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Prompted by the Trump administration’s recent decision to withdraw from the JCPOA nuclear agreement with Iran, Senator Bernie Sanders hosted a town hall with leading experts on foreign policy.
The Two-Way Street, a monthly d'var Torah, brings Jewish tradition, insight and values to bear on the important work being done by J Street.
Bar Heffetz of Kibbutz Nirim in the western Negev has been pleading for months that someone should pay attention to what is happening in Gaza. Now that the Strip is exploding, he is exploding in anger.
Having just returned from a visit to Israel, Rabbi David A. Teutsch has renewed affection for the land and its people, yet is struck by the contradictions he encountered there.
Pompeo threatens Iran with ‘strongest sanctions in history’, Politico
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday threatened to impose “the strongest sanctions in history” on Iran unless it takes dramatic steps, including permanently abandoning its nuclear program, halting missile tests and withdrawing military forces from Syria. Critics quickly called the maximalist demands unrealistic and warned that they put the U.S. on dangerous new collision course with Tehran — as well as European allies who oppose President Donald Trump’s crackdown on Iran and face potential U.S. sanctions from continuing to do business with the country.
Trump Kept His Promises to Netanyahu, and Showed They Were Worse than Worthless, American Prospect
Gershom Gorenberg writes, “The embassy opening was the pinnacle of Netanyahu’s diplomatic campaign. The split screen showed how little it can accomplish as long as Gaza festers and the occupation of the West Bank continues. Trump’s promises, it turns out, are most dangerous when he keeps them. And like his Republican friends, Netanyahu is stained by his embrace of Trump. The split screen tells the story: On one side, Ivanka and a Trump sign. On the other, reality.”