"The Iranian Trap" and webinar featuring Efraim Inbar
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Volume 14, Issue 1
“When the pursuit of peace is the sole objective of foreign policy, it
becomes a weapon in the hands of the most ruthless.”
—Henry Kissinger
Jump to: Antisemitism (#Anti-semitism) | Heard on the Hill (#Heard on the Hill) | Iran (#Iran) | Iran Nuclear Negotiations (#Iran Nuclear Negotiations) Israel (#Israel) | Middle East (#Israel) | Palestinian Affairs (#Israel)
** The Iranian Trap ([link removed])
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** By Hussein Aboubakr Mansour and Sarah Stern
April 22, 2021
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The history of the modern Middle East is that of devotional causes that went rogue. Once a holy cause is established, it becomes independent of its origins and grows a life of its own, often consuming the very original conditions for its existence. Such causes are always easy to ratchet up, but almost impossible to rachet down. The cause of post-colonial Arab national liberation, championed by Arab Nationalists, in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Libya, and Algeria, ended up with military officers rolling on top of tanks in Arab capitals starting a continuous history of military coups and counter coups, and building some of the most brutal and monstrous political order in Arab history. For many Arab historians, injustice and crimes of European colonialism look like humanitarian interventions compared to Saddam’s Iraq, Ghaddafi’s Libya, or Assad’s Syria.
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While the Biden administration has reassured us that they want to negotiate a “longer and stronger deal with Iran,” to those who are forced to live in the Middle East, this might sound incurably naïve. The US has gotten nothing in return at the ongoing talks in Vienna, despite offering to lift sanctions.
To many observers, it appears that the United States is anxious to “just make a deal” with Iran and that they do not understand Tehran’s history of negotiations or have much appreciation of the existential threat that Israel and our Gulf allies are under. That threat will only be enhanced if the talks begin to go awry.
Here to discuss this, and what the Israelis might feel they have to do in order to survive is Professor Efraim Inbar.
Wednesday, April 28st 12 PM EDT | 5 PM GMT | 7 PM JDT
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** Likud loses key Knesset vote, as opponents seek to replace Netanyahu ([link removed]) - JNS
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** Israel Bombs Syria Positions After Missile Lands Near Nuclear Site ([link removed]) - Newsweek
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** Turkey invites Steinitz for highest-level visit in years ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Scores Injured, Arrested in Overnight Jerusalem Clashes ([link removed]) ([link removed]) - The Algemeiner
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Vienna talks: US gives Iran ‘examples’ of sanctions it could lift ([link removed]) - Aljazeera
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** ‘Iran’s economy is closer than ever to collapse,’ says expert ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Iran rattled as Israel repeatedly strikes key targets ([link removed]) - New York Times
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** Iran cuts number of centrifuges enriching uranium to 60% purity, IAEA report says ([link removed]) - Reuters
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** U.N. Elects Iran to Commission on Women’s Rights ([link removed]) - UN Watch
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** New State Department Report Documents Grave Abuses in Iran ([link removed]) - Foundation for Defense of Democracies
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** Deputy commander of Iran’s Quds Force Mohammad Hejazi dies ([link removed]) - Alarabiya
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UNRWA Caught Teaching Terrorism, Jew Hatred as Biden Admin Resumes Taxpayer Funding ([link removed]) - Washington Free Beacon
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Hamas warns against delaying first Palestinian national vote in 15 years ([link removed]) - Times of Israel
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Terror candidates must not run in Palestinian elections, US tells UNSC ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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US source to Palestinian paper: Washington will understand election postponement ([link removed]) - Times of Israel
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EXPLAINER: Jerusalem dispute could derail Palestinian vote ([link removed]) - ABC News
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In J Street speech, Abbas urges Biden to scrap US law deeming PLO a terror group ([link removed]) - Times of Israel
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** Syria sets May date for presidential election opposition says is farce ([link removed]) - The Guardian
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Biden readying to recognize Armenian genocide in move sure to test Turkish ties ([link removed]) - Times of Israel
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** Rockets hit Iraqi air base, 2 security forces wounded ([link removed]) - Arab News
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** Chad leader Deby, key Western ally, killed in battle -army ([link removed]) - Reuters
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** How to Undermine Peace: Policy Reversals and Leaks | Opinion ([link removed]) - Newsweek
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** A Definition American Universities Need ([link removed])
- Inside Higher Ed
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** Minivan Driver Arrested After ‘Horrific’ Hit-and-Run Assault on Brooklyn Hasidim ([link removed])
- The Algemeiner
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** Activists Urge Olympic Committee to Sanction Iran Over Boycott of Israeli Athletes ([link removed])
- The Algemeiner
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French Jews Plan Mass Rally in Paris to Demand Justice for Sarah Halimi ([link removed]) - The Algemeiner
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** Backlash against European Super League triggers wave of anti-Semitic hate online ([link removed]) ([link removed]) - JNS
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GOP lawmakers introduce bill to require Iran deal to be submitted as treaty ([link removed]) - JNS
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US Congressman Urges Universities to Cancel Planned Webinar With Terrorist Leila Khaled ([link removed]) - The Algemeiner
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** Bipartisan support grows for US congressional bill expanding Arab-Israeli ties ([link removed]) - Times of Israel
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