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Daniel Pipes: The Nuclear Deal With Iran is a Foreign Policy Disaster
“For the first time in nearly a decade we have halted parts of Iran’s nuclear program” announced a jubilant Barack Obama after the news of the just-signed Geneva six-month interim agreement with Iran.
But the American goal for the accord was that the Iranians not “advance their program” of building a uranium nuclear bomb (and perhaps a plutonium bomb too); the apparent deal exactly permits such advancement, plus sanctions relief to Tehran worth about US $9 billion.
This wretched deal offers one occasion when comparison with Neville Chamberlain in Munich in 1938 is valid. An overeager Western government, blind to the evil cunning of the regime it so much wants to work with, appeases it with concessions that will come back to haunt it. Geneva and Nov. 24 will be remembered along with Munich and Sep. 29.
Barack Obama has made many foreign policy errors in the past five years, but this is the first to rank as a disaster. Along with the health care law, it is one of his worst-ever steps. John Kerry is a too-eager puppy looking for a deal at any price.
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Report: Obama asks Netanyahu to ‘take a breather’ from vocal criticism of Geneva deal
Rouhani touts ‘brotherhood’ with UAE as Iran looks to improve relations with Gulf states
In possible sign of improved relations, Iran, Gulf states make tentative diplomatic moves
Sunni Arab unease about Iran deal runs deep
Mexico’s president: Peres visit ‘cause for celebration’
Toddler injured from rock thrown at car in Jerusalem; 4 arrested
Canadian diplomats skeptical of Iran deal
Historically unprecedented number of European Muslim fighters in Syria
Ahead of Geneva 2 peace talks, violence spikes between Assad regime, opposition
CBS: 132% increase in West Bank settler housing starts
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Salah: Knesset Has No Right to Discuss the Temple Mount
Wounded Soldier Honored at Lighting Ceremony for Jewish Unity
Iraq Bomb Wave Raises Fears of Sectarian War
Syria Report Reveals Refugee Children’s Bleak Future
Netanyahu: Iran is the Darkness, We’re the Light
PM Vows to Catch ‘Criminals’ Who Injured Baby
Hamas Reveals Shin Bet Spying Methods
Livni Encourages Students to Meet Abbas
Peres to the Iranians: It’s Up to You
Syria Jihadists Execute Members of Rival Faction
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Four arrested in Jerusalem stoning attack that injured toddler
Is Israel really safer thanks to the Arab Spring?
Angola denies claims it ‘banned’ Islam
Start-up success recipe: Elevator pitches and the grandmother test
‘Israel spied on embassies in Lebanon,’ says Hezbollah MP
In Manhattan, ‘Thanksgivukkah’ is as American as apple pie
Netanyahu vows to banish ‘darkness’ of Iran nuclear program
‘Turkey’s ban on Israeli flights could bring down El Al’
Iran deal a failure, says ex-national security chief
FIFA upholds Ukraine sanctions for Nazi salute
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Iranian Oil Industry Set for Boom as Markets Re-Open; India Ready to Order 21 Million Tons
Anti-Semitism is Rife Among America’s Far Left (REVIEW)
Iran, North Korea Secretly Developing New Long-Range Rocket Booster for ICBMs
Iran’s Leaders Emphasize Limitations of the Nuclear Agreement
Iran Rejects Text of Geneva Agreement Released by White House
Report: Israel’s Geostrategic Status in Mideast Improves
Teen playing “knockout game” shot twice by victim
These two articles fall under the category “This Can’t be True, But It is”:
- Egypt to bring in law allowing man to have sex with dead wife
- Egypt’s women urge MPs not to pass early marriage, sex-after-death laws: report
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Eli Hazan: The partition plan and Jewish refugees— Sixty-six years ago this Friday, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 181, under which the Land of Israel was to be partitioned into Jewish and Arab states. The vote, of course, had a significant impact on the region. The ramifications of that decision extend beyond the political reality it induced. The decision had another, human, aspect to it, because the Arabs refused to accept it. Many Arab leaders insisted on torpedoing the creation of a Jewish state. This led to the hostilities and the War of Independence, which cost the lives of 6,000 Jews.
