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Volume 14, Issue 28

“Tears flowed, celebrations everywhere, it wasn’t just the Jews who were celebrating, the rest of us were celebrating for the Jews. We all shared in their joy, the joy of having a homeland."

—Former Secretary of State Collin Powell in a 2017 speech to the World Jewish Congress on the moment he learned that the State of Israel had been created
May his memory be a blessing.
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Will the Real US Policy Please Stand Up?


** By Sarah Stern | October 22, 2021 | Published in JNS
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On October 13, at a summit ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Emirati Foreign Minister Sheik Abdullah bin Zayid, Secretary of State Tony Blinken expressed frustration with Iran about their unlikelihood to return to diplomacy and that “we will look at every option to deal with the challenge posed by Iran.”

That very same day at the Carnegie Institute for International Peace, US Special Envoy to Iran Robert Malley said, “the United States and its allies should get used to ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) an Iran with nuclear weapons.”

Will the real US policy under President Biden please stand up? Is it Robert Malley’s unconditional surrender to an Iran with nuclear capability? Or is it Blinken’s “exploring other options”? Are they just playing a game of “good cop-bad cop”? Or, even worse, are they just running out the clock? What is America’s Plan B in regard to Iran? Does the administration know?

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Victoria Coates is the Director of the Center for Security Policy’s program on the Middle East and North Africa, which focuses on combatting global anti-Semitism, promoting the U.S.-Israel alliance, and combatting the threat from the Islamic Republic of Iran. Coates works on regional issues such as energy policy, countering predatory Chinese activity, expanding the historic Abraham Accords between Israel and Muslim-majority nations, and establishing a U.S.-led Middle East strategic alliance. Coates routinely appears on TV and radio outlets such as Fox News, CNN, OANN, Newsmax, The Hugh Hewitt Show, The Erick Erickson Show, The John Batchelor show, and CSP’s own Secure Freedom Radio. Her writing has appeared in Bloomberg, FoxNews.com, The Jerusalem Post, The New York Post, Newsweek, The National Interest, National Review, The New Criterion, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Examiner, and The Washington Times.

Coates previously served as the Deputy National Security Advisor for the Middle East and North Africa on the National Security Council staff and the Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of Energy in the Donald J. Trump administration. She also served as the National Security Advisor in the office of Sen.Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) and as Director of Research for (former) Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s 2011 memoir, Known and Unknown.

Coates holds a B.A. from Trinity College, a M.A. from Williams College, and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, all in art history. Coates is the author and presenter of dozens of publications and conference papers worldwide on the intersections of art and history, including David’s Sling: A History of Democracy in Ten Works of Art (Encounter Books, 2016) and the forthcoming Seeing the Light: A History of Christianity in Twelve Works of Art (under contract with Encounter Books), which are part of a projected trilogy on the key tenets of Western Civilization: democracy, the Judeo-Christian moral code, and the primacy of the individual.
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** Iran, Venezuela to sign 20-year cooperation accord ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Al-Jazeera
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The Bomb Will Backfire on Iran ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Foreign Affairs
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** Iran Won’t Stop Until It Has a Nuclear Weapon ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Wall Street Journal
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** Israel Needs Weapons to Stop Iran’s Bomb ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Foreign Policy
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** Israel declares leading Palestinian NGOs to be PFLP-affiliates ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Jerusalem Post
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** Meeting Bennett, Putin says he aims to continue warm ties forged under Netanyahu ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Times of Israel
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** Swedish foreign minister visits Israel in major step toward rebuilding ties ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Jerusalem Post
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** Israel said to approve $1.5 billion budget for potential strike on Iran ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Times of Israel
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** Sharee Jones Charged With Arson, Hate Crime After Fire At Brooklyn Yeshiva ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - WLNY (CBS Local)
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** Environmental Org Slammed for Pulling Out of DC Voting Rights Rally Over Jewish Groups’ Presence ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Algemeiner
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** BDS Groups, Activists Likely Behind Campaign Targeting Google, Amazon to Cancel Contract with Israel ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - JNS
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** A strategic reset for Jewish community relations and advocacy ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - eJewish Philanthropy
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** ADL Under Fire for Teaming Up With Anti-Israel Activist Who Defended Terror Groups ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Free Beacon
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** Weeks after antisemitic pamphlets were strewn across Old Town, Pines condemns hate ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - The Diamondback
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** Hamas sentences 2 to death, 2 to hard labor for collaborating with Israel ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Times of Israel
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** Why Palestinians Cannot Make Peace with Israel ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Gatestone Institute
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Middle East (#Middle East)
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** Saudi foreign minister warns of 'dangerous' Iran nuclear acceleration ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Reuters
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** U.S. troops in Syria attacked with drones and indirect fire, Pentagon says ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Washington Post
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** Taliban say hopeful about new U.S. special envoy after Khalilzad leaves ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Reuters
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** Morocco said set to approve aviation, culture and sport agreements with Israel ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Times of Israel
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** Beirut blast investigation violence — In photos ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Reuters
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United States (#United States)
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** Alleged Hezbollah money launderer close to Venezuelan leader extradited to US ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID)
- Times of Israel
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** Alabama Cherokee tribe establishes ties with Israel, recognizes ‘undivided’ Jerusalem ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f98fb6a9fb&mc_eid=UNIQID) - JNS
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