Epstein Secrets

s usual: an anti-PLO terrorist outfit had tried to assassinate the Israeli ambassador in London. When Prime Minister Menachem Begin was told by his Mossad chief that the assassins were enemies of the PLO, Begin famously answered: "For me, they are all PLO!" As a matter of fact, Arafat had kept the ce

ng tensions between the two countries. Discord hampers our countries' abilities to address trilateral security challenges including the threat from North Korea. But the rebalance is about more than military assets; it places an even greater emphasis on diplomacy and trade. The centerpiece of the economic

r Iran would drop a nuke on Israel, former Defense Minister Ehud Barak responded "Not on us and not on any other neighbor." In December 2010 former Mossad head Meir Dagan said that Tehran's Islamic government is "rational" and "considering all the implications of their action." Israeli Defense Force's

congressional demand for Tehran's capitulation would risk restarting Iranian efforts, ending enhanced inspections, and encouraging Tehran to follow North Korea in leaving the NPT entirely. EFTA00856707 Finally: Having blown up the negotiations, the U.S. then would find it difficult to maintain internatio

ers its own backyard. But, of course, it's the Iranians who are the most upset and who in the short run have the most to lose. Tehran believes that Mossad has established a base in neighboring Azerbaijan from which the largely successful plots to assassinate Iranian nuclear physicists were initiated.

much of what is written about Israel: Why can't it just hang on? What's wrong with containment? It worked with the Soviet Union. It has worked with North Korea. Pakistan has bombs galore, but no one is taking shelter in the basement. How is Iran different? Iran is different because it has explicitly threa

Deal and Pause in Gaza Fighting Step up as Biden Dispatches CIA Chief • CBS News: CIA Director William Burns to Hold Hamas Hostage Talks Sunday With Mossad Chief • Times of Israel: U.S. Sees Signs of Progress on Deal to Release Hostages, Temporarily Pause Hamas War • Al Jazeera: Qatar PM to Meet Israel

t Election Misinformation EFTA00160276 INTERNATIONAL NEWS • Kim Jong Un Supervised Tests of Cruise Missiles Designed to Be Fired From Submarines, North Korea Says • U.N. Says Gaza Aid Is at Risk as Nations Pause Relief-Agency Funding • Iran Launches 3 Satellites Into Space That Are Part of a Western-Cri

Deal and Pause in Gaza Fighting Step up as Biden Dispatches CIA Chief • CBS News: CIA Director William Burns to Hold Hamas Hostage Talks Sunday With Mossad Chief • Times of Israel: U.S. Sees Signs of Progress on Deal to Release Hostages, Temporarily Pause Hamas War • Al Jazeera: Qatar PM to Meet Israel

t Election Misinformation EFTA01655748 INTERNATIONAL NEWS • Kim Jong Un Supervised Tests of Cruise Missiles Designed to Be Fired From Submarines, North Korea Says • U.N. Says Gaza Aid Is at Risk as Nations Pause Relief-Agency Funding • Iran Launches 3 Satellites Into Space That Are Part of a Western-Cri

ed a few weeks earlier by Olmert on a threat hundreds of miles further away: a construction site in northeast Syria, along the Euphrates River, where Mossad had uncovered evidence that the Syrians, with technical help from North Korea and funding from Iran, were building a nuclear reactor. I had got to k

ay: a construction site in northeast Syria, along the Euphrates River, where Mossad had uncovered evidence that the Syrians, with technical help from North Korea and funding from Iran, were building a nuclear reactor. I had got to know Olmert fairly well over the years, initially when I was in the kirya and b

ed a few weeks earlier by Olmert on a threat hundreds of miles further away: a construction site in northeast Syria, along the Euphrates River, where Mossad had uncovered evidence that the Syrians, with technical help from North Korea and funding from Iran, were building a nuclear reactor. *** I had got t

ay: a construction site in northeast Syria, along the Euphrates River, where Mossad had uncovered evidence that the Syrians, with technical help from North Korea and funding from Iran, were building a nuclear reactor. *** I had got to know Olmert fairly well over the years, initially when I was in the kirya an

oaches toward an Israeli- Palestinian peace, like the Israeli Peace Initiative proposed two weeks ago by former heads of the Israeli Defense Force, Mossad, and Shin Bet? For working with the European Union to help Egypt and Tunisia improve their economies and consolidate democracy the way the U.S. did

al strategic interests were elsewhere, notably in helping to stabilize Egypt, while continuing to try to deal with Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and North Korea. "We can't do it all," said Biden. NATO and the Europeans should do more, he insisted. But NATO is run by consensus, and when its most powerful me

or "tighter sanctions". Every shred of evidence suggests that these will not achieve the declared goal. They will merely add to the impoverishment of North Korea's people by its own government. Sanctions are the most counter-productive tool known to diplomacy. Yet we keep imposing them. Why? Sanctions assume tha

might respond to constructive engagement, to commercial, governmental and cultural intercourse, it is also Iran. Why the west should want to make it another North Korea passes comprehension. Article 3. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028653 --- PAGE BREAK --- The Washington Institute Year of Decision: U.S. Policy toward Iran in 20

an's own borders, however, the story is different. Twice in the past two years Iranian intelligence has cracked espionage rings working with Israel's Mossad, Western intelligence officials tell TIME. In both cases, the arrests were the furthest thing from secret: announced at a news conference, each was l

or "tighter sanctions". Every shred of evidence suggests that these will not achieve the declared goal. They will merely add to the impoverishment of North Korea's people by its own government. Sanctions are the most counter-productive tool known to diplomacy. Yet we keep imposing them. Why’? Sanctions assume t

an’s own borders, however, the story is different. Twice in the past two years Iranian intelligence has cracked espionage rings working with Israel’s Mossad, Western intelligence officials tell TIME. In both cases, the arrests were the furthest thing from secret: announced at a news conference, each was l