama Ariel Cohen NYT Palestinians at the U.N., Again Editorial EFTA00700292 November 4

y that can succeed: by offering an American plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace and rallying the world to it, while challenging, or even shattering, Netanyahu's fragile coalition. Kerry has "gone as far as he can as mediator," a senior American official said last week. Precisely. The question is whether h

ead, they wouldn't need United States involvement. Perhaps Kerry will yet channel Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's inner Anwar Sadat and find Benjamin Netanyahu's inner Menachem Begin. But right now that has about the same odds as Warren Buffet's March Madness bracket bet. The smart money says that yet anothe

ipotence and the idea that when America acts the world is transformed. Take, for example, the hawkish editor of the Washington Post editorial page, Fred Hiatt. In a recent op-ed complaining about Obama's flawed "global strategy", he asserted: "When democratic uprisings stirred hope from Tunisia to Egypt a

order to remind the parties to ongoing coalition =alks in Israel that peace should be a factor in their negotiations. With M= Obama coming, perhaps Binyamin Netanyahu and his potential partners will be obliged to think not only of =urrently dominant domestic issues but also of relations with their most im=ediate n

e speculation <http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,1-4342870,00.html> is right and Mr Obama chairs a mini-summit, perhaps in =ordan, between Mr Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas. But the fact that the presi=ent is coming, and that he has in John Kerry a new secretary of state long=engaged in the issue and b

author of "The S=rian Rebellion" (Hoover Institution Press, 2012). Articl= 5. The Washington Post= Asian tension= add urgency to Obama's 'pivot' Fred Hiatt <http://www.washingtonpost.com/fred-hiatt/=011/02/24/AB9dIXN_page.html> February 10,2013 -= As President Obama ponders his second-term foreign polic