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Below is your weekly edition of E-News recapping key developments impacting the U.S.-Israel relationship.
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Israel, U.S. Successfully Test Arrow-3 Missile Defense System
In the face of Iran’s continued development of long-range missiles, the United States and Israel completed a series of tests of the long-range Arrow-3 ballistic missile defense system in Kodiak, Alaska. This included the successful interception of an “enemy” target. The series of tests over the course of 10 days saw three successful interceptions. It was the first time that such a test took place outside of Israel. The system was tested against targets similar in behavior to advanced ballistic missiles being developed by Iran, and against future threats that Israel may face. The Arrow system is the outermost layer of Israel’s multi-tiered missile defense shield, which also includes Iron Dome and David’s Sling.
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U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Iran’s Top Diplomat
The U.S. government placed sanctions on Iran’s foreign minister on Wednesday. Senior administration officials described the foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, as the “propaganda arm” of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the sanctions are intended to send a message to Iran: “Javad Zarif implements the reckless agenda of Iran’s supreme leader and is the regime’s primary spokesperson around the world.”
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Iran to Reduce Nuclear Deal Commitments More Unless Europe Protects It
Iran is set to further cut its commitments to its international nuclear deal unless its European partners move to protect it from U.S. sanctions by ensuring it can sell oil and receive income. "Under current circumstances and if no action is taken (by the Europeans) we will take the next step (in cutting commitments)," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday, adding that its European partners should guarantee Iran could sell its oil and collect the revenue. Iran has already attempted to extort the Europeans for financial concessions on at least two occasions. Iran has said it will reduce its commitment to the nuclear accord in stages and may even withdrew from the pact unless the Europeans find ways to shield its economy from the U.S. sanctions. On Sunday, Iran
admitted that it has enriched 24 tons of uranium since signing the 2015 nuclear deal.
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U.S., Israel Working to Upgrade UNIFIL’s Mandate to Weaken Hezbollah
In an effort to weaken Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, the United States and Israel are jointly working to have the United Nations Security Council upgrade the mandate of the international peacekeeping force based in Lebanon. Israel Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon told said that Israel is working with the U.S. to upgrade United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon’s (UNIFIL) mandate, specifically to give it the ability to visit and inspect any area in southern Lebanon, where Hezbollah is most concentrated. Under the existing mandate, UNIFIL cannot enter villages and urban areas unless it first coordinates such visits with the Lebanese Armed Forces.
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Israel Provides $56 Million Boost for Joint U.S.-Israel Research Projects
Israel’s Council for Higher Education (CHE) has earmarked $56 million to a joint U.S.-Israeli research program over five years. The special budget will be allocated to a joint U.S.-Israel program set up by National Science Foundation (NSF) and the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF). The money will enable the NSF-BSF program to run “many more U.S.-Israeli scientific research projects” in “a variety of fields,” the CHE said in a statement on Wednesday.
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