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15:25
Khamenei: Iran will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa if attacked (Reuters)
13:54
Obama: We must push through the 'breaches of faith' on both sides (Haaretz)
13:52
Obama: Settlement activity not appropriate or constructive to advancing peace (Haaretz)
13:51
Obama: Two-state solution still possible, only chance for peace and success (Haaretz)
13:51
Obama: Israel and Palestinians must make this leap together (Haaretz)
13:43
Obama: U.S. committed to the creation of a sovereign state of Palestine (Haaretz)
13:39
Obama: Palestinians deserve a future, a home, a state of their own (Haaretz)
13:37
Abbas: Palestinians ready to implement commitments in order to launch the peace process (Haaretz)
13:36
Abba to Obama: Palestinian people have made a miracle and rose from the Nakba (Haaretz)
13:36
Abbas: Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital is possible (Haaretz)
13:36
Abbas: Peace impossible under violence and occupation (Haaretz)
13:11
Syria hands over captured Lebanese soldier, state TV reports (AP)
12:31
Syrian rebels have reportedly overrun several towns near the Israeli border (Reuters)
12:18
Report: Ramallah protesters hold up shoes, call Obama to leave Palestine (Haaretz)
11:49
Police arrests Acre resident suspected of smuggling heroin from Lebanon (Haaretz)

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The Axis

by Anshel Pfeffer

After the monkey that didn't quite make it to space, the Iranian 'stealth bomber'

Iran continues to showcase its technological achievements in commemoration of 34 years to the Islamic Revolution, with the aim of presenting Iran as at the forefront of technology, despite its international isolation.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Feb 2, 2013 | 08:55 PM | 11

An Iranian technician holds a monkey which has been prepared for riding Iranian rocket into space.

Iran Internet cafe - AP - 23.4.12

Iran's culture cyber-war

The mullahs' attempts to limit Internet freedom in their country are doomed to fail, and won't stop the ongoing erosion of their authority.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Apr 23, 2012 | 06:17 PM

Holocaust Day - Olivier Fitoussi - April 18, 2012

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Peres and Netanyahu's Iran dispute is brought to light

The president and the prime minister both mentioned Iran, but while Peres dedicated it one small paragraph, preferring to draw from the Holocaust lessons of Israel's duties to its non-Jewish citizens, Iran occupied nearly two thirds of Netanyahu's address.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Apr 19, 2012 | 05:35 PM | 12

Benjamin Netanyahu Tomer Appelbaum

Is there already an Iranian agreement?

Benjamin Netanyahu's snub of recent talks over Iran's nuclear program, and Barack Obama's retort may have been a choreographed exchange designed to gradually pave the way for a deal with Iran.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Apr 18, 2012 | 09:42 PM

Netanyahu Obama 21.5.11

Israel should have given Obama a 'freebie' on Iran talks

Anshel Pfeffer says that not only has the PM added to Obama's list of grievances against him, he missed an opportunity to frame sanctions against Iran as a successful result of his personal diplomacy.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Apr 17, 2012 | 04:23 PM | 21

Iran's supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Dec. 13, 2009 AP

Iran is feeling more isolated than ever

Iran's Fars News Agency published two anti-Saudi stories on Monday morning, signaling that someone in Tehran may be on to the growing confluence of interests between Saudi Arabia and Israel.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Apr 16, 2012 | 04:54 PM

North Korea - AP - 16.4.12

Iran and North Korea – good cop, bad cop?

While Iran was taking part in nuclear talks in Istanbul this weekend, North Korea was putting the final touches to a military parade celebrating Eternal President Kim Il Sung's centennial.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Apr 15, 2012 | 07:53 PM | 2

Obama, Netanyahu - AFP - May 20, 2011

Small window of opportunity for a strike on Iran

If recent reports of a Netanyahu promise to postpone an attack on Iran until the fall are true, a possible strike would correspond with the pivotal weeks just before the American presidential election.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Apr 10, 2012 | 03:27 PM | 10

Bashar Assad and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Don't bet on the Istanbul talks taking place

Despite the gulf between the American (Israeli) position and the Iranian no-concession stand, eternal diplomacy-believers are still trying to convince us that there is a chance for agreement.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Apr 10, 2012 | 02:03 AM

Obama and Netanyahu at the White House on September 1, 2010. AP

Have Netanyahu and Obama agreed on the outcome of negotiations with Iran?

Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak have sketched out in unprecedented detail the outlines of a diplomatic outcome with Iran which would be acceptable to Israel.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Apr 8, 2012 | 07:38 PM | 14

Ahmadinejad with Assad, Reuters, Sept. 18, 2010

Iran has saved Bashar Assad (for now)

The details emerging over the last few days can leave little doubt that the active campaign of support by the Iranian regime has ensured that Assad will remain the absolute ruler of Syria for the foreseeable future.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Apr 6, 2012 | 04:08 PM

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