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June 1, 2011 The Palestinians’ U.N. Gambit “So far,” Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies told me, “Obama’s not winning the day.” Britain appears adamant about supporting the Palesti... June 1, 2011 The Dark Places of the Mideast, or Why There is Little We Can Do About Syria There could not have been a more appropriate time for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) to host its event "Unrest in Syria: How Will the U.S. Respond?" than the morning of President... May 23, 2011 ‘Die Welt’: Iran building rocket bases in Venezuela BERLIN – The Iranian government is moving forward with the construction of rocket launch bases in Venezuela, the German daily Die Welt wrote in its Thursday edition. Venezuelan Pre... May 19, 2011 Obama’s Middle East Gambit Abandoned? Obama nevertheless will face skepticism on the right, aside from the cost. Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies expressed concern that we are just going to be shoveling... May 13, 2011 Iran ‘Increasingly Cut Off’ From Financial Markets: UN Report Financial sanctions are impeding Iran's purchase of materials for its nuclear and missile programs, a United Nations report said, compelling the government in Tehran to try to buy foreign banks and... May 11, 2011 Iran Tells EU Next Atom Talks Must Be Without Pressure TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's nuclear negotiator has said the next talks with world powers must be held without pressure, which analysts said indicated Tehran would stick to its refusal to address its... May 11, 2011 US Recognizes India’s Need for Iranian Oil -Official WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - The United States recognizes that India will keep buying oil from Iran but is not actively suggesting ways to pay for it without violating international sanctions on... May 10, 2011 Iran Doing Final Pre-Start Tests at Nuclear Plant TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran is conducting final tests at its first nuclear power plant and it is expected to start generating electricity in the next two months, Iranian media said on Monday. Me... May 10, 2011 Iran to Sign Gas Deal with Syria, Iraq -Mehr TEHRAN May 10 (Reuters) - Iran will soon sign a contract with political allies Syria and Iraq to export its natural gas to the Mediterranean region, a senior energy official was quoted as saying by... May 9, 2011 Exclusive: How U.S. Trying to Wean China Off Iranian Oil SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The United States collaborated with Saudi Arabia to increase crude oil supplies to China at the expense of Iran, U.S. diplomatic cables show. The move was designed to hurt Iran... May 9, 2011 Iran Bases Budget on Oil Around $81.50 Per Barrel DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran is basing the oil price for its 2011/12 budget at around $81.50 per barrel and expects the price of oil to pick up again during the start of the summer season, Iran's OPEC go... May 5, 2011 Iran Gasoline Imports at Nearly 50,000 bpd-Sources DUBAI, May 5 (Reuters) - Iran imported nearly 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) of gasoline in March and in April, industry sources told Reuters, much of it from Asia, as the Islamic Republic kept up it... May 5, 2011 More Economic Oower for Iran’s Rev. Guards DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 5 (UPI) -- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has widened its ever-expanding economic power with a no-tender contract from the Oil Ministry to develop two bi... May 4, 2011 Daewoo Takeover by Iranian Firm in Doubt The agreed US$513 million takeover of South Korea's Daewoo Electronics by Iran's Entekhab Industrial Group is at the risk of collapse as the buyer continues to fail to meet extended deadline to fil... April 11, 2011 Do As The Israelis Do Last Thursday, Israel’s Iron Dome short-range missile defense system intercepted its first real target, which Palestinian terrorists had fired toward Ashkelon and Beersheba. Short-... March 16, 2011 47% of Germans Think Israel Exterminating Palestinians’ A think-tank affiliated with Germany’s Social Democratic Party issued a new report last week that revealed high levels of anti-Semitism in Germany, Poland and Hungary, as well as varying ma... March 10, 2011 The Shadow of the Iraq War Isn’t as Long as Applebaum Claims Co-Authored with Robert Kagan Our friend Anne Applebaum makes a bizarre assertion in her latest blog post. She asks rhetorically, "Why do Egyptian democrats fear they will be st... March 3, 2011 ‘Human Rights Watch Should Have Been Keeping Tabs on Libya’ Fast-moving events in Libya have catapulted the scandal-plagued Middle East and North African Division (MENA) of Human Rights Watch into a new controversy for its failure over the years to dilige... March 2, 2011 Fox’s Favorite Muslim Radical Whether or not the demonstration actually happens Thursday, the Choudary phenomenon is at least as much about the laziness -- and, arguably, irresponsbility -- of the media as it is about Islam. Says... March 1, 2011 What are We Doing with Those Ships Moving Toward Libya? Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies told me via e-mail last night: We've seen marked changes in the administration's approa... February 13, 2011 The End of the Erekat Era Palestinian Authority envoy Saeb Erekat excoriated Al-Jazeera late last month for publishing leaked documents relating to his peace negotiations with Israel, claiming its reporting had put his li... February 1, 2011 Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther, and the Muslim Brotherhood Like Reihan and Alex Massie, I’ve been curious to know what Reuel Marc Gerecht — former CIA officer, Islam expert, and robust supporter of Arab democracy — thinks about th... November 19, 2010 EU Iran Sanctions Don’t Prohibit Hamburg Bank The German government last week denied that German authorities plan to pull the plug on the Hamburg-based Iranian EIH bank (Europaeisch- Iranische Handelsbank). Speaking during an Israel... November 17, 2010 UN Mulling Durban III Event for Next Year A United Nations committee met Tuesday in New York to discuss a 2011 commemoration of the first UN anti-racism conference held nine years ago in Durban, South Africa, that turned out to be an Isr... November 14, 2010 Austrian Intel Agency Engulfed in Neo-Nazi Scandal