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Volume 14, Issue 48

“If the author Toby Young ever chose to write a sequel to his 2001 memoir, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, he would find a rich vein of content in US President Joe Biden’s foreign policy.

Just look at the headlines from the past few weeks alone — starting with Israel, the closest of US allies in the Middle East. Expressing shock at how far the ill-advised US negotiators in Vienna seem prepared to go in bowing to Iran’s demands, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said they 'refuse to believe' that the US would remove the designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. How rare it is to have Israel’s two most senior ministers fighting for Arab concerns (as well as their own) by reminding Team Biden that the IRGC’s malign tentacles extend throughout the Middle East, and that they bear responsibility for attacks on American civilians and American forces in the region.

Of course, no sane person wants to see a nuclear Iran, and the world should do all it can to obtain a tougher, tighter deal. However, declassifying the IRGC simply to obtain a new agreement would be the equivalent of trying to put out a fire by spraying it with aviation fuel.”

—Editor of Arab News Faisal Abbas (Translation by MEMRI)
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Turkish Drones are a Persistent Thorn in Russia’s Side


** By Gabriel Toole | March 25, 2022
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In the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) , drone footage began surfacing on social media showing deadly strikes against Russian military convoys. The culprit appeared to be Ukraine’s small fleet of Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 combat drones. As Russia’s invasion continues to unfold, these drones have once again proven themselves to be a persistent and significant thorn in the side of Russia’s military ambitions.

From Syria to Libya to Azerbaijan to Ukraine, Russia has consistently seen Turkish drones appear on the opposite side of the battlefield – often significantly impeding Russian interests. In Ukraine, this trend has escalated as Turkish drones have now been recorded killing Russian soldiers directly for the first time.

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Gabriel Noronha previously served on the Iran desk at the U.S. Department of State, and because his colleagues from State, the National Security Council and the European Union were so concerned about the degree of capitulation that the Biden administration offered Iran in Vienna, they leaked details of the negotiations to him.

Gabriel is continuing to find out extremely disturbing details of just how far the American negotiating team under Robert Malley has gone and is continuing to use his Twitter feed to expose it to as many people as possible so that we can bring it to our members of Congress.

Our elected officials, under Article II of the Constitution, have an obligation to exercise Congressional oversight, particularly for a deal that could potentially be so incredibly devastating to the national security interests of the United States, and our allies.

Based on much of the information that Gabriel has revealed, there is only a slight chance that this horrendous deal might be scuttled.

Please make every effort to attend this very important webinar and to share this invitation with all of your family and friends.
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Action Alert

TELL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO EXERCISE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY FOR CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT BEFORE A FATALLY FLAWED IRAN DEAL IS SIGNED

A deeply flawed nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran could be signed imminently. Based on leaks ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) , this bill promises to give over $100 billion from U.S. taxpayers to Iran. This money will not trickle down to the people but will go to advance its worldwide terrorist proxies, to missile and drone development and to its nuclear program. It has not addressed, as promised, any of the flaws in the 2015 JCPOA, the missile development, the sunset clauses or Iran’s rogue behavior. We were promised a “longer, stronger deal.” This will be a shorter, weaker deal that will put generations of Americans and our allies at risk.

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** Two Iranian drones shot down over Iraq were heading to Israel ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Jerusalem Post
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** Don’t Drop Iran’s Revolutionary Guards from FTO List ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Washington Institute
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** A New Iran Deal Leaves Us Meeker and Weaker ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - New York Times
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** British captive freed from Iran after six years asks her government why it took so long to get her home ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Washington Post
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** Iran hasn't agreed to U.S. conditions for removing IRGC from terror list ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Axios
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** How Much Would Iran Gain Financially from Returning to the JCPOA? ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Washington Institute
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** Iran Nuclear Deal’s Final Hurdle Is Lifting Terrorism Sanctions on Revolutionary Guards ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID)
- Wall Street Journal
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** Iran to provide new answers to IAEA about Mossad-seized documents ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Jerusalem Post
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** Iranian leaders laud nationals for defeating U.S. 'maximum pressure' ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - CGTN
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** Clandestine Finance System Helped Iran Withstand Sanctions Crush, Documents Show ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID)
- Wall Street Journal
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University of Virginia’s Jewish Students Defeat Anti-Israel Campaign ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Free Beacon

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New Alarming Incidents of Antisemitism in Georgia ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID)
- Tolerance and Diversity Institute

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4 killed, 2 wounded in stabbing attack at Beersheba mall; terrorist shot dead ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Times of Israel

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** IRGC chief threatens Israel, US with Iranian missiles ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Jerusalem Post
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** MKs make first official visit to Indonesia ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID)
- Israel Hayom
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Israel, Egypt agree to expand flights with new direct route ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Israel Hayom

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Israel to Give non-Jewish Ukrainian Refugees Temporary Housing, Health Insurance ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Haaretz

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Leaders of Israel, U.A.E., and Egypt Meet for Their First Summit ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - New York Times

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** UAE keen to cooperate with Russia on energy security, says UAE Minister ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID)
- Middle East Monitor
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** Visiting Damascus, Iran hails Arab-Syrian normalization efforts ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Times of Israel
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** UK looking at ways to pay historic Iranian debt, foreign secretary says ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID)
- Yahoo! News
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** Israel’s field hospital in Ukraine welcomes first patients as air raid sirens wail ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Times of Israel
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US offering $1 million to report on Israeli human rights violations ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Jerusalem Post

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** Iran nuclear deal would make Biden 'the biggest funder of terrorism in the world': Rep. Jim Banks ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID)
- FOX News
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Cruz To Force Recorded Vote on Biden Nominee Accused of Lying to Congress About Iran Deal ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID)
- Free Beacon

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** Adam Kinzinger Doubles Down After Drawing Heat for Suggesting US Assistance to Israel Be Conditioned over Ukraine ([link removed](Y_COPY_01)&mc_cid=f8c3aa3bb4&mc_eid=UNIQID) - Mediaite
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