Rafael Medoff: Zionist Leader’s Skepticism on Truman Administration Vindicated by New Documents— At the 50th anniversary of the death of American Zionist leader Abba Hillel Silver, newly discovered documents appear to confirm his skeptical view of the Truman administration’s position on Jewish statehood. Silver, a dynamic rabbi and Zionist orator from Cleveland, passed away on Nov. 30, 1963. During the 1940s, he spearheaded a nationwide campaign of rallies, petitions, and lobbying to convince U.S. policymakers to support the creation of a Jewish state in British Mandatory Palestine.
Amos Yadlin: The Interim Agreement with Iran Must Not Become a Permanent Arrangement—Despite his firm opposition to the agreement – or perhaps because of it – Prime Minister Netanyahu can take credit for an improvement in the agreement, compared to what was proposed to Iran two weeks earlier. He has helped transform a “very bad” agreement into an agreement that can be lived with – for six months. On the plus side is that this is the first time since 2003 that the Iranian nuclear program has been stopped and is even being rolled back, albeit to a limited degree. Even if this is only a slight improvement, the change in direction is significant.
Jarold Auerbach: Seal the Deal and Blame Israel— Whoever said that you cannot have your cake and eat it too never read The New York Times. Hailing the current love fest between the United States and Iran, replete with “handshakes, smiles, side-by-side flags and significant compromise” (aka American diplomatic surrender), Timescolumnist Roger Cohen seized the opportunity to lambaste Israel (November 26). No sooner had President Obama chosen, with Iran as previously with Syria, to emulate Neville Chamberlain in Munich exactly seventy-five years ago than Cohen lacerated Israel for its “over-the-top ‘nyet’.”
Michael Herzog: Will the Iran Endgame Dismantle Core Nuclear Weapon Components?—The deal implicitly legitimizes Iran as a member of the community of nations, and may allow it a freer hand to continue other negative activities in the region beyond the nuclear program, including supporting Assad in Syria, and backing Hizbullah’s terrorist activities. There seems to be no agreement among the P5+1 when it comes to the endgame. The guidelines in the deal regarding the endgame are not very promising because they implicitly recognize the Iranian right to enrich and that sanctions will be fully lifted, but do not clearly address the concerns of Israel and many others in the region: Will the agreement really take Iran significantly back from the capacity to breakout to nuclear weapons through the dismantlement of core components in its program?
Michael Segall: Iran Looks Beyond the Nuclear Talks—Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s statements convey that Iran does not really need the negotiations. Iran does not come to the nuclear negotiations out of weakness, but, indeed, from a position of strength, and rather than having anything to lose from the talks, it only stands to gain from them, as it did in the interim agreement. Iran’s considerations in coming to the negotiating table are its assessment of America’s declining regional and international status and its own expanding reach.
Aaron David Miller: Iran Wins on Points—Does Iran want a deliverable nuclear weapon? Sure it does. The idea that the mullahs have abandoned permanently their quest to acquire a nuclear weapons capacity or that any agreement – interim or final – will provide ironclad assurances that they have done so is an illusion. Unless Iran crosses the President’s redline of actually acquiring a nuclear weapon, the Obama administration is going to go to extreme lengths to avoid attacking Iran. When Kerry is congratulating Javad Zarif, Iran’s top negotiator, on a Geneva agreement and there’s little to celebrate with Bibi, you know the Iranians have scored more than a few points. Let’s hope the U.S. and the other members of the P5+1 can do better the next time around.
Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik: Fatah Threatens to Kidnap Israeli Soldiers, Fire Rockets—”We are preparing to kidnap Zionist soldiers to settle accounts with the Zionist enemy properly, in order to empty out the Zionist prisons,” promises a video made by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – the military wing of Fatah, published on Fatah’s official Facebook page. The same video threatens to fire rockets that will “strike the Zionist enemy on its own ground.”
