Israeli Gov’t-endorsed ‘Public Diplomacy’ Site Pushes Iran Attack

Give Israel Your United Support (GIYUS) has sprung to life again — and it’s promoting a U.S. attack on Iran at beyond the scale discussed by any respected analysts. The “online public diplomacy platform of Israel” is promoting an interview… Continue Reading  

Israel Still Trades With its “Existential Threat”

It’s not often that an article about a commodity manages to capture a moment in current events, the political and economic realities of the Middle East, and a case study in globalization. Without waxing too Tom Friedman, a simple story… Continue Reading  

The Daily Talking Points

News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for August 30th, 2010: Haaretz: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is calling for Lebanon’s resistance groups to stand together with Iran.  Ahmadinejad’s comments come after last week’s announcement from Iran’s defense minister that Tehran… Continue Reading  

Gingrich and Bolton Back Away From the New Islamophobes

One interesting nugget from Josh Nathan-Kazis’s Forward article on the various Sept. 11 events going on at Ground Zero: In addition to Wilders, the rally [led by Pamela Geller] will feature a videotaped address by John Bolton, ambassador to the… Continue Reading  

The Daily Talking Points

News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for August 27th, 2010: Reuters:  According to Olli Heinonen, the former chief of U.N. nuclear inspection, Iran has stockpiles of enough low-enriched uranium for as many as two nuclear weapons but will not… Continue Reading