Austria’s domestic intelligence agency, Verfassungsschutz, which is responsible for combating terrorism and neo-Nazi extremism, was plagued by disclosures last week in an APA news report of... November 11, 2010 German Mayor Nixes ‘One-Sided’ Nakba Exhibit The mayor of Freiburg, Dieter Salomon, pulled the plug on a Palestinian “Nakba” exhibit, which was slated to open on Friday in the local library, because “from the perspective o... November 11, 2010 Arabs “Bullied” UNESCO to Make Landmarks Resolutions Nimrod Barkan, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday that the five decisions against Jewish landmark... November 8, 2010 Diplomat Knocks Frankfurt Mayor for Honoring Anti-Zionist The city of Frankfurt’s decision to honor French academic Alfred Grosser “casts an unfortunate and unnecessary shadow on the event” to commemorate the persecution of Jews in Ger... November 8, 2010 NGO Monitor Slams UN for Iran Election to Women’s Agency The slated United Nations (UN) election of Iran and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to a new UN agency devoted to women’s rights (UN Women) prompted sharp criticism last week from Anne Herzberg,... November 4, 2010 Dershowitz: Goldstone Follow-Up Commission Head a ‘Bigot’ Legal experts in the United States and a Geneva-based nongovernmental organization are criticizing and questioning the credentials of the German law professor appointed to implement the findings... November 2, 2010 Kadima MK Calls on German Government to Confront Iran Kadima’s director-general and MK Yohanan Plesner told over 1,000 Israel supporters on Sunday at a historic German conference titled Together for Israel, devoted exclusively to promoting sol... September 2, 2010 Why Are Germans Upset Over Critic of Islam? “Everyone’s against Sarrazin!” was the headline that Bild,Germany’s largest daily newspaper, chose for its Tuesday issue. Deutsche Bundesbank board member Thilo Sarrazin h... August 25, 2010 Amnesty Int’l Finland: Israel Scum State The head of Amnesty International’s Finnish branch, Frank Johansson, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday that he stands by his statement that Israel is a “scum state.” W... August 19, 2010 Swiss-Iran Gas Deal Sends ‘Wrong Message’ BERLIN – Swiss energy giant EGL’s €18 billion gas contract with Iran prompted criticism on Tuesday from the US Embassy. "As we noted in the past when this deal was first... August 17, 2010 Obama Shows Europe Some Love Last spring, the Obama administration sent the president's regrets for a planned European Union-U.S. summit in Madrid in May. "Because of the changes involving the establishment of a E.U. Co... August 17, 2010 Turks Hit PKK with Chemical Weapons BERLIN – German politicians called on Thursday for an international investigation into the reported use of chemical weapons by the Turkish military. The weapons were used against members of... July 28, 2010 German Firms Continue Trading with Iran Despite Sanctions Policy Berlin - Business between German firms and Iran is pretty good and goes on largely unimpressed by demands made by Chancellor Angela Merkel (Christian Democratic Union) and Anton Boerner, Presiden... July 28, 2010 Italian Lawmakers: Put IHH on EU Terrorist List A group of lawmakers in Italy’s Chamber of Deputies are pushing for the Turkish IHH relief organization to be added to the European Union’s list of terrorist entities, Sharon Nizza, a... July 26, 2010 Goldstone Committee Head Denies Bias The chairman of the UN committee responsible for following up on the findings of the Goldstone Report on Operation Cast Lead acknowledged on Saturday that he had helped prepare an advisory opinio... July 23, 2010 Germany Robs Sanctions of Their Power Germany is facing escalating criticism from local anti-nuclear activists and a sanctions expert in the United States for blocking tough EU sanctions against Iran, and specifically for not acting... July 13, 2010 Germany Bans IHH for Hamas Links Germany has banned the Frankfurt-based Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH) because it “fights against Israel’s right to exist.” &ldqu... July 6, 2010 Germany Bashing Israel to Expiate Holocaust Guilt Where do boundless enthusiasm for soccer and and turning Israel into a diplomatic punching bag cross paths? In Germany, where preoccupation with its team’s chance to win the World Cup in So... July 1, 2010 Jewish Leaders Slam German Resolutions The German parliament was slated on Thursday evening to discuss and vote on resolutions slamming the Jewish state for its interception of a flotilla heading for Gaza in open violation of a naval... June 30, 2010 Yale Expands YIISA Center “We are witnessing a profound level of dehumanization of Israelis and by extension the Jewish people,” Dr.Charles Small, the head of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Stud... June 24, 2010 Austrian Chancellor to Arrive in Israel Social Democratic Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann is slated to arrive in Israel on Wednesday. Faymann will be the first foreign head of state to meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sin... June 17, 2010 Germany’s ‘Growing Displeasure With Israeli Conduct’ Shimon Stein, a former Israeli Ambassador to Germany, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that the decision of Germany’s top prosecutor to issue an extradition order for an alleged Israeli... June 17, 2010 Spanish Jewish Leader Promotes Solidarity With Israel David Hatchwell Altaras, the vice president of the 10,000- member Jewish community in Madrid, is part of a new group of Spanish... April 29, 2010 White House Seeks to Soften Iran Sanctions The Obama administration is pressing Congress to provide an exemption from Iran sanctions to companies based in "cooperating countries," a move that likely would exempt Chinese and Russian concer... April 20, 2010 Senate Passes Iran Sanctions Bill "Gasoline sanctions have been characterized by some as a silver bullet which would cripple the Iranian economy and inflict a mortal wound on the regime, while others have deplored the sanctions as... April 20, 2010 U.S. Sanctions IRGC Engineering Firms The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies' Mark Dubowitz said today's designation was a good start, given the dominant role of the parent firm (whose full name is Gharargah Sazandegi-ye Khatam...

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