Jonathan S. Tobin: FBI Stats Again Belie Islamophobia Myth—According to the FBI report on hate crimes for 2012, Jews remain the No. 1 target of hate crimes in America and no other group comes even close. Of the 1,340 incidents of anti-religious hate crimes reported, 674 or 62% were anti-Jewish in nature. Only 130 incidents or 12% involved Muslim victims. While there is a consensus in the media that American Muslims have been under siege since the 9/11 attacks, in virtually every year, the number of anti-Semitic incidents is a multiple of those involving Muslims.
Zvi Magen: A New Regional Order Indeed?— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Russia recently and met with President Vladimir Putin. As expected, Iran was the major item discussed, but it is still too early to draw any conclusions about possible practical results on the Iranian issue. Beyond Iran, however, this was an important encounter for both Russia and Israel, with potential significant ramifications for the international system. The visit took place against the backdrop of events in Syria and Iran that have given rise to important new developments in the Middle East, including Russia’s attempts to forge closer ties with several nations with which bilateral relations were strained, such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan – and Israel. This Russian posture does not represent a new policy, but until recently these efforts were met with limited enthusiasm. Now it seems that significant changes are at work, a fact rife with ramifications for the future shape of the regional order.
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The scripture below is from the New American Standard Bible, and the hyperlinks associated with each word are from Strong’s Concordance for the New American Standard Bible.
Micah 2: 5-8
“Therefore you will have no one stretching a measuring line for you by lot in the assembly of Yahweh. Do not speak out, [so] they speak out. [But if] they do not speak out concerning these things, reproaches will not be turned back. Is it being said, O house of Jacob: ‘Is the Spirit of Yahweh impatient? Are these His doings?’ Do not My words do good to the one walking uprightly? Recently My people have arisen as an enemy– you strip the robe off the garment from unsuspecting passers-by,[from] those returned from war.”
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His Name is Yahweh explains why the Name of God, Yahweh, is so important. It’s available in eBook format and in paperback. It’s also available for free in PDF format.
- God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This [Yahweh] is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.” (Exodus 3: 15)
- “Therefore behold, I am going to make them know—this time I will make them know My power and My might; and they shall know that My name is Yahweh.” (Jeremiah 16: 21)
- “Behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; and He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land. In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely; and this is His name by which He will be called, ‘Yahweh our righteousness.’” (Jeremiah 23: 5-6)
- Yeshua said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.” (John 8: 58)
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Making the Transition May be Difficult for Some Preachers
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Blessings in the Book of Revelation is a book that you need to read, especially now. There are blessings throughout the Scriptures but Revelation is the only book in the Bible actually containing a specific blessing for reading it. It’s repeated twice, once at the beginning and again at the end. This is the reason that I believe Revelation should be the first step toward studying biblical prophecy. Though not easy to do, Revelation can be broken down and understood by anyone, not just the academic elite. So, Revelation’s blessings are for everyone. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
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Other Books by Neil Snyder
- Stand! is a suspense novel that exposes the lies, corruption, and greed underlying the theory that man-made CO2 emissions are responsible for global warming. Professor Wes Carlyle and Karen Sterling, his research collaborator, carefully scan the audience for their would-be attacker—a member of the enviro-gestapo who has been following them for days. Wes spots his man in the back of the room leaning against the wall. Suddenly, another man in the audience steps forward and moves toward Karen at a menacing pace. With a vicious stroke, he swings a billy club at her head. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
- What Will You Do with the Rest of Your Life? deals with a question that every Christian has to consider: what should I do with my life? Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
- Falsely Accused is a true story about a young woman who was accused of committing a double homicide. It’s about a travesty of justice, and it reveals Yahweh intervening in the life of a believer to rescue her from danger in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Everyone will enjoy the book, but young people in particular need to read it because the mistakes made that led to the problem could have been avoided. They were the kinds of mistakes that young people are prone to make. As they say, forewarned is forearmed. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
