Has Iran’s Position on Syria Changed?

by Jasmin Ramsey *This post has been updated. Jim refuses to join Twitter, but today Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani provided him with another reason to reconsider: Iran gives notice to international community to use all its might to prevent use… Continue Reading

The viral campaign to set a “red line” for Iran

via The American Independent A viral video calling on world leaders to a “set the red line” to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon has garnered over 1.3 million YouTube views thanks to a savvy social media campaign on… Continue Reading

Netanyahu also established March as a key month for Iran’s nuclear program

According to Micah Zenko, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) and Hillary Clinton’s recent endorsement of a March deadline for Iran nuclear talks is a pressure tactic resulting from exasperation over the lack of progress thus far. (His focus on US… Continue Reading

Israel Uses Social Media To Defend Its Assault on Gaza

The current Israeli onslaught against Gaza contains many echoes of the assault four years ago. In one regard, however, it is clear that Israel learned some lessons from its experience with “Operation Cast Lead” and is applying it to “Operation… Continue Reading

A Netanyahu Twitter Gaffe?

Olga Khazan in the Washington Post yesterday: It appears as though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted at President  Obama thanking him for his “unequivocal clear sided” support of Israel’s right to defend itself, then promptly deleted